In studio news, I’m still feathering my nest while gestating this new work. My studio was pretty tightly packed without a lot of flat surfaces to work on, which I need to lay out and work on these big, composite paintings I’m imagining. So, I went on Craigslist and found some banquet tables for … Read More “Nothing to see here, folks! Move along…”
Yesterday I mentioned that my art supplies arrived damaged, and I was dreading dealing with claims and replacement time and cost. Check this out. ASWexpress.com rocks. I emailed them, and also called and left a message. This morning, I received this reply: We apologize that the item(s) came to you in a damaged state and … Read More “Well, how about that!”
The Gessobord I’ve been waiting for arrived today. *sigh* Damaged. All four pieces. That stuff isn’t cheap, and now I have to wait some more to get it replaced, figure out what kind of claim response I’m going to get, etc.. On the other hand, Alisha called yesterday, so we had a chance to brainstorm … Read More “On the other hand …”
Owey. Today is such a pretty day! H was out on the mower, sweetening the air with the perfume of cut grass, dandelions are glowing against the fresh green, the sky is powder blue trimmed with a variety of clouds, but only around the edges. I was in the dog yard with the boy dogs. … Read More “Head-on Collision”
I’ve been reading and talking to some people about letting people peek behind the curtain at the creative process. Some argue that it nullifies “the magic” of art. Some (like me) LOVE to see the processes, in all their variations, that artists go through to create, and can then view the finished piece with even … Read More “Behind the curtain: Risk”
I’ve spent the last several days in creative gestation (translation: I have nothing finished to show for them). It’s always interesting to just stuff my brain with ideas, spark off them, scribble and sketch, bubble and boil, etc.. I’ve got several projects I’m working on, which makes my brain feel a bit like a small … Read More “Stuff in my head”
Oh yeah! I forgot. I was going to do a little progression on the development of the portrait of Lucy.First, let’s review. Here’s the reference picture I was given.First thing I do for portraits is to take the reference image or images into Photoshop to crop or pull out details that might be obscure in … Read More “A little more on Lucy”
I finished the portrait of RedFawnMom’s Lucy on Friday, and I think that might wrap up this marathon. Maybe. Big stuff a-foot. Maybe. More on that in a minute. Meanwhile, here’s Lucy: As usual, the jpg doesn’t capture much subtlety. The green background came out especially luminous, which made me happy. I was going for … Read More “Wrapping up the marathon? Maybe?”
Well, after losing a couple hours’ work when H overloaded the vacuum and my computer crashed on the power surge (augh), I still managed to wrap up the caricature (again!) today. Donna is happy with it, so I’m happy! I promised I’d show you, so here she is: Buffy!Tomorrow, it’s back to painting IRL. I’ll … Read More “Caricature”
Well, finally, right? I had some graphics work, and some design work, and some accounting (retch!) work to do, but I finally got back to little Treasure, here. Robin, Treasure’s mom, is on her way back from earthquake-torn Chile, but still got to see this photo of the painting on her travels. Amazing how far, … Read More “Finally back to my Portrait Marathon!”
