It feels like Edinburgh here in Massachusetts. It’s been raining and raining. This is what people mean when they say the Cape has no spring. Because we have weather like this and then it just turns hot for three months. Yesterday my studio was warm with a fire in the wood-stove, and a new painting [...]
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The Cape Cod Canal and it’s bridges are sneaking into my paintings. This is an area that I love to go and to capture with the paint. It is the gateway to Cape Cod, your introduction. This is the area that defines the region whether you are coming to the Cape or leaving it. When [...]
Tools of the Trade
Published by March 19th, 2009 in Blog, Mono Prints, art teacher and printmaking. 0 CommentsI talk a lot about palettes and supplies. My studio palette as noted in a previous post is a big slab of marble that I love to work on. Years ago when I was just starting to paint I bought a folding black medal palette for my watercolors. Eventually it turned into my travel palette [...]
Letting go with paint
Some Colors can be Detrimental to your Painting
Published by January 19th, 2009 in art teacher. 0 CommentsIf you are wondering what’s wrong with your painting…
Are You Afraid to Make a Committment?
Published by December 18th, 2008 in Blog, Boston, art teacher and fine art. 1 CommentNo? You should be. When starting a painting, being afraid to commit is a very good thing. That is right where you want to be. I tell my students to take their time. What is the rush to get locked in? It’s good not to be able to tell a figure from a tree trunk [...]
Painting from memory
Barnstable Harbor Painting Class
Published by September 24th, 2008 in Art, art teacher and painting on location. 0 CommentsPutting one correct note of color
Hyannisport Artists
Published by August 25th, 2008 in art teacher and painting on location. 0 CommentsToday I was able to bring my students to MY teachers studio. My generous teacher Sam Barber shared his waterfront property with the class, painted with them and handed out cold cans of beer for the critique after. This day spent by the ocean in Hyannisport, a beautiful August day like today. Breezy, sunny, Kennedy’s [...]
superior painting surfaces
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