216: Painting acrylics like oils
Painting with 4 preliminary sketches Even if you use a heavy bodied acrylic pigment (which I recommend) painting with acrylics is often disappointing if yo...
Category: acrylic
215: Dream of Light
Work in progress, Dream of Light, 44″ x 44″ “I spin a cocoon around myself; let others do the same. I shall leave it to time to show what will...
227: Concert Window event CANCELED
EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. I’m pleased to offer another Concert Window event tomorrow at 9pm EDT. This event will focus on painting acrylic washes over a highly ...
226: Thick acrylics on Concert Window
Dream of Light, 44″ x 44″, work in progress I‘m excited to share some new ideas about painting with thick acrylics on a highly absorbent groun...
232: Tectonic Shift
Tectonic Shift, 10″ x 10″, acrylic on canvas There comes a time in every artist’s journey when major changes are inevitable. Usually it’...
229: Acrylic ideas and tips
Evolution of Blue, 48″ x 36″, acrylic Acrylic is an amazingly flexible medium–if you know how to use it. In the video below–another free Gbox exclus...
267: Sanding Acrylic Paintings
A FEW blog entries back I mentioned that it was nearly impossible to sand acrylic. I wanted to sand heavily textured areas to create even more complex text...
264: Paint is Still Just Paint
Closeup of a recent acrylic painting, Turn To Light, 48″ x 36″. WHEN things go bad with a painting negative voices sound off in my head. When I’m pa...
259: Failure=Experimentation
AS I WAIT for my new studio to be completed I decided to reconfigure my old studio for painting experimentation. I removed my couch and added a set of fou...
287: Elements of Abstraction
Subterranean Heat, 48″ x 36″ –IN this short video I discuss how and why I paint abstracts. Concurrently I also experiment with a new filming setup I...
278: Painting Workshop
(NOTE: The class sold out on April 27 but the University is scheduling another session. If you add your name to the wait...
273: Painting an Acrylic, parts 3 and 4
6″ x 6″ closeup HERE are parts 3 and 4 in which I finish the 36′ x 36′ acrylic, Waiting for Spring. This painting session (comprising bo...
269: Painting an Acrylic Underpainting, 1 of 4
IN the following video I paint the first half of an acrylic underpainting. This is in preparation to adding a layer of acrylic medium over the dry underpainting...
295: Acrylic Landscape/Abstract fusion
–IN this video I demonstrate how I fuse my experimentations with abstraction with conventional landscape. I use the underpainting not only as a map to indicate ...
340: Using a Failed Acrylic Painting as an Underpainting
–I transferred my acrylic supplies to my new studio in the hopes of doing some large abstract landscape acrylics–even though I don’t have my gas fireplace...
338: Triggering a Transformation
–IN a previous post, I mentioned that I avoided plein air painting for three years. When I returned to the practice last summer, I was able to paint without inh...