I tried to oil paint last Friday but the greenery and wildflowers overcame my sense of duty. So, Trail Guy and I drove up North Fork Drive to the end. The road was longer, rougher, narrower than I remembered and all very worth the drive. After we got back home, I painted a little bit […]
More Easel Time
Remember the commissioned oil painting of Sawtooth? I do, really, I do. Please don’t worry, DV! It was a rainy overcast day, and by the time I got to the Sawtooth part of the painting, the light was too poor to mix colors accurately. That wasn’t very important on the first layer, but it is […]
Starting Over Again With Sawtooth
All those paintings of Sawtooth completed over the past several months, and someone wants a different size? Yep. No problem. I am an artist, and artists make art. Here are the beginning steps of the commissioned oil painting of Sawtooth: Wow, it is time-consuming and interruptive to photograph the steps in this much detail. But, […]
Oil Painting Accountability
Oil painting isn’t my favorite thing; pencil drawing architectural subjects is my favorite thing. Given the choice between oil painting and waiting tables or cleaning motel rooms, OF COURSE I’d choose oil painting. However, some days it helps to have a bit of accountability to do the thing that isn’t my favorite. My nephew didn’t […]
Sawtooth Peak Oil Painting Continued
The layers continue to build on Sawtooth Peak, an oil painting. As it was when you last saw it: Another layer added to the sky:Another layer added to Sawtooth: Another layer added to the lower ridges: And more added to the lower ridges:Yo, Professor Layer, may I be finished with the sky and the peak […]
Layer By Layer
I learned to oil paint in layers, called “glazing” in ArtSpeak. The oil painting of Sawtooth is acquiring layer #2. Something I didn’t learn is this: how many layers does a painting require? If it looks great after layer #2, do I really have to put on more layers? The teacher in the 1/2 semester […]
New Mineral King Paintings
Last week I was a ninja-crazy painting factory, cranking out oil paintings of Mineral King. This is high season in the high country, and it is busy. Gotta get ’em done, visible, and selling. Sounds a bit like a mercenary, an artist of fortune. Nah. No fortunes are being made here. Just painting Mineral King. […]
Sawtooth on a Cupboard Door?
Usually at a garage sale I am overtaken by the desire to go home, fill a box with stuff, and bring it back, sneak it onto a table, and tiptoe away. Stuff stresses me out. Too much stuff makes me twitch, mumble to myself, and randomly toss objects into the trash or a give-away barrel. […]