To some, my studio might look like a jumbled mess, but to me, it looks ordered and purposeful. I have three easels. I use the third one, the one not shown, for drawings. I expanded my palette from my habitual dozen colors to what you see now on my home-made palette. Just because I no longer count…
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Drawings, materials, Paintings, Shop Talk
Multiple treatments of the same subject (yet again)
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•I spent another morning working on several versions of the same subject. The top version is charcoal and chalk on toned ground. The paper is extremely thick. I don’t remember the supplier (I bought it some time ago) and I no longer like the super-rough surface. The bottom version is oil on canvas. I used to…
Drawings, materials, Shop Talk, Uncategorized
Multiple treatments of the same subject (again)
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•Here are two more treatments of the same subject. I’ve written about this before. This time, I made two drawings. The top drawing is charcoal on toned paper heightened with chalk. The bottom drawing is pen and ink on bristol board with watercolor washes. The subject, although obviously the same in both instances, feels different, which…
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Multiple treatments of the same subject
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•Just now, I’m interested in multiple treatments of the same subject. I make drawings (cartoons) and transfer them to multiple surfaces. So far, I’ve limited the process to two instances per drawing. When I do an ambitious drawing perhaps I will expand to three or more treatments. This photo shows two versions of a small winter…
materials, Paintings, Studio Corner, Turpentine diaries
Turpentine diaries 9/24/17
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•Grumpy review, materials, Shop Talk, Tips and Studies
Best deal in flake white
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•RGH has the best deal for the all-important flake white. Their cremnitz white extra fine is $46.25 for a 250 ml jar. By comparison, a 237 ml jar of Williamsburg’s flake white is $57. Old Holland, which I don’t buy because of their lurid prices, costs $172 for 225 ml tube. That’s after heavy discounts. The…
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Turpentine diaries 8/6/17
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•The Delegate is 36″ x 48″. It still has a way to go. It’s another painting with an annoying surface. I’ve written a lot recently about painting surfaces, I know. I bought a large roll of canvas two years ago, which enables me to monitor how changes to the painting surface can affect performance. All the…