I ended the day with a session with Spring. The canvas I used for this painting is the remnant of some cheap duck I bought long ago and forgot about. I should have never found it. I’ve struggled with the surface, which I should have expected.
Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
In the studio 9/24/16
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In the studio 9/18/16
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In the studio 9/17/16
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Drawing, drawing, drawing
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In the studio 9/5/16
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In the studio 8/28/16
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•This painting is still raggedy; some parts, such as the hair, are barely started. The thing I’m not happy with is the title: Phone Call on Main Street. It’s not so much a title as a description. I don’t like the raised edges that can occur where two carefully-painted areas meet. Beneath the bench, you…
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In the studio 8/27/16
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In the studio 8/21/16
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•Today, I went back to the paintings in the Playhouse Square series. I spent a day or two working on other paintings and the drawing for a new painting (not in the series). I don’t experiment much anymore with mediums or processes. I tried a lot of different things before arriving where I am now, and…
Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Vermilion, OH
In the studio 8/20/16
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•It’s curious how problems can disappear. Sometimes when I take up a painting that I struggled with, the solution is blindingly obvious. How was it that I struggled? Today was like that with Victory Park I. I had struggled with some passages but today everything fell into place. I had a healing brush; everything was…
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In the studio 8/14/16
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In the studio 8/7/16
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In the studio 8/6/16
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In the studio 7/31/16
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•Playhouse Square Trip is, as the name implies, part of the Playhouse Square series. The design is based on several photos I took during one of my photo sessions at the Square. As readers know, I’ve been working on the series for a year or thereabout. The Square is heavily frequented by office workers, visitors, and theatergoers…
aesthetics, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Tips and Studies
In the studio 7/24/16
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•I’ve nearly finished the underpainting of Man Pushing a Baby Carriage. I showed the initial drawing for this painting in a recent post. By underpainting, I mean the first sessions during which I start modeling the dark tones and apply local colors. I use the neutral ground for lights, as on the shoulders of…