My Father the Model.
For anyone that has seen my work before, the man in the above oil sketch may look familiar… it’s my Dad. The new session of my Thursday night portrait class…
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Birch Forest
Welcome to the Birch Forest! Today’s post is a oil painting sketch that I’m planning on enlarging into a bigger painting. I just finished making a batch of new panels, and have…
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The Italy Painting; final
It has recently been brought to my attention that I never posted the final image of my commisioned landscape. So today’s post is that final image of a commisioned landscape…
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Back to School
After a great summer break, my weekly portrait class has begun again at The Atelier in Minneapolis. After our first night, last night, I think this is going to be…
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Como Park Pines
This painting was done en plein air. That is the fancy way of saying that it was painted on location outside, in plain air. Painting on location can be quite…
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Late Afternoong Light
Today’s post is a pastel painting done on a homemade panel. I started with a sheet of Gatorboard. I toned it with Golden Liquid acrylic in a Payne’s gray. Next,…
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Almost There
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The Italy Painting…the work continues
Here’s another look at my commission painting of the Italian coast. I’ve been working with a limited number of pigments on this painting. The idea, is that it help to…