Back at it with another installment of life drawing sessions. Figure drawing session 4: I prepped some sketchbook pages by blotting them up with paint before this session. I wanted to see if any happy accidents occurred, but mostly I think my pages were a bit too distracting and cluttered. ...
There is absolutely nothing like drawing from life, and luckily the Gutman Gallery offers 2.5 hour sessions once a month. The first session I went to, I felt a bit rocky. I brought a ton of supplies and got spellbound by what to use before each pose. Also, I...
I'm learning lately to not fret about making a "finished" piece of art work. I have a much more enjoyable time making my art when I just grab some supplies, sit in the chair, and do something. Who cares what happens! Let's just move some color around! Isn't that pretty!,...
I've been working on a series of memory paintings. Mostly of my morning walks or runs. I'm using 5 x 5 inch gessoboards and a limited palette of white, cad yellow, venetian red, and turquoise blue. It's been a fun way to explore a limited palette and I'm enjoying my...
For as long as I can remember, my family has spent one week during the summer at Edisto Island, South Carolina, a tiny island between Charleston and Savannah. The beach here is about 5 miles long with rental houses dating back to the 50's. There's a few restaurants, a place to...
Summertime is on my mind. Here's some recent sketches celebrating the season: Me and my brother jumping on the trampoline with the water hose! Did anybody else ever do this? This week I took some of these drawings and made them into paintings. This one in particular is a...
Now and then, I'll spend the day at the UGA Library, where Simon works, and have a research day. I found this incredible book from the University of Chicago Press of artist Adolf Dietrich on one of these trips. Adolf Dietrich (1877-1957) was a self-taught Swiss artist. In his time, he was...
I gave our spare bathroom a little update with this painted flower wallpaper. We painted this bathroom in a pale robin's egg blue a few years after we moved into the house. But lately it was feeling dull and plain and I wanted to do something else that wouldn't involve ripping out fixtures....
I painted on a few walls in 2022. The first was my nephew's bedroom at my parents' house. Amos was two at the time and my mom wanted to make a bright happy room for him. We started by painting the room in Valspar 'Champagne Tickle' for a bright base....
Back in June, I got some bad news: the local print shop where I heat-set my fabric had sold their conveyor dryer. Heat-setting is a critical step in textile printing; it ensures that the ink is fixed to the fiber. Without it, the printed colors would fade almost completely after...
Here's an archive of my fabric calendars. These are always fun to design and I hope they'll bring a little joy to your home or office! We print them on our sturdy hemp/organic cotton base cloth in a dark charcoal grey ink. They're a fun alternative to traditional paper calendars...
