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 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 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...