All-natural June 30, 2021 Carol L. Douglas In paint, the old ways can be the most dangerous. Sketch for ‘The Hay Wain’ c.1820, oil on paper on panel,… Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Art School: the color of evergreens June 28, 2021 Carol L. Douglas When drawing and painting these trees, notice the branch placement, the whorls, the broken spots, the needle color. Black spruce… Continue Reading →
What is freedom? June 25, 2021 Carol L. Douglas Yes, painting (like music) is about personal expression—but it’s also a finely-honed craft. Owl’s Head fishing shacks, oil on canvasboard,… Continue Reading →
What you can and can’t change June 23, 2021 Carol L. Douglas Thought and practice moves our painting style, but it’s incremental, just like the Mary Day docking. Winch (American Eagle), oil… Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Art School: quit wasting time June 21, 2021 Carol L. Douglas We all have dreams we’re deferring until the timing is right. We believe, in our innocent way, that we have… Continue Reading →
Welcome back to real life June 18, 2021 Carol L. Douglas Sailing is a great disperser of cares. Practicing painting aboard American Eagle. What a fabulous group of students I had… Continue Reading →
Gone sailing June 11, 2021 Carol L. Douglas I treasure these few days when I can’t blog, answer texts, or pay bills. Aboard schooner American Eagle. There is… Continue Reading →
More time to paint June 9, 2021 Carol L. Douglas We shove our painting into narrow windows of opportunity. Maybe that isn’t such a bad thing. Inlet, oil on canvasboard,… Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Art School: what we can learn from pointillism June 7, 2021 Carol L. Douglas Not every color that’s on your painting must be there in real life. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884,… Continue Reading →
The photograph lies but my sketch yells the truth June 4, 2021 Carol L. Douglas Stop taking snapshots you’ll never use and start sketching instead. Collapsing shed, 9X12, oil on canvasboard, Carol L. Douglas, $696… Continue Reading →