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Are you in a hurry?

Published by admin June 19th, 2009 in art teacher, Blog and fine art. 0 Comments

I don’t have to guess if my students are in a hurry. They tell me one way or another, every week. Every week of every class I have ever taught a student at some level has expressed their urgent needs. Yes they are all in a rush, to what I wonder? To paint well? The [...]

Fenway

Published by admin May 10th, 2009 in art teacher, Fenway Park, FenwayArt and fine art. 1 Comment

I have gotten used to looking like an idiot while taking my photos a long time ago. So when I go to Fenway and stand in the street framing my reference shots for my paintings, if I am stopping traffic, well…then I am stopping traffic. I do this alone. Whoever I go with I just [...]

Small Windows of Opportunity

Published by admin May 7th, 2009 in art teacher and fine art. 1 Comment

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 [...]

Cape Cod Canal

Published by admin April 1st, 2009 in Art, art teacher, fine art and murals. 0 Comments

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 admin March 19th, 2009 in art teacher, Blog, Mono Prints and printmaking. 0 Comments

I 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 [...]

Embracing the Process

Published by Loretta Feeney February 16th, 2009 in art teacher and fine art. 0 Comments

Letting go with paint

Some Colors can be Detrimental to your Painting

Published by Loretta Feeney January 19th, 2009 in art teacher. 0 Comments

If you are wondering what’s wrong with your painting…

Are You Afraid to Make a Committment?

Published by Loretta Feeney December 18th, 2008 in art teacher, Blog, Boston and fine art. 1 Comment

No? 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 [...]