This Is Not A Pink Rose

I often see artists getting ready to paint something like this flower above and I watch them getting out all their pretty, pink pastel sticks or start to mix up pink paint… uh… nope. An important element to being an artist is the ability to see clearly. To...

Raindrops

I got new glasses…. And in getting new glasses I discovered a few things. I am not that young anymore. Yes, I finally had to break down and get Progressives. Or those pesky “bifocals” as we used to call them. Ok, I am almost 52 years old, so I guess...

Oil Painting – The Tavern Project Part 3

More on those panels! Slowly (and yet as fast as possible) I kept working on areas until they reached a more finished stage. I constantly had to keep thinking about the “white” areas of the lit forms- like you would in a watercolor painting and then slowly...

Oil Painting – The Tavern Project Part 2

This week I will take you through the stages that the paintings went through for the restaurant project that was discussed last week. So since these panels were so big- 22″ x 42″ each, they had to go on my drafting table so I could work on them...