Sunday, October 21, 2018

Birds of Paradise

I enjoyed painting this complicated image. Books on tape from Youtube got me through this painting. I listened to Books 1, 2 and part of 3 of The Last Survivors series by TW Piperbrook and Bobby Adair. I love to listen to books on tape when I read, and this dystopian series is good and has a great reader. Thanks for stopping by.

Friday, October 19, 2018

Some Head studies - Zorn Palette




Wednesday afternoons at the Southern Atelier has open studio for portrait painting. I love the energy of painting people from life and painting with a group of other like minded people. I use the Zorn palette there partly for the convenience of only having to carry 4 colors, but also because there are less color decisions to be made and I can easily reproduce any color. I find that M Graham's yellow is less green and better for this palette. I use walnut oil for medium and brush cleaning, viva paper towels, bristle flats, and I'm painting these on Canson oil paper.
Thanks for looking.