Well, here is the great unveiling. For the past many months, this 30x30 stretch of canvas has been my labor of love. After much research into topics for use as a theme, the Festival of Panathenaea became an easy choice because the possibilities for subject matter were so colorful, plentiful, and titillating. As mentioned before, … [Read more...] about Festival of Panathenaea
John Singer Sargent
Even Sargent Scraped
Many many of you commented on my technique of scraping back unsatisfactory passages in a painting in progress which was a common practice of painters such as John Singer Sargent and others. Pictured here are two scrapers from Dick Blick that I find irreplaceable tools in my studio, and I employ them often. … [Read more...] about Even Sargent Scraped