Sometimes I am a day late and a dollar short…. So forgive this blog for coming out this week on a Thursday instead of yesterday. I had taught classes back to back all day on Tuesday, then made dinner for my son and myself, cleaned up and then I sat down to write the...
I am still painting bubbles…. Oh, Ive been doing other things too, but there is a sense of being in no hurry for this painting. Last week I thought I would have this done, no problem. But no…it is taking its own sweet time. Luckily, it is coming along and as I keep...
Creating art is just plain weird. For the last few weeks I have been in a “writers’ block” for some reason. Paintings started, new ideas pushed around and then something innate pushes me off that path and those ideas fade out. So I doubled down. (Taurus, stubborn) I...
White is Precious. And like Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I am obsessed with hoarding it, talking to it, and thinking about it in a composition. Think of me sitting in a corner of my studio with a white, Roche pastel stick in my hands mumbling to...
I have found that the biggest thing you can do with regards to value is to control the extremes- black and white. They are your friends… and they can also be your enemies. Black and white are the King and Queen of any image and need to be respected and treated...
So here is the same apple from last week along with its colorful version. Like I mentioned last week, controlling values (lights and darks of color in painting) is one of the most difficult issues for an artist. It doesn’t help that there is no fast and perfect way...
