I am a self supporting oil painter working out of my home studio dedicated to painting, art and living a life that makes sense to me.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Limited palette: Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine blue, and Indian Yellow
Thursday, April 21, 2022
The Limited Palette always Impresses
Monday, April 4, 2022
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Each of these are composition books on your amazon channel and only 7.00 I'm excited.
Monday, December 27, 2021
ON PAINTING THE SAME SUBJECT MANY TIMES
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Making your environment work
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Painting the Napa Valley Water tower
Monday, June 28, 2021
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Hi Friends! Collectors! And Artists!
I just posted a new youtube video to my channel and talk about 4 ways to improve your art. THESE are for oil painters. I think they are universal to most all matters of self expression and probably if you want to get esoteric they apply to life itself. (Soften edges, a little neutral with the bright, sometimes you can’t just tackle the subject but instead you look for the outline, finesse, group you lights and shadows). I think I could find some ways that those principles apply to life, don’t you.
I go over a lot of this in my book which is a self published book by amazon
If you haven't joined the youtube channel you can do that here. Here I show how to paint the woman in the garden with the 4 tips on how to improve your paintingSunday, June 6, 2021
Color Color Color
It means something in every culture. I am mesmerized by color and have sought to understand it since I was a teenager. It’s the number one factor that keeps me in pursuit of art for the rest of my life. I adore it; I am compelled to understand it, and I never tire of playing with it not only in art and colors on canvas but in fabrics, in interiors and in landscapes. The funny thing is that the objects that appear to be a certain color are in fact missing that one color in reality and its absence reflects back on the eye of the beholder creating the color in the mind of the observer. Nonetheless we still play with it. And color in paint is a fairly new thing which in fact brought about the marvelous birth of impressionism. Prior works were limited to earth colors and actual gems that were ground down. Art follows technology. When Winsor Newton in England began to develop laboratory colors and tin tubes it changed the entire trajectory of the art and the artist’s work. It’s a fact.
I made a brief little keynote presentation for youtube showing just a few ways to create harmony that is pleasant to the eye of the beholder. I hope this is meaningful to you.
Saturday, May 29, 2021
As I get more involved with my youtube channel it makes me reflect more on the basics of painting. I find the most important things in making a painting (with the intention of selling it) are to keep in mind three or four main points and they are in order of importance DESIGN, COLOR, NARRATION AND FINALLY RENDERING. Rendering is important too but it’s basically nothing if you don’t have the first three in good standing. I painted this painting about 10 years ago and worked hard to get the color harmony and design right.
Watch the youtube video about the stages or progressions of this painting. I am trying to gather a following on my youtube channel where I’ll be posting twice daily and talking in depth about art decisions I make ... join me here:
How to paint a figure in the sun GIRL READING WITH RED PILLOW and be sure to leave any questions or comments here or there. I am always looking for areas of interest. Next up color choices and get to know your mediums!
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Unify your painting with limited palette. I painted this one with mostly three areas of the color wheel .. It’s a small one so “not exact” mostly little spots of color. I took inspiration from the green(yellow green) area, the flesh area of warm reds and then balanced it with the opposite of those two; the purple and purple blues. You can see on the color wheel (thank you grumbacher) how the two colors at the top then from a triangle with the purple blue. In my opinion, the three most important aspects of a painting are design, color harmony and finally rendering pretty much in that order. We’re not going for a photographic representation anymore. THE thing that keeps me painting after 40 years is COLOR not rendering...something to keep in mind. Though rendering is fun too! Check out the youtube talk on this painting and SUBSCRIBE to be notified of bi weekly posts! See you there