The unfinished Women in Sandals is part of the Playhouse Square series. Women in Sandals is 44″ x 60.” Here is a painting tip: If you are struggling to get light in a painting, strengthen the darks. You might be surprised at how making the darks darker makes muddy lights shine brightly.
I’m late posting this journal entry. I actually posted a later version of the bottom painting, Girl in the Lavender Dress. That painting plus the painting on the easel, Break, are both in the Playhouse Square series. Break is 40″ x 50.”
Today, I finished the underpainting for the new painting Girl in the Lavender Dress. I based the design on several photos taken around Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, so the painting is part of the Playhouse Square series. Girl in the Lavender Dress, after my second session, is on the easel in this photo. On the Square, another…
On the Square is 48″ x 60,” which is big for me. On the Square is part of the Playhouse Square series. I think the three figures in the center-rear sitting at a table are done. It’s the only part of the painting that is finished. I tend to work from back to front and,…
Paintings take on a life of their own. Sometimes that’s good; other times, not so good and I argue with the painting. I am not arguing with Playhouse Square Visit but I am surprised at the direction it insists on taking me. Not unhappy–just surprised. Yep, I am getting ready to stretch more canvases, as…
The cheery sunlight made me pause as I entered the studio and take this photo. The easel has the painting Break on it. Break is 40″ x 50.” Studio corner with some current work drying. Break is the painting in the lower-center. Break is part of the Playhouse Square series.
Sub Rosa, the unfinished painting on the easel, is moving along. The underpainting is nearly done. The white-seeming ground visible throughout the painting is actually a middle-ish gray tone. Compare it with your eyes to the dab of white in the middle of the palette. Sub Rosa is based on photos taken during last year’s Festival…
Euclid Avenue #1 took up my time today. Euclid Avenue #1 is part of the Playhouse Square series. Push-pull. I’ve disdained synthetic brushes in the past, but I finally found a model that behaves decently: Escoda Primera. The Escoda Primera model, like all synthetics, is rugged. It handles well for a synthetic; not as sensitive as a sable…