WOW! This blogging
is harder than it looks. Maybe it is because I am not used to doing
it, but I find it funny that rarely am I at a loss for words until I
start to write something for this new blog. I suddenly become a
babbling idiot with fingers, white knuckled and frozen in fear over the keyboard, even though an hour ago I
had all kinds of great ideas for it. I'll need to work on my way of
doing this and maybe write down those great ideas when they come to
me. Maybe this is why I am a painter and not an author.
Anyway, I just
finished a small Grand Canyon piece and have a few words to say about
it on my Painting Techniques page, you can see on this blog. This painting
is similar to my last and even the same size. You will see and read
what I am talking about. Fortunately one of my best collectors
purchased this painting and is waiting for it to get dry enough to
put a light coat of varnish on and ship to him. Thank you Peter.
"Sunset Near Powell Point"
18"x24" Oil on Canvas
18"x24" Oil on Canvas
Another thing I
will write about and give some short basic information on is limited
palettes and some of my practical thoughts for their use. I would not
attempt to out do the extremely fine and informative article by James
Gurney
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/01/limited-palettes.html
James Gurney's Blog has some outstanding information on just about
anything one would like to know about art and painting and done in an
entertaining and interesting way. It is one of my top recommendations whether you are a beginner still trying to figure out which end of the brush works best, or an experienced gallery and museum quality painter. It's good stuff!
So now, it is past
time that I should be at my easel doing my best to figure out what
the heck am I doing.
