I’m all set for “Gold Country Plein Air” next week. The paintings below will be in the “pre-show” from Tuesday to Saturday next week. Monday, I’m going to start by
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“You don’t get hung up on the scalple if you’re a surgeon. You get hung up on what the scalple will do.” – Artie Shaw All group painting activities I’ve
I know there are many fans of Ovanes Berberian that visit my blog. I’ve just heard from Ray Morrison that his workshop schedule for 2007 is now available. If you’re
It’s a cloudy, cold day today, so I stayed in my “studio” to paint. Looking through my digital photo library, I came across of photo of a rock formation taken
I’m headed to Lake Tahoe next week for a painting and turkey stuffing! I’m hoping for snow. To brush up on painting snow, I painted this one yesterday (yes, had
I was going through the studies I did at Ovanes Berberian’s workshop last summer and came across this one. While not everything “reads”, I like the abstract nature of parts
As per previous posts, I’m working on some paintings based on my reference photos and sketches from Rocky Mountain National Park. I hope these are helpful. I should probably take
Back from my “Rocky Mountain High“, I’ve started evaluating the hundreds of reference photos I took and planning some studio paintings. Yes, Plein Air painters painting in the studio too:
After a good night’s rest, awoke to a fantastic, sunny day at 7am. Finally! I drove to the Alluvial Fan area of Rocky Mountain National Park to paint the waterfall.
A couple of my teachers (Jim Smyth and Ovanes Berberian come to mind) talk about the idea of using the left-over paint from a painting and doing a much smaller