Layering in multiple painting sessions? Or pushing wet paint around in minimal painting sessions? Does it matter? Okay, let’s just git-‘er-dun. And here is the one that I completed in 2 layers. No matter the method, the Sequoia Gigantea trees get painted convincingly on 6×6″ canvases, and eventually they will sell for $60 each (plus […]
Two Different Approaches
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATHRYN!! (It is today, yes. . .??) I am a pencil artist. With the exception of portraits, I am able to draw almost anything in a manner which pleases both me and my customers. I love to draw. Oil painting is much more difficult for me to achieve the results I want. I […]
Cabin Scene Continued
We last saw the cabin scene oil painting when I was confused about the conflicting light sources: With each successive layer, cohesion and coherence gets restored. (Aren’t big words great?) I’m still missing the details needed to confidently paint this side of the cabin. My photo is outdated, and I have word out to some […]
Making a Cabin Scene
Happy Birthday, Shirley!! Making a cabin scene is different from just making a scene. A cabin owner requested a painting of her cabin as a gift for her husband. (He only looks at the blog when it is about Mineral King AND she forwards the link to him, so I’m not ruining any surprises here.) […]
A Sore Subject
A drawing student of mine recounted a conversation she had with an elderly artist from here in Tulare County. She told him she was taking oil painting lessons from someone in the area, and the old artist said, “That’s not creative – that’s just copying”. Ow. That struck a nerve with me. What is or […]
Squishing a Meadow
How does one “squish a meadow”? One layer at a time, with oil paint on canvas, a 6×18″ canvas to be specific. Canvases this size and shape have become popular; they seem to fit well into odd spaces for people. I can accommodate this. This is how Crescent Meadow in Sequoia National Park looked about […]
Painting Chickens
I’m never quite sure what to do with these 2×2″ canvases. I thought I was ordering 6 but ordered 60 by accident. (This was quite a few years ago.) They are difficult to paint, and it doesn’t seem right to ask more than $20 apiece. Each canvas with an easel cost me about $3, and […]
Growing Some Grapes
A dear friend bought some little fruit paintings for her dining room a couple of years ago. She decided that another painting would look good on the other side of the window. I agreed. We discussed the options, and she thought grapes would be good there. I told her that grapes are crazy hard, so […]
Another Harvest Festival Round-up
“Harvest Festival” is a popular name for an arts and craft show in the fall. I have been in 2 this year, and will soon be in a 3rd Harvest Festival which is more of a carnival (not as an artist this time – I’ll probably be making popcorn.) The most recent was at a […]
Building a Store
Until I began this painting, I never noticed that the sign above the door is not centered. And now, it is finished! Next, I’ll sign it, paint the edges, wait for it to dry, scan or photograph it, varnish it, wait for it to dry again, and then mail it.