This is not the direction I thought I would be heading in when I returned to full-time painting. I’m exploring the basic structure of things the same way I explore the skeleton in order to express the movement of a figure with one flowing line. The basic structure of most things is geometric. A byproduct …
Moving forward on bringing it all together … Once again, reality is only a starting point. As I began to lay in color, I needed additional shapes to control the movement of the eye through the painting. Reality is only relative anyway. Sketchbook drawing: drawn first in pencil followed by watercolor. Erasing pencil line does …
Sometimes I’m nudged by work I find, or is suggested to me, online. Sometimes I’m nudged by work I see at an exhibition or I found in a book or magazine. Within the last thirty-six hours I’ve been hit over the head with input that screams at me to dig deeper, be bolder, take even …
Recent inspiration has jolted me into leaping forward. I have been painting en plein air for several months, trying to break away from depicting the reality my eyes see before me. After Wednesday’s trip to New York City, I decided to pull out the stops and see what might happen. With Vieira da Silva in …
When values and or colors aren’t working, adjustments need to be made. Sometimes the adjustments make matters worse and provide the opportunity to experiment further. At one point, the center holes were vivid red and I loved them. Unfortunately nothing else was working. I thought that the problem lay in the holes so I kept …
This morning’s throw of the die was a welcome relief from the Modified Triad of the last two days. I threw a three (Double Complements) a one (yellow) and a two (yellow/green). The third throw was to determine the second set of complements. That gave me yellow, purple, yellow / green and red/purple. I enjoyed …