All Entries Tagged With: "Painting Demonstrations"
Light and Color Illusions in Art
I came upon something today that I just had to share with fellow artists. Lotto Lab has created a set of powerful color, motion and shape illusions that are quite relevant to us as artists as we strive to communicate accurate color and light in our paintings. Much of Lotto Lab’s research is centred on [...]
Lee | Feb 20, 2010 | Comments 3
Learning from the Masters – Study #2
Author’s note: The image above is not my original work. It was painted by me but as a study of an original piece by Clyde Aspevig for educational purposes only. The original work can be found here.
After two failed attempts at creating something interesting at the easel today, I decided to slow down and revisit my [...]
Lee | Nov 29, 2009 | Comments 3
Jay Moore Color Mixing Exercise
I received my new Mitchell Albala “Landscape Painting” book today from Amazon.com, which is hot off the press as of November 17th. I have not read the book yet but when I saw Jay Moore’s painting on the front cover, I thought, “Dang, I wish my colors looked that good.” Then I thought, what better [...]
Lee | Nov 19, 2009 | Comments 2
Highlights from Jay Moore Large Canvas Demonstration
Unbelievable. I just spent three really great days at Jay Moore’s latest large canvas demonstration workshop in Parker, Colorado. Since I have collected several of Jay’s works and have an intense interest in improving my landscape painting skills, I thought the workshop would be a great opportunity to see a true professional artist at work and [...]
Lee | Nov 14, 2009 | Comments 6
“September at Ponte Vecchio” Oil Painting
Well so much for progress shots. I totally got into this one on Sunday. I started painting about 2pm and finished at about 10pm Sunday night. I made a few obligatory adjustments before I went to work this morning and this is the result. I must say that starting off with the tight sketch with [...]
Lee | Oct 26, 2009 | Comments 6
Ponte Vecchio Sketch
Time to get back to the business of painting. I have taken quite a break due to my vacation and then recovering at work after taking vacation. I am sure some of you know how it goes! Well, I hope I don’t drive myself batty with detail on this one. This picture, which was taken [...]
Lee | Oct 25, 2009 | Comments 0
First Things First – Thumbnail Sketch
While at my first plein air painting class, Colorado landscape painter, John Taft, made us draw quick thumbnail sketches to set the initial direction for our paintings. Alright, I’ll confess that I have been lazy since the class and have not really been doing them. Well, earlier today, I watched a video on initial thumbnail [...]
Lee | Sep 06, 2009 | Comments 2
Learning from the Masters – Study #1
Author’s note: I want everyone to know that the image above is not my my original work. It was painted by me but as a study of an original piece by Clyde Aspevig for learning and educational purposes only. The original work can be found here.
During my life, I have played viola, french horn, alto [...]
Lee | Jul 19, 2009 | Comments 2
“Still Life with Pears” Oil Painting
Yesterday, I decided to paint the subjects I placed in my new shadow box. With the exception of the back windows on the “Cabs and Chaos” piece, I have not painted glass with any detail before and this seemed like a good opportunity to give it a try. I spent about 10 hours on this, [...]
Lee | May 18, 2009 | Comments 8
Elizabeth Tolley Hard and Soft Edges Demonstration Painting
This is the second and last demonstration painting that I will post from Elizabeth Tolley’s “Oil Painter’s Solution Book: Landscapes” art book. Given my commercial design background, painting loose is tough for me. I am accustomed to very tight graphic work. It pleases my brain to know everything is tidy. When it comes to fine [...]
Lee | May 10, 2009 | Comments 6