Month: October 2017

Turpentine diaries 10/21/17

I finished Spring during my morning session.  I added a tiny little bit of sun-thickened oil to my usual medium.  A small amount of this oil dramatically affects the paint.  Sun-thickened oil, unlike stand oil (which I don’t like), maintains good handling qualities even when the paint is thinned to a gouache-like consistency.  Before starting, I applied…

Dream

I frequently dream about paintings. Sometimes I’ll act on the dream and make a painting or drawing.  I dreamed about the image in this little study three nights running.  This small oil took 10 minutes to paint.  Dream is 12″ x 16″.