65 Getting greens right
IN recent entries I have mentioned using a new palette of colors to achieve more vibrant greens. In this video I expand on that idea and overpaint an old painti...
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66 The Best 5 Books about Thick Paint
I have a large library of art books that I enjoy looking through from time to time. But what if I could only have the best five books? Which ones would they be?...
67 Breaking a mental block
OCCASIONALLY I get a mental block and find it difficult to paint. Sometimes this will be caused by attempting a painting I imagine will be especially chall...
68 Making it fun
FORGETTING to make painting fun is another way to create a mental block. This often happens when artists press too hard toward a desired goal. I once was so int...
69 The uses of putty
It has been over a year that I have experimented with putty, the little known medium for adding body to paint. I first stumbled upon putty in the entries o...
70 Painting Alla Prima
IN this video I paint a 30″ x 30″ painting alla prima, meaning I paint directly onto the canvas without going back and adding additional stroke...
71 Listening to our own voice
RECENTLY I purchased a set of encaustic paints. I was always somewhat intimidated by the medium, which I viewed as arcane and unnecessarily difficult, but felt ...
72 First year anniversary
I MENTIONED to my brother Steve that my blog had been on-line for a year. He suggested posting an interview as a way of commemorating Thick Paint̵...
73 Using a wax medium 1 of 2
AFTER dabbling in encaustics I’ve been intrigued with wax lately and decided to try adding it to a couch on an oil painting. I applied the wax medium to a faile...
74 Using a wax medium 2 of 2
THIS video completes my experiment oiling up the canvas with a cold wax and oil medium. Specifically I used Gamblin’s Cold wax and their appealingly thick...
75 The slow painting movement
THE PLEIN AIR movement has been good for painters and landscape painting. It sparked a renaissance in the art of observation and a return to artistic fundamenta...
76: The art adventure
AFTER High School my friend Joe Hebert and I left our Kansas home and traveled to the foothills of Moscow Mountain–in Northern Idaho–where we built a log cabin....
77 Taking a sabbatical
AS I MENTIONED in my last blog I will be taking a break until March 2012. This will give me time to recharge the batteries as I work on a more commercial projec...
78 Innovation happens
I’m making an exception to my No Blogging Until March 2012 rule because a friend sent me this great web site. I found Austin Kleon’s ideas both inspi...
79 Vlogging Thick Paint
Many people have asked me how I make my Thick Paint videos so I decided to do a short entry on the process. There isn’t too much mystery although some have inqu...
80 The Thick Paint project
IN THE PAST YEAR digital publishing has evolved considerably. A digital book about thick paint could be extremely interesting. Imagine these blog entries placed...