Foibles and Flops and Fixes

Foibles and Flops and Fixes

  I painted the piece below and was quite happy with it for many reasons. First I wanted a sky that was less saturated hues than I usually do – a more tender, subtle feel.  Our skies here in Maine tend to be very showy.  But this day was not. It was late...

Recreating a Scene-Pastel

Recreating a scene seen on the fly… I am trying to recreate something I saw last fall when I could not stop to sketch or even take color notes. Day 2 is spent building layers of depth in the sky, choosing specific colors to help leaves pop, testing colors for...

Painting Snow in Pastel

Painting Snow in Pastel is full of dsnuance. In pastels I have two large trays of whites- I have them sorted by warm and cool colors. I pick from these trays the whites that are right for the scene I am observing and for the feeling I want to create. This is our dusk...
Oil Palette and Potential

Oil Palette and Potential

Returning to mucking in  oils after 10 years of sloshing around in watercolor, it has been a joy –and an eye opener– discovering how different pigments react in different binders. Alizarin Crimson and Viridian do not sing the same properties in these two...