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Here are a few quick sketches done earlier this year. Drawing in vine charcoal helps me learn to translate what I’m seeing into line and mass. It also makes it easy to design in three values– light, medium and … Continue reading
“REAL ARTISTS PAINT EVERY DAY.” I don’t know where I got that idea, or how many other people believe some version of it. “You have to draw every day if you want to be any good, blah, blah blah…” I … Continue reading
Learning to draw never ends. Learning to not just see, but perceive and understand is one part. Learning to translate experience and emotion into an arrangement of marks is another. And then there’s learning to fall in love with the … Continue reading
Here are some recent drawings in preparation for a new series of paintings. My goal is to use the poses as a starting point for playing with line and mass, space division, and value patterns. Following Degas’ example in his … Continue reading
First thing this morning- a charcoal study of little boys at the beach, with Degas and Diebenkorn images on the drawing table next to my sketchbook. Why? Both artists were masters of space division. The longer I work at … Continue reading
Yesterday afternoon I took an hour to head up to the 4H fair in Alexandria, IN. I’ve been sketching and painting there on and off for 13 years. Drawing forces you to stare at something long enough to begin to … Continue reading
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Gathering Shells 20 x 24 | oil on canvas
By the Pond 16 x 20 | oil on canvas
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