Journal

Thoughts, happenings and other things I’d love to share with you

  • May – “Mirror”

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    May – “Mirror”

    When I started drawing as a teenager, I had stacks of pretty fashion magazines that I used for reference. If you’re a child of the 80s or 90s you’ll remember that none of those photographs had…

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  • Painting an eye in Golden Open acrylics

    Painting an eye in Golden Open acrylics

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    Thank you everyone SO much for supporting me during my first ever live stream! I had a wonderful time and I hope you did as…

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  • Studio hours #5

    Studio hours #5

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    I continued with yesterday’s panel, for a few short layers. I’d like to see what it takes to build some layers of textural paint, without…

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  • Studio hours #4 and an update

    Studio hours #4 and an update

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    I wasn’t feeling great lately, to be honest. After the up – working with relative confidence on my panels – came the down. Besides my…

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  • Creative experiments #2

    Creative experiments #2

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    My friend Anna and I made some plans for creative fun and unfortunately that meant having to place another order with my art supplier. The…

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  • Creative experiments #1

    Creative experiments #1

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    A few weeks (or was it months?…yikes…) ago I bought a gel plate and some other stuff to experiment with. After an initial surge of…

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  • Starting out with oil painting

    Starting out with oil painting

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    When it comes to oil painting, it can feel like you have to wrestle through a full-time chemistry study before you can make your first…

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  • More figures from my mind, part 2

    More figures from my mind, part 2

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    I did another three figure sketches for you, drawn from my mind, in this new video. I hope you enjoy! As I explained in my…

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  • Drawing figures from my mind, part I

    Drawing figures from my mind, part I

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    Drawing from the mind is an exercise that can help you use previously stored information better. I’ll explain why this works well for me, in…

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  • New (and some old) brushes!

    New (and some old) brushes!

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    My recent venture into the world of oil painting was a perfect excuse to take out my Rosemary & Co catalog and drain my bank…

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