Category Archives: Painting
Advanced Painting Atelier Week 10 & 11 Split-Complimentary Color Figure Painting
“Two Weeks.” I have visions of the huge and tall person in the movie Total Recall when the head explodes while going through customs. I decided to do a portrait, of course, I wanted to challenge myself because I thought … Continue reading
Advanced Painting Atelier Week 3 – 4
Weeks 3 and 4 were all about Analogous, value-based still-life painting. We also discussed other compositional options such as the Fibonacci sequence and deciding whether the subject requires a low, mid, or high-key composition. Here was my analogous painting. Almost … Continue reading
Don’t do It!
If you’re an artist, you probably have a large stack of paintings that don’t measure up to your standards. The longer you paint, the more this becomes a difficult thing to deal with. I learn something from every painting I … Continue reading
Self-Portrait Complete
August 24, 2019 As always, the caveat is, it’s done for now. I’m happy with it, in fact, I’m so happy with it I want it in MY ROOM. I seem to have this belief that I can’t really paint … Continue reading
Weeks 10 – 12 Part 3
I’m learning a lot as I go along. One of them is figuring out how to divorce myself from the picture and paint what I see. It can be an emotional thing to do a self-portrait. You almost never appear … Continue reading
The Zorn Palette
Many people have probably used this color scheme, but it is most widely know to be used by a Swedish painter named Anders Zorn who was known for his portraits. Here is an example of his work: I’ve been spending … Continue reading
Weeks 10 – 12 Portraits Week 1
This task threw me for days. I doubted myself. I doubted that I could do it. I wouldn’t even start for the fear. Isn’t that silly? Now I think it is, but then, well, I guess I just wasn’t thinking. … Continue reading
Weeks 4 – 6 of Painting Class
Many weeks later… I am so sorry it has been so long. Frankly, my painting class is kicking my butt. I have so much to learn in such a short time and I keep getting in my own way. I … Continue reading
Kipaipai Painting Class has Begun!
Finally, the painting class portion of the Kipaipai Atelier has begun! I’ve waited months for this and I’m so excited. During the first class, I was bouncing up and down in my chair. Overachiever that I am, about a month … Continue reading
Dreams of Inspiration – The Work in Progress – Part 1
I’m not even sure where to start with this, or where I’m going, and I’m not done yet. The simplest version is, I had an idea for a painting. It came into my mind complete, and gorgeous, and I had … Continue reading