After several months of no work (i.e. lovely free time at the cabin without deadlines or guilt), work is beginning to trickle back into my days. First, a pencil commission. (I still love to draw.) This was the little sketch for the customer to approve or amend. She made a couple of suggestions, and I […]
Oil Painting Comparisons
Let’s compare some oil paintings: a 2006 version reworked, a 2010 painted again, and a painting begun to its midpoint. I painted this in 2006; my friend (let’s call him Craig, because that is his name) brought it back to me upon my request. I wanted to rework it so that I wouldn’t feel embarrassed […]
Progressive River Oil Painting
This oil painting of the river is inching forward. Remember this? Here is a day of (interrupted*) painting in steps.