A more formal figure painting December 31, 2011 Carol L. Douglas Nude, oil on canvas, 40X30 This commissioned work is a formal portrait of a mature woman who desired a nude… Continue Reading →
Figure Sketch December 19, 2011 Carol L. Douglas (Michelle reading, 24X36″ oil sketch on canvas.) I have been doing fewer 3 hour figure studies, because my pal Marilyn… Continue Reading →
Join me at the Irondequoit Inn this weekend July 27, 2011 Carol L. Douglas Piseco Outlet 12X9 Oil (click for a larger view) Irondequoit Inn’s 2011 featured artist Mark your calendars for a meet… Continue Reading →
Today’s little exercise, a one hour sketch after my class. July 15, 2011 Carol L. Douglas West breakwall at Irondequoit Bay, some smallish size or another, oil on canvasboard Kamillah Ramos was game to paint another… Continue Reading →
How to set up a field sketch, for my students’ edification July 14, 2011 Carol L. Douglas Cottage at Sea Breeze, 12X16″ oil sketch This is for my students… a primer in setting up a painting. This… Continue Reading →
Painting on a dock on the bay… July 13, 2011 Carol L. Douglas I spent a few hours on Irondequoit Bay this morning, painting Mayer’s Marina, across the swing bridge in Webster (a… Continue Reading →
Travels with Friends: Recent landscape paintings of Carol L. Douglas May 6, 2011 Carol L. Douglas I called this show “Travels with Friends” because most of these paintings were done with either Marilyn Feinberg or Kristin… Continue Reading →
Skelly in love (bloom where you are planted) April 18, 2011 Carol L. Douglas If I could get painting students to do one thing, it would be to draw every day. It’s cheap—$5 will… Continue Reading →
Meme of the Day—Kim Jong Il Looking at Things February 4, 2011 Carol L. Douglas Abi’s stuffed opossum and green wine glasses, 8X6″, oil on canvas Kim Jong-Il Looking at Things is my current favorite… Continue Reading →
Meme of the day–I’ll catch a grenade for you! (Right.) February 3, 2011 Carol L. Douglas Rag doll and GI Joe, 8X6″, oil on canvas Sometimes this business of painting catches you by surprise. I was… Continue Reading →