After showing you the poinsettia painting, I discovered the photos of it in progress on my camera. (Camera?? Yep. Not a phone.) It took about a week to dry before I could incorporate it into my fakey Instagram life photo. This is what my real life looks like.
Finished
A little unfinished business here on The Blog: finished pieces you haven’t yet seen in their official photographic documented form.
Starting and Ending
I started a new citrus painting, much like a recent one (that is still too wet to photograph well.) Really, it is different from the other one. . . see? Citrus sells steadily in Exeter at the Mural Gallery, so it is good to always have another one ready to go. Finished and delivered this […]
Secret Painting Class, Day Two
The poinsettia as an oil painting subject was challenging. One of my students requested that I demonstrate rather than just explain. That was a big “duh” moment for me. I should have thought of that myself! I’ve been in workshops before where it seemed as if the demonstration was a waste of time. This is […]
Secret Painting Class
Sometimes, in spite of feeling highly unqualified, I show a few of my drawing students what I know about oil painting. I’ve been oil painting since March 8, 2006, and yet I feel green as grass. But, they want to learn and practice, and I want to share what I know. This year they all […]
Another Fun Day at the Easels
I took three photos of these paintings so you could see the improvement, or was it so I could have something to say on the blog today? The former. I always have something to say. (Have you noticed this?) And since I am outside, let us enjoy the yellow leaves. I am so thankful we […]
A Fun Day at the Easels
As a pencil artist, with drawing as my first artistic love, a fun day at the easels for me is when I finally get to the stage where I am able to “draw” with my paintbrushes. This is considered a bad thing in the Art World; all I can think of to respond to that […]
Creeping Incrementalism
“Creeping incrementalism” sounds like the frog in the frying pan. In the case of this Central California artist, it is the way I am currently approaching paintings. Maybe if I just paint in increments, telling myself along the way that I can just do a little and quit any time, then at least a bit […]
Told You So
Last week I told you that I don’t like the pumpkin painting in progress. Paintings in progress aren’t often inspirational, but this one didn’t seem hopeful at all. Something about the arrangement of things or the colors just wasn’t ringing my bell. A friend brought us a bag of various citrus fruits. It was an […]
Layered Pumpkins
Does “layered pumpkins” sound like a recipe? I guess it is a recipe for an oil painting, but I still don’t know if the efforts will be worth the finished result. Instead of trying to get this painting finished in one delusional pass over the canvas, I am building it up layer by layer. This […]