Artist Guild

Monday night was the second meeting of the new Artist Guild here in Pittsburgh. How do I know? I am running it. Guild-/gild/noun – An association of artists and craftsmen coming together for mutual goals; often having considerable power. So you may have read...

Making Lemonade Part 3

Oh the happiness of a well-struck red… So continuing my talk about this painting, I was very tickled when I started adding in the light catching on the ends of her hair that came forward in space and caught the light… just a few scribbles really, made...

Making Lemonade Part 2

I have to say the painting I posted last week has been a different kind of painting for me. I was less interested in “perfect” color or even in a perfect rendering than I was in making a statement. It was rather liberating… Sure, I labored over the...

Making Lemonade

So the painting I posted last week went thought a bunch of stages. Here is the beginning of the painting… Unlike most pastellists, I like working on a white surface. Since I used to work in watercolor, I find a white surface a wonderful way to push the pastels...