Nature preaches peace
But it’s a jungle out there. Apple blossom time, 9X12, oil on canvasboard, available. My friend Jonathan Becker took a lovely photo of spring outside his back door in Samaria. There are poppies to the left and something that looks like flax to the right—and beyond that a chain-link fence and the desert. Overshadowed by …
Monday Morning Art School: pochade boxes for every budget
I hate to see people waste money on a cheap pochade box that won’t work. My current system is an Open M box on a carbon-fiber tripod. It’s lightweight and puts up with a lot of abuse. Last week I discussed how Google drove me toward inexpensive and fatally-flawed Meeden pochade boxes. I do not …
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Constant overdrive
My strategic plan for 2022 seems to be in tatters. That’s the price of constant overdrive. Skylarking, 24X36, oil on canvas, available. At the end of last year, pastor Quinton Self challenged us to stop with the busy work and focus on what matters. That includes moments of rest. He and I are the same …
Paint like you’re rich
Being stingy with art supplies will cost you more in the long run. Terrie’s rig is handmade but very solid. There are many ways to solve the pochade box question, which is why I hesitate to recommend one. The discussion started with a student confessing that he didn’t mix enough different greens for his painting …
Monday Morning Art School: drawing realistic clouds
Clouds have volume and are subject to the rules of perspective. Clouds over Whiteface Mountain, oil on canvasboard, available. Clouds are not flat. The same perspective rules that apply to objects on the ground also apply to objects in the air. We are sometimes misled about that because clouds that appear to be almost overhead are, …
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