I have updated the video on the making of “Megaphone. Since I last posted a video showing the progression from drawing to finished painting, I realized I was not actually finished. As you will see, near the end, I dispensed with the strict technique of layering black washes on a white surface. Instead I began mixing values adding white, gray and black over each other. At this point I had also begun using acrylic mediums (particularly glazing and mat mediums) another departure from painting the Original Dog Studies. It may be subtle but there is more detail and refinement. Here then is the updated video.
process
SEE “GHOST” PROGRESS from start to finish.
See the painting Ghost, from the Medical Collar Series, progress from photos to finished painting.The video below uses stop motion or stills to show my process from composing with reference photos through drawing and layering paint. Today I do most of the photo manipulation digitally. And I have a much better camera. Since the painting … Read more
Sidetracked designing a CD cover (or not every artist is a graphic designer)
Intro
In high school, in the days of audio vinyl, a lot of arty kids fantasized about creating cover art for rock and roll albums.
I wasn’t one of them.
Chihuahua Legs, a new old painting
I don’t know why I didn’t share Chihuahua Legs earlier .Doubt? Procrastination? It’s already been seen in public. Is it done? I don’t know. I think so. Mostly. Ok, so while I was editing I added just a smidge more paint. A new old painting.