Showing posts with label artist process. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artist process. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 4, 2024

What is Urban Sketching?

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I don't always have time or materials to complete paintings when I am inspired by a location. Fortunately, I always carry a mini sketchb...
Thursday, August 31, 2023

Donated to ‘Artists for Lahaina'

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So much was lost to the fire that decimated the city in Hawaii, including lives. Hearing of artists who lost their studios to the fire as we...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Birthday Bouquet

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Birthday Bouquet, 2023 This studio floral 20" by 24” (oil on canvas) belongs over a couch and I had a stunning wide frame prepared for ...
Thursday, May 11, 2023

WIP. Evolution of a colored Glass Painting

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This is the original set up, some were moved, others added or subtracted until I was happy with the composition.  16x20” oil. 
Thursday, September 29, 2022

Same place, one year apart, different media

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Sun and Clouds Picnic II, oil 9x12 2022 Autumn Sun Streaks, pastel, 9x12 2021
Friday, May 6, 2022

Friday Night Challenges

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A group of artists, originally based in California, meet online to Zoom and paint from a selected photo. Called the Plein Air Club, their 3p...
Wednesday, February 2, 2022

How I did it! Steps to a painting

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These are in my phone since last summer. It is a pastel on a brick colored Colourfix paper. Watch how the dark color modifies some of the sh...
Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Can a Painting be photobombed?

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 Look closely, notice the greenish coat on a painter, lower right corner? That's Ylli Hurani and he showed up to paint the Hermit Falls ...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

Summer and Pastels in Buffalo

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The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens is a prime painting spot all year long. The first problem is choosing a site, followed by some...
Saturday, July 24, 2021

Buffalo Garden Walk Painting Invitation Step by Step

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 The annual Buffalo Garden Walks offer opportunities for artists to paint in various gardens. At Vermont Street and 17th there is a public v...
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Filling sketchbooks, one story at a time.

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I like to use art supplies and my brain. I don't need to make oil paintings or pastels, I just need to draw to satisfy myself. As a mem...
Friday, February 5, 2021

Classic cars committed to canvas

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Nearly finished My assignment was to use individual color reference photos of two cars, combine them with another image of an old building a...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Published in ‘Outdoor Painter’-Again!

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https://www.outdoorpainter.com/best-plein-air-easels-for-artists/ An article about various kinds of plein air equipment by artists from all ...
Friday, May 1, 2020

Covid 19 Time out.

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Two months indoors? What ever have I been doing? Along with the rest of the world I have caught up with a bazillion plans, sorted places I ...
Monday, April 6, 2020

A story of two paintings.

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Several years ago I was invited to participate in the Westfield NY Plein Air Event, a week of painting at various sites, meeting artists, s...
Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Figure drawing

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The Carnegie Art Center has begun scheduling figure drawing opportunities in the evening. As much as I love the practice and challenge of f...
Thursday, October 3, 2019

An Abundance of Vegetables

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Residing and painting for a month in the midst of a self sufficient organic farm there were many different flowers, plants and especi...
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

A bit of Magritte

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The artist Magritte played with images, some serious, others were whimsical. My favorites are when he has a painting overlapping a picture,...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Playing in the Sunflowers

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We decided to call it Tailgating at Sunflowers of Sanford with a number of other painters Arriving all morning. Arriving early, we backed o...
Thursday, July 5, 2018

Another Buckhorn Painting, Spring with a bit of snow.

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From the canoe launch on the south side of the park, there is a small inlet that connects to the creek. I painted there on a sunny spring...