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...
How are you all? I have a story. Skip if you want to get right to work! So my family has set up a Zoom meeting so we can be in touch. Aahhh heaven for a mom… One night though, more years ago than matter I was asleep in my futon in the Kyoshikan in Tokyo when I...
Water – watercolor… Its about the water moving the pigment. Its physics! and the chemistry of the pigment how heavy it is determines how it will move in the water. That is what we must learn so we know what we can express with this medium. To start, put...
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...
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...
