Here’s a painting that took a little over two hours to complete, which is what I intended to do. Sometimes it’s good to have a plan!9.5″ x 13.5″, Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolours on Arches 140# cold press paper. I did a lot of this with my Winsor & Newton Series 7 No. 5 brush, …
I copped another cover for The Beacher Weekly Newspaper! This one turned into a ‘what could possibly happen down at the Lighthouse here in Michigan City at Christmas time’. There are dozens of stone pylons that line the walkway at the beach, so I channeled a little Will Elder and turned them into gift processing stations. Plus, everyone …
Hope y’all had as merry a Christmas as possible. Here’s how I spent part of my time Christmas Eve and Day. I needed to go to the beach for awhile to clear my head, as my great and steadfast friend Rusty Burke recovers from head trauma in Washington, DC. This might be a long haul for him, …
Happy New Year
Happy New Year!
I’m juggling my painting with some cartoon work right now, along with some illustration work, so I’m living the dream! The old saying “It’s a poor workman who blames his tools” could apply here, as I experimented with my Winsor & Newton colours on a Canson Watercolor Artboard with a cold press surface.Suffice to say …
Well, I’m on a dunes painting kick, so I won’t fight the feeling.Here lately I’m finding that I’m relying on “made up” scenes that come in part from a reference scene and in part from my memory.I think this would include me trying small bits of different techniques, coupled with my emotions, to make a …
As of Saturday morning, January 20, we have 35 inches of snow outside our door here in Michigan City!We watched it snow all day yesterday, so I thought it would be a good time to paint. Lots of time, we have plenty of food (and coffee) in our warm little house, there’s a travel restriction …
Recovering from 3 feet of snow by making art is a pretty good way to soothe one’s savage breast…or the feeling of having nothing to compete with Mother Nature’s fury!We survived just fine and drawing cartoons and painting watercolors is my go-to survival skill! I experimented on this scene with scratching grasses out of wet …
As long as I’m here, time for a Painting Post. I’ve been pretty lazy lately, so here’s one I did a couple of months ago.This one I did totally out of my head and the “rushed” look is intentional – spent about 30 minutes on this.So, in the words of The Who, A Quick One …