Painting 1: day 3, blocking-in and scumbling
With the foreground and shadows roughly blocked in, my goal today is to begin on the lighter areas and the sky. This requires blocking in the darker areas of th...
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Painting 1: day 2, blocking-in shadows
The finished painting will have an extreme level of contrast between the light of the sky and the back-lit, silhouetted shadows of the foreground. It is importa...
Painting 1: day 1, the underpainting
I’ve decided to use a previous study as the compositional basis for the first painting of the series. The first stage of my painting process typically inv...
Sketchbook Study with FW inks
Intrigued with some of the elements of my previous study, I decide to continue working with images of the sky and atmosphere. I reviewed my photos from my most ...
Sketchbook Study with FW inks
Using the oil paint studies as a starting point, I’m jumping into the world of acrylic based pigmented inks. The first step is to familiarize myself with ...
Studies and Recognizing Early Influences
Being on sabbatical and having the time to actually contemplate my own work, I can see the influence of some of my earliest artistic heroes and how their presen...
Looking at what I’ve done
Sitting, looking, reflecting, remembering, critiquing, cringing, smiling and discovering the previous work in my studio is a place to start. Taking stock. What ...