The background trees are finished. Hmmm, about 1/3 of 864 square inches = 285. That leaves 589 square inches to paint. Approximately. Careful inches. (Fishing Guy appears to be in need a superhuman orthopedic surgeon.) This photo represents 5 days of painting. 10 more days on this??? Needs drying time. Needs to be varnished and […]
Product or Process?
Day Four resulted in more trees, brushy material, layers, working back to front, left to right. This left to right and top to bottom is the method I use when drawing with pencils. As a right-hander, it prevents smearing. As a Get-‘er-Dun Chick, I love the efficiency, and when it is finished, I’m in signing […]
Day Three on Unfinished Painting
This was a rainy day so I couldn’t see well enough for detail painting. It was a good day for just loading on layers of greenery in the background to be finessed later!
Day Two on Will This Painting Get Finished
24×36=864 square inches needing multiple layers of paint. Holy guacamole.
Will this painting get finished?
What I really mean is will it be finished in time for the show at the Tulare History Museum, opening May 5. My good friend DJ and I love to discuss business. I asked her to look at the paintings I have for the show to see if she thought it was a good mix. […]
Salvage Job
Remember the painting accident a few weeks ago? (Oops, on February 16) I’m trying to salvage things. Here are 3 items that I am getting as a result: I’m using the canvas frame and some canvas from Mr. Stroben to stretch a new canvas. So far it has involved carefully removing the ruined canvas, finding […]
Style
#11 in the series “Thoughtful Thursdays” Several months ago, I showed a few of my paintings to a gallery owner. For the first time in my five year and three weeks painting career, I was told that my paintings don’t have enough detail, that they look as if done plein air. That is French for […]
California Artist
That’s me. All these years I have considered myself a Tulare County artist. Google agrees with me on this. But, more people search for California artist than for Tulare County artist. Silly me, I thought if I were to call myself a California artist that I would have to portray the Golden Gate bridge, Yosemite, […]
Oops
Have a look at this painting: Say what? Wasn’t this painting of the bridge much further along? Indeed it was. It was sitting on a tabletop easel on that round white table, just as you see it in this photo. I put another painting on the folding easel (the one with aspen trees) and set […]
Another week at the easels
Pictures tell stories in less time than words and I need time to paint. 9 down, 7 to go! (Show coming in May. . . more will be revealed.)