About twice a year, I allow several of my advanced drawing students to bully me into giving an oil painting workshop. Sometimes everyone paints the same subject, and sometimes each person chooses her own subject. It is easier to teach when everyone paints the same subject. That way everyone benefits from the same instructions rather […]
What I Think About While I Paint
While I painted recently, I listened to music (Selah is the name of the group), fought off Samson and thought about things. In Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies, I am without a doubt a Questioner. As a result, most of my thoughts end up as unanswered questions. If an answer arrives, another 2 or 3 or […]
Cen. Calif. Artist Actually Works
Lest you think all I do is travel and walk, here is evidence to the contrary. One last painting begun. It is the season of the freebie. This one will go to the Courthouse Gallery in Exeter for their annual fundraising auction. I’m happy to donate to the wonderful place that allows me space for […]
Popular Fruits
Oil paintings of fruits are popular for kitchen and dining rooms. Oranges and pomegranates sell the best for this Central California artist. Here in Tulare County, we grow olives, walnuts, grapes, every type of citrus, cotton and all sorts of stone fruits, plus we produce more dairy than the entire state of Wisconsin. Some people […]
One More Mineral King Oil Painting?
These Mineral King oil paintings seem to be reproducing while I have my back turned. Maybe I should have left the light on, or maybe I should not have taken that road trip. Ha. Don’t I wish they just reproduced on their own. This is the one that was on my easel when I started […]
California Quail
We have California quail all over our property in Three Rivers. They are notoriously difficult to photograph, but sometimes I sneak photos through the windows. That’s how I was able to paint this California quail. Studio painters work from photos, not from real life or a photographic memory. I’m thankful to live in an era […]
The Last Oil Paintings in Mineral King
“Last” is one of those many faceted English words. Here it means the most recent Farewell Gap, Mineral King oil paintings. There are more depictions of Farewell Gap, on murals, in pencil and in 2 coloring books (drawn in ink). However, in the interest of relieving monotony, I won’t continue this theme in other media. (Did […]
And Yet More Mineral King Oil Paintings
Tomorrow we will take a final look at the Farewell Gap paintings. Save
Still Oil Painting in Mineral King
Not really oil painting in Mineral King – oil paintings of Mineral King, painted in Three Rivers. As a studio artist, I work from my photos. The variations are based on size and shape of painting (square, rectangular, really rectangular – and never horizontal for this scene, although that is an interesting idea). The variations […]
Mineral King Oil Paintings, continued
One time I painted the Mineral King scene of Farewell Gap with the Crowley family cabin plein air. That was very difficult – the light and colors kept changing, people kept asking what I was doing (umm, skateboarding?), and I had to keep scooting out of the way of cars. I don’t remember which one […]