Tag: art
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Another experiment
I found another small old painting in my studio and couldn’t help but start going over it. I learned quite a bit while making this. (1) If i’m going over old paintings, i need to leave more of the old in tact (2) i need to stop using prussian blue hue. i will probably repaint…
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Not so precious
In my second sitting with this painting I brought in the sky and sea, and I have to say that it was thoroughly enjoyable and I like the outcome. In particular, I love this section of the shoreline. I’m making a conscious effort to evoke the essence of the scene without getting too precious.
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New Beginning
Started a new painting last night. I had intended to do the same scene again but after making that little waterfall painting the other night, I changed my mind. Gotta move on. I’ll be painting more loosely and following my intuition.
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Wisconsin Waterfall
Last night I found a couple of old paintings from 2002, and I had the overwhelming urge to paint over one of them.
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Flood Reflections at Rutherford-Sayre Park, Chicago
I finished this painting and I’m feeling pretty good about it. The goal was to paint 2 foot square acrylic version of the very small gouache painting I made last year (below), using only the painting as a reference rather than the original photo reference.
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What am I trying to achieve?
As I was reflecting on the work I’m doing right now and my painting plans for this year, I became very certain that my primary goal is this: I want to learn to make mid-scale acrylic landscape paintings with a process and outcome that represent my sensibility. The most important thing about framing the goal…
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Getting to the home stretch
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Tree woes
One of the challenges in making this painting based upon the 7x7cm landscape I painted is that there are times when I need to use my imagination to add detail in service of the painting, rather than solely base my painting from the small source. I went into this tree with some measure of caution,…
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Painting doodles