Monday Morning Art School: which painting should I choose?
Dithering is so easy to do when you choose a painting for an auction, online jurying, or any other situation where the stakes are high.
Daylilies and lace-cap hydrangea
Dithering is an important part of the plein air landscape painting process; after all, there might be something brilliant right around the corner.
Things that are real
The sun is shining and the soft ocean breezes are blowing, but too many of us are in our air-conditioned rooms experiencing life vicariously.
Monday Morning Art School: angle drawing
During last week’s workshop, Beth, Sharon and I were looking at a house on Pearl Street in Camden. I’d given them a lesson on two-point perspective and then said, “That’s just so you understand the principle. In real life, you’re going to measure angles rather than draw to a vanishing point.” That’s harder to do, …
Keeping my cool
Today will be warm but breezy, so it should be perfect weather to come by my gallery for a show of my students’ work from this week.