I finished a couple of paintings during the past several days, including the one in the left-hand background of this photo. I also had my second session with the painting on the easel, Portrait of a Man in Sunglasses. Recently I’ve been using Doak’s flake white. Like everything from Doak it’s excellent paint.
Month: March 2019
Paintings, Studio Corner, Turpentine diaries, Uncategorized
Turpentine diaries 3/24/19
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•Grumpy review, materials, Shop Talk, Uncategorized
Come on, RGH
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•I support the paint maker RGH by regularly buying their paint. RGH prices are drifting higher off their initial lows, but their paint is still among the best value on the market–decent stuff at affordable prices. One way RGS keeps prices down is by providing large sizes in jars. Unfortunately, jar-stored paints dry faster–much faster–than…
Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Turpentine diaries
Turpentine diaries 3/17/19
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•Main Street, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Turpentine diaries, Uncategorized
Turpentine diaries 3/10/19
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•I’m a little tired this evening so I’ll keep this diary entry brief. Fork, after 4-5 sessions, is moving out of the under-painting stage. I restrict the under-painting to thinly-applied darks and local colors, which preserves the drawing. I spend a lot of time on the drawing. Other news: I plan a video review of…
aesthetics, Books, Culture, Grumpy review, Paintings, Turpentine diaries
Turpentine diaries 3/3/19
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•Bah! I am grinding my way (trying to anyway) through a volume of Clement Greenberg’s essays. In case you haven’t heard of him, Greenberg was once considered the preeminent writer on post-war American art. Greenberg’s writings are filled with hilarious pronouncements hurled from the Marxist Olympian heights. As a champion of the Abstract Expressionists, he…