Archive for the ‘Art Techniques’ Category
Daily Painting on The Rose, and Iris Dance Oil Painting
Daily painting was on my Oil Painting of “The Rose” 16″x20″ and “The Iris Dance” also 16″x20″. I will be doing studio work on both of these paintings. For the Iris Dance I am using glazes over white pelican Ink. It is permanent with alternate glazes of oil. Originally posted 2009-05-12 07:59:25. Republished by Blog [...]
“Color Notes and the Rose”
Today I worked on the Rose Painting. I took inspiration on the color notes from Lois Griffel’s Book “The Impressionist Landscape”…I then changed the shadow color to yellow ochre and Indian Yellow, and scumbled with cerlean Blue. Then painting yelows without all the white for the highlights and secondary colors. I like the changes. Everytime [...]
“TV to Broadway” CD Cover
June 8, 2008 I started on the layout for the new CD commission. It is called “TV to Broadway” for Shooting Stars. I painted the canvas Frosty Orange Acrylic and got the two figures and background stage figured out using white this time to create form. I had used black in “Tip Toes”. I am [...]
“Tip Toes” CD Cover
June 1, 2008 This is the painting for the “Shooting Stars” CD cover for the younger dancers. The front cover is Karen’s Daughter, She was very happy with the results. Originally posted 2008-06-01 08:37:29. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Related Websites Celebrating 60 Years of Cover Art If you haven’t already heard about it, Harlequin [...]
“Daily Painting”
Daily Painting today was on the Pastel Daffodils Plein Air Painting. Originally posted 2009-04-10 09:06:55. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
“Joan”
I did another hospital portrait on my moleskin sketch journal. I sure like the feel of the paper moleskin uses. Its so scrumptious my pencil loves Originally posted 2008-12-02 09:45:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Related Websites How to Learn from Your Competitors to Build a Better Corporate Blog Sometimes it can be pretty tough [...]
“Demonstration”
Today’s Daily was a demonstration for my student. When students can see a step by step demonstrations it helps them with their own vision. Originally posted 2009-04-09 08:58:37. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
“Earth Walk”
I was like a wandering question mark today when I started in with the daily painting. Then an image started to come together in an interesting way. The photo is a preliminary drawing for the “Art House Project”. I am calling it “Earth Walk”. The theme for the Art House Project is “Everyone we know”. [...]
Celebration of Kitty Wallis Draw Class
Today was the end of a year class in drawing. The Photo is of our final class. The Class was created by Kitty Wallis. She used a combination of Nicolaide’s book “The Natural Way to Draw” and her experiences from her figure teacher Nicolas Carone plus a lot more useful information. Kitty is an excellent instructor. [...]
“Ancient Teachers” In progress Painting
Daily Painting today the “Ancient Teachers”. The painting is becoming more refined as I worked on the basic forms and changed the color notes with temperature adjustment. The painting is becoming more mysterious…One more session should do it but the painting will dictate what is to be accomplished. Like all creative actions the painting has [...]