Yesterday, Lake Erie exhibited the sluggishness that precedes freezing, and this morning we see the frozen tundra. The winds calmed but the wind chill is below zero. I am a little under the weather today–a good day to stay inside. I finished Keep Talking yesterday.
Month: January 2019
Bio, Main Street, Paintings, Studio Corner, Turpentine diaries, Vermilion, OH
Turpentine diaries 1/20/2019
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•NE Ohio was pounded by a winter storm overnight. At noon, we–my wife, daughter, and me–braved the gusting winds and blowing snow to clear the driveway. We had to shovel through snow drifts just to get out the front door. We made short work of it, however. The snow blower my brother-in-law gave me works…
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Turpentine diaries 1/13/19
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•aesthetics, materials, Shop Talk, Tips and Studies, Uncategorized
Fat over lean
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•So you’ve embraced the two related studio aphorisms I discussed in this recent post: fat over lean, and make the lights thick but keep the darks thin. In practical terms what does this mean? Oil paint, tube paint, is stiff and unmalleable. Adding oils and solvents to the paint makes it manageable. But these additions…