139 Glazing an impasto underpainting
In parts of my current painting, Rocks at Kent Falls, 6′ x 4′, I wanted to add some really rough impasto texture. I’ve been studying the ...
Category: texture
160 Painting with palette knives
Lately I’ve been feeling I need to get more variety of texture in my work. I’ve felt that by loading the brush I get a beautiful yet uniform paintin...
187 The Virtues of Chaos
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.–T. S. Eliot I st...
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...
245: Using photoshop to adjust an abstract
ACRYLICS allow me to paint over an abstract as many times as I need to–the surface texture only gets richer. One of the tools I use to help me move forward...
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...