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Strung Out - the update 25 Aug 2013 | 04:55 am
Strung Out 12" x 24" oil Quite awhile ago I started this piece and it sat idle for a couple of months while others took the limelight. In between paintings, I thought I'd add more paint to it and ...
Colour matching 21 Aug 2013 | 06:04 am
One of the challenges that many beginning artists have when painting is getting to grips with colour theory. It can be daunting with many formulas, favourite primary colours and different colour whee...
Working in series 16 Aug 2013 | 04:50 am
Producing a series of paintings, even a small series, can help focus the mind and let you explore a subject in-depth and push further into ideas, composition and painting techniques. Repetition is ho...
Gary Everest Portrait - complete 11 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
Gary Everest Oil on canvas panel 11" x 14" I have virtually sat on my hands to avoid overworking this portrait. There is a fine line between just enough and too much and failure and I walk it oft...
Gary update 4 10 Aug 2013 | 05:57 pm
I know, everyone is likely tired of this week of little updates, but this is a bit more substantial I hope. I've had a free morning and the brush and brain seemed to kick into high gear so I made goo...
Gary Everest update 3 10 Aug 2013 | 06:09 am
I feel like I have a split personality in painting as I arrange and rearrange colours constantly at times before settling on a palette that works for me. It comes intuitively and after much knashing ...
Portrait update 9 Aug 2013 | 05:32 am
My update is small and tentative. I'm still finalizing my palette for this portrait of Gary Everest and confess its been wiped several times. I want colour and movement and life in it as Gary's j...
Portrait in progress 7 Aug 2013 | 06:54 pm
Me and my big mouth. Ages ago, I sort of challenged Gary Everest to a portrait swap of sorts. What was I thinking? Gary is a portrait artist extraordinare located in Hawaii and I, well I paint f...
Capelin and classes 28 Jul 2013 | 05:41 am
After many thin layers of glazing, I've finished the capelin painting. Its interesting to build and see the colour in beach rocks that initially seem to have blue/grey only. Layers of purples, reds,...
Turmoil 21 Jul 2013 | 06:41 pm
Turmoil 22" x 28" oil on canvas I've been struggling with this painting for the past week or more, but have finally conquered it, though it was winning there for awhile. Its easy to give up when a...
