This weekend I will be the Artist Guest of Honor at DemiCon 29 in Des Moines, IA May 4-6, 2018). One of the events I’ll be doing is an oil painting demo and since their convention theme this year is Down the Rabbit Hole, I’ve created an Alice in...
May22018
Demo for DemiCon 2018
Sep162015
Voodoo Queen (Woman of Power) in Progress
A few weeks ago I showed my drawing for this painting. This week how about some color studies? Gouache! I wanted something fast drying, yet still able to be manipulated once down on the paper, and something mostly opaque. Gouache. Watercolor was my first love so I enjoy gouache....
Dec172014
Museum Visit – Go with a Question
I don’t know about you but when visiting art museums, after about the first few hours I start to get overwhelmed. There’s just so much to take in: value control, composition, color, gesture, how the artist painted (a colored ground, direct, indirect, an underpainting), the list goes on. I...
Sep242014
Sea Daydream: Process Part 2
Sea Daydream: Process Part 2 What’s wrong with this picture? As I wrote in part 1, I was repurposing a rejected sketch and aiming for a dream-like quality. The larger sketch just wasn’t “it”. Something wasn’t sitting right for me. At this point I was stubborn and decided I...
Mar122014
Portrait Study – Paint
Last week I posted about how I transfer a drawing to canvas. This week, paint! I’m using oils and decided to use a limited palette. Initially I was going to use Ivory Black for the cools but the flesh was looking dead so I added French Ultramarine Blue. Basically...