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Hey, Carol, what am I supposed to buy for this workshop?

Carol L. Douglas Jun 4, 2013 3 min read
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

Carol L. Douglas Jun 3, 2013 3 min read
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 …
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Views and Duets

Carol L. Douglas Jun 2, 2013 4 min read
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, …
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Painting at Olana

Carol L. Douglas May 31, 2013 1 min read
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 …
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Climbing the Catskills in easy stages

Carol L. Douglas May 30, 2013 2 min read
The mist through the early morning trees. By the time you’re reading this I’ll have painted all day at Olana at the 2nd Annual Ted Beardsley Memorial Paint-Out. Yesterday I drove to Kingston and saw Bruce Bundock’s fantastic show at the Rosendale CafĂ©, and then on to Jamie Grossman’s lovely home in the Catskills. This …