Today we leave our little paradise in Indio, California and head to Dallas, Texas for a family wedding. It will be great to see everyone, it is going to be nice to see the Texas landscape and refresh my memory of the state that I was born in. I always wondered if I was supposed to end up living in Texas but South Dakota won my heart. I should be back home around May 1st and am looking forward to trying a new medium: water soluble oils. I want to continue to begin my paintings with OPEN acrylics but see if there is a difference if I finish them with water soluble oils. Perhaps this would be a good place to ask you – what do you love about oils? What is it that you can achieve in your portrait work with oils that you cannot achieve with acrylics? What is your favorite skin tone base? Do you use a limited palette or a wide variety of colors? What are your favorite mixing mediums? These are all questions I seek answers to. The thing that drives me forward is my own dissatisfaction with my work. I haven’t yet achieved the […]
Remember that old saying? Well it is so very true as we have seen here in Southern California this year with what they are calling a Super Bloom. I think that is a great way to describe my art journey this month. I am in Super Bloom! I have discovered so many new methods and they have helped me redefined what I want to accomplish in my art journey. I attended a very nice art show this month that was held near Indio, California – our winter home. What I saw inspired me in so many ways and also freed me from the self imposed restrictions I have been placing on my art. I also have discovered how much fun it is to sketch with charcoal and how freeing it is too. You can see me learning how to freehand portraits under Boho Artisan – Videos in the main menu at the top of this site. My latest challenge is to learn how to look at a person or image and draw/paint my subject without the use of grids, rulers or projectors. I have found charcoal pencils give me the most freedom and fun. Mixed Media art extends my expressionism […]
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