I worked on this painting an hour at a time over three days, returning at about 4:30 each day to catch the raking light hitting the tops of the trees and buildings. Posted with Blogsy
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Digital Plein Air “Dark Day”
Main St. 10/24/15 It was a cold, wet fall day “down by the tracks.” I was originally attracted by the similar colors of the sides and roofs of the buildings. Posted with Blogsy
Mansion Hill Plein Air
One of my favorite places to paint is the small garden off Gorham Street. It was sunny and ninety! 8 x 10 inches, oil on panel. Posted with Blogsy
Rutledge Street Bridge
Another plein air on a beautiful summer day. 8 x 10 inches, oil on panel.
Charcoal from Photo
My first charcoal drawing from one of my own photos! I've been doing a lot of copying from Internet photos—a lot of nudes from the site http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/ for quick sketch practice, and some figures from Garry Winogrand photos. Copying the Winogrand photos gave me the idea that maybe I could use my own photos. I… Continue reading Charcoal from Photo
A Night with the Devil
The devil in this case being the seduction of details. I went to Philip Solomon's open studio last night and started out reasonably enough, using my newly-learned technique of roughing out the pose with the side of a short piece of soft charcoal. But I knew I had 4 hours and very quickly I was… Continue reading A Night with the Devil
Class at Madison College
I usually take some kind of workshop every summer, and this year I signed up for Chris Gargan's Life Drawing for Illustration class at MATC here in Madison. It runs for three weeks, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. I took the same class 2 years ago and really enjoyed it. So far it's been a… Continue reading Class at Madison College
Ipad at Mother Fool’s
An Ipad drawing I started at Mother Fool's coffee shop, then took a picture with my phone to use to finish the drawing. Here's the photo: I'm working on shapes, color, and, on the Ipad, mark-making.
Early Morning at Olbrich Park
I kept meaning to “finish” this iPad drawing I did last summer looking east from the top of the sledding hill at Olbrich Park. I never got around to working on it again, so I'm now declaring it done. After all, we need something to remember the sun with this gray spring weather. I believe… Continue reading Early Morning at Olbrich Park
Book Cover for Olive Jensen Nordby
The Norwegian-American Center here in Madison asked me to help them make a new version of a book of woodcuts by a local artist, Olive Jensen Nordby. For most of the book I just recreated the existing layout as digital files that could be sent to an offset printer. But for the dust jacket they… Continue reading Book Cover for Olive Jensen Nordby
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