What did the sea say to the mermaid?
It’s a Merdonna and Child. Or something. When this buoy arrived in the mail a few weeks ago, certain members of my family were flummoxed. “Who sent us an oversized dreidel?” Since I was expecting it, I recognized it for what it was, but then wondered whether it was supposed to go dreidel-side up or …
Hey, Carol, what am I supposed to buy for this workshop?
Years ago, I took a figure workshop from a well-known American figure painter. On receiving his supply list, I noted several pigments that are not normally on my palette. Two were transparent earth colors; one was Naples yellow; one was cadmium green. I duly bought them, took the workshop, and came home having never touched …
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In search of the perfect easel
I can handle the Sun-Eden storage because it’s plastic and light. I hate carrying around wooden storage space just because someone else thinks it’s necessary. Of course, there IS no perfect easel, but I do have a perfect palette, and I want an easel deserving of it My current easel took its last gasp at …
Views and Duets
My painting for ABVI’s “Play It Forward.” I know how to defeat this painting for next time I’m asked, BTW. When last I posted, I had just painted with my fellow NYPAP artists* at Olana, the home of Frederic Edwin Church. This event, spearheaded by Marilyn Fairman, is in honor of NYPAP’s founder, Ted Beardsley, …
Painting at Olana
Painting at Olana, the estate of Frederic Church, with fellow members of NYPAP, for the 2nd annual Ted Beardsley Memorial Paintout. Again, I’m a little rushed, but here are snapshots of what I did yesterday. Olana overlook, approaching sunset, 12X16 oil, by little ol’ me. Bea Gustafson painting the sky. My first sketch, about 45 …