I began this painting en plein air for the first layer and then later put in the dot layer. I think for the initial layers I will stick with warm or cool colors and then go with the opposite for the dots. This painting is a mixture and it isContinue Reading
Painted at Gross Park in Burbank. Thank you to my daughter for telling me to be patient, it turned out good in the end!Continue Reading
I decided the palette knife treatment needed another layer so I did a pointillism technique on top. This would be a third “layer” to this painting. The first was a complementary color layer. I am beginning to think the dots need to go directly on the first layer. I willContinue Reading
Last week I painted this live (en plein air) while in downtown Burbank on San Fernando Blvd. It was a nice, sunny day before the weather really started to heat up, regardless my arms got sunburnt. It was good practice and nice to be outside painting again.Continue Reading
If there is one thing I have learned from making abstract art, it is to keep painting over the bad paintings until they are good.Continue Reading
I decided to take the portrait that “looked better upside-down” and take it even further in that direction. I blocked out some areas with a thin layer of gesso and gave the painting more color and texture.Continue Reading
Abstract acrylic paint and mixed media (glass bead medium) three 12×24″ canvases for a total size of 36×24″, June 2020.Continue Reading