Coin Op, Watercolor, Northampton

It has been about a week since I did any painting. Mainly because I didn’t have the right subject. I kept meaning to get out and get some photos, but it wasn’t working out. This morning I headed out about 10am with the express purpose of finding a subject for my next painting. I was [...]

Main Street Northampton Mass, Watercolor in Progress – 2

A little more progress on this watercolor which I see as a learning experiment. There’s always something that I do while painting where I immediately think, “Why did I do that? That ruined it.” Then no matter what else I do, I am looking at the mistake. That is why sometimes you just have to [...]

Open Figure Drawing

I went to the open figure drawing studio at the center for the arts. It was $12 and a model did a series of timed poses from 9:30 – 12:30. Its a good concept and a reasonable price. This is the first one I went to. It seems like there are a lot of regulars. [...]

Main Street, Northampton, Mass, Watercolor in Progress

This is a new painting I am working on, masking tape and color testing included. I am doing a few things differently based on what I’ve learned in Rey Milici’s painting class. I put down some resist for the crosswalk using a technique he shared with me.  First coat the brush with soap, then dip [...]

“Pretty Penny” ds colors study

After Friday’s mishap I went back to the museum today to work on the “Pretty Penny” study that I began on Tuesday. I spent about two hours working on the top part and fixing a few things. The shadows under the two windows on the left were tough. I think the shadow under the eaves [...]

“Pretty Penny” – oops!

Today I spent my 4th lunch in a row working on my sketch on the ds colors of “Pretty Penny”. I was working on the little edifice things that are really tricky, but with good results. At the end of my session I accidentally messed up saving my work, so that hour was lost. NO! [...]

“Pretty Penny” Study

For the last two days I’ve spent my lunchtime in the museum working on this study of Edward Hopper’s “Pretty Penny”. I’m using my nintendo ds colors program. I am going to probably spend another couple hours on it. It is a good exercise, plus it is very meditative and calming. What is interesting to [...]

Forbes Library, painting #2

After having a few moments of lucidity with my previous painting of Forbes Library, I decided to try again. For those things which I was consciously improving upon from my previous attempt, I really felt good about. I layered the gray on the roof, building up each shade in steps. I spent time on the [...]

Forbes Library, Watercolor Study – 2

I continued with the Forbes Library watercolor study even though I had kind of messed up from the beginning with a few things. However, since it was just a study and a chance to work out some things I continued on. I am really happy with this, and will work some more on it tomorrow. [...]

Forbes Library, Watercolor Study

I started this painting of Forbes Library today in my watercolor class taught by Rey Milici. The sunlight has been really great this week, and all the buildings around Smith and Northampton have been fantastic. Bright and big shadows. Unfortunately there are a lot of big trees around, and their shadows interfere with the shadows [...]