Neko-nabe, or fat cat in a dish (with notes about how to draw the ellipse of the dish)
Neko-nabe, or fat cat in a dish, 8X6 oil on canvas An ellipse is a plane curve with two foci which is symmetrical on both the vertical and positive axes, and intersects with these axes perpendicularly. I recently heard a student tell another one, “She means not a racetrack and not a football.” Works for …
Meme of the day–Ginger is so last year, but so’s this purse!
Sandy’s ginger purse, which I found lying on the floor, 6X8, oil on canvas These memes of the day are tiny (6X8) still life paintings, warm-ups for my “real” paintings, and if they take me more than an hour, I get quite grumpy. (Girls, can I send this purse away now, or should it kick …
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Internet meme of the day–girl falls into fountain while texting
Girl falls into fountain while texting, 6X8″, oil on canvas And the steps to do it, in about an hour: I start with either a watercolor pencil drawing. Easily erasable with a wet paper towel, allows me to fiddle endlessly with composition. Then I block in colors and values, very roughly. Then these shapes are …
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Winter evening at Twelve Corners
Winter evening at Twelve Corners, sketch, 12X16 or thereabouts, oil on canvas I was waiting for my son at Brighton High School and amusing myself by taking photos of the streetlights with a handheld camera. Never thought of the photos as a painting until it was suggested by my friend Pilan. Here it is in …
Internet meme of the day–that’s just crazy talk.
Tinfoil hat, 6X8″ oil on canvas Tinfoil is just not that easy to paint alla prima. This was my second try. But check out this tinfoil, done with a rather more careful approach, in colored pencil: http://www.kenygalleries.com/images/ac-tolstedt/tolstedt-bio.html (BTW, I can make the tinfoil hat itself in less than a minute.)