Category: Year 3
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Master Study: Michal Jasiewicz, Part 2
I went into excruciating detail about my proposed process for recreating this painting by Michal Jasiewicz in the previous post. Today, Ill explain how I took the lessons I learned from that exercise to try the painting a few more times, and experiment with different options. This was my first attempt. A few things I learned…
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Master Study: Michal Jasiewicz – Part 1
A user on Reddit posted this image, asking how the artist (Michal Jasiewicz) achieved the effect on the distant cliffs. I am not sure how he accomplished it exactly, but I posted this as my best guess. I dont know how they did it, but heres what I would try. Forgive the over explanation, I…
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Chickadee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee
I have always enjoyed watching birds. Im not a bird watcher but I really do get a kick out of watching the greedy little bastards slobber at the bird feeder. I remember a field trip I went on as a kid. We went on a hike through the woods with a tour guide from the…
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Spiker Park Bridge: #1 & 2
I drive through a park on my way to drop off Norah at swim practice, and I pass the same park when I take Winne to dance class. After we cross a small bridge, I like to go straight where Rachel turns right. Every time I do, the girls tell me not to, because they…
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Ray Hendershot Exercise, Fieldstone Building: #1
Yet another successful painting from Ray Hendershot’s “Texture Techniques for Winning Watercolors.” I was getting really down on myself recently because the paintings I was making were all turning out muddy and gross. This exercise helped me learn patience. The more I paint through this book, the more I learn about how to rely on…
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Ray Hendershot Exercise, Clapboard Siding: #1
This weekend I decided I would take my own advice, and paint from the book. I decided to paint from one of the books that I have because trying to learn from my own failures has been pretty discouraging. Im only about a quarter of the way through Ray Hendershots Texture Techniques for Winning Watercolors…
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Datura Innoxia: #2
I have been painting. But Ive been exceptionally bad at it lately. Out of the dozen or so paintings I have made in the past week or two, I have one thats not sitting next to the firewood outside. (Watercolor paper makes a great fire starter by the way.) Ill show you what I mean,…
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Poplars at An Imagined Stream: #1
I have long been inspired by seeing Van Goghs The Poplars at Saint-Rmy. When you see photos of this painting, it looks almost drab, and lifeless. I dont know if the Cleveland Museum of Art recently had it restored, or if the photos just simply cant do it justice, but the painting in real life…
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Nimisila C-6: #22
I know, I know… be done with it already. The thing is… I went to the store today looking for a frame for painting 21. It turns out, they are having a big sale on custom framing. So I decided I would get a custom frame made for it. But the problem is, I dont…
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TRuth Bader Ginsburg RIP
I was deeply saddened to hear that Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away recently. My whole family celebrates RBG, we regularly play I Dissent an RBG-themed board game. We have a childrens book biography of her life that we have read several times. My youngest daughter even went as RBG for Halloween. I am deeply grateful…
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Nimisila C-6: #21
Darn. Im genuinely disappointed. I hoped Id be able to transfer some of the success I had at smaller versions into this larger format, but I feel like I ended up with a little bit of a junk drawer painting. I dont want to write a whole lot about this, because Im feeling defeated. After…