Looking forward to next weekend in mid-coast Maine
Rockwell Kent, Late Afternoon, Monhegan Island, collection of Jamie and Phyllis Wyeth It is a warm, sluggish summer day. My thoughts are already jumping ahead to this month’s Maine workshop. Our day trip to Monhegan Island was cancelled in June because of weather, so I’m doubly excited. A chance word by a FB friend got me …
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“I can’t draw a straight line.”
Street in Saintes-Maries, ca. July 17, 1888, by Vincent van Gogh–done as a mature artist. The good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise (which is, sadly, not wholly rhetorical right now) I will have a new drawing student this week. My friend has internalized the message that she can’t learn to draw; in fact …
I’ve never painted like this before, but I am finally satisfied.
Completed landscape, Mendon, looking north. A year in the painting, and it’s finally finished to my satisfaction. My very patient clients are coming tomorrow to see it. All technique innovations start with an unanswerable problem. In this case, it was capturing the thousand prismatic details of a fallow autumn field. In fall, red leans against …
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It’s painting weather!
We’ve been stuck in this weather pattern for weeks. It’s hard to paint in. I got an email this week that read, “This being the 4th of July weekend, summer is officially here and it is time to do your plein air painting. No more excuses about it being too cold or whatever…” Clouds stacking …
The Winnowing Fork
I threw out 90% of my drawings, keeping only those of sentimental value. This could be nobody but my friend, clothing designer Jane Bartlett, posing for a quick sketch. I recently bought new pads of newsprint , and they tipped me into chaos. I finally faced the truth that there wasn’t a single corner in …