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Came accross this while looking at art magazines today, a lazy July 4th weekend: “People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when

I painted this small, 8×10 still life study Wed. night.  I only had a short time to paint, and since my goal is to paint every day, thought I’d better

I worked on this paintings a couple of days, again trying to implement some of the ideas I learned in Ovanes Berberian’s workshop.  Had fun with this one. In the

Fellow art blogger Katherine Tyrrel (“Making a Mark”) is planning a trip to California, and asked me about painting locations.  I started putting together a list (spots from San Mateo

Today, I choose a subject where I could exercise some control, subtlety. In the water, I focused on slight shifts in warm/cool colors. “Simple Seascape”, Oil on Linen, 8×10 A

Since I was not allowed to photograph Ovanes Berberian’s demos, a few artists have asked me to show them the process using one of my own paintings. So here goes!

This has been an exhausting week, but I learned a lot. The painting on the left is my last effort, which I think is a big improvement over the week.

We were supposed to paint ouitside this morning, but it rained so Ovanes took us into his studio for a slide show. We then painted all afternoon at a small

Still making progress. I’m learning a lot from Ovanes, such a generous teacher. Today I focused on the area he asked me to work on: “raw color” (include more sophisticated