June 2026
Drawing, teaching, painting and learning. That’s pretty much the routine these days and I’m perfectly fine with it! Most of my time is spent on Palmetto Bluff work, and I have a pretty good stash of reference photos but I’m also pushing myself to look at those photos in new ways so that I can continue to paint from them. It’s a good creative challenge. Some days I paint with pastel, other times acrylic, other times oil. Sometimes I limit my palette to three colors, or use a square format, anything to mix it up. Met with Antonin and reviewed a bunch of new paintings. There were some value issues and that was disappointing at first because I thought I had that under better control. After our call I went back to my reference photos and realized that the lighting was a bit too even, so I’ve fixed that issue. Lighting is so tricky - too dark and it won’t look impressionistic; too light and there isn’t enough drama. More work to do on that front. The flower paintings at the top of the page w...
