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Digital

I got a graphics tablet, first time ever. Ugee M708. I thought using the pen, I mean stylus, would be just like using an ordinary pen. But I got the tablet day before yesterday and yesterday, I drew this: The pen, I mean stylus, went everywhere. I even closed dockers in the program Krita without… Continue reading Digital

Nocturne practice

I’ve been painting a landscape some days, but they’ve been bad. I paint over them. This one was very fast and isn’t horrible. I smeared that bird in there really rapidly. The advantage to fast landscapes is that I don’t stress. It’s therapeutic time. And I can use the same canvas or board over and… Continue reading Nocturne practice

Copse practice

I was going to do a landscape in oil, a la Stuart Davies, but I got tired of waiting for my oil to dry on the old painting I covered. So today, I spent an hour and 20 minutes doing this one in acrylic, especially the Golden Open slow-drying: I did the copse of trees… Continue reading Copse practice

Watching landscape painting

If at first I don’t succeed…at painting a landscape, maybe the thousandth attempt will be good. I’ve been watching the videos of Stuart Davies, a tonalism landscape painter (nowadays) and trying to soak up some techniques. Today, I tried an afternoon landscape: Doesn’t really work on absorbent paper with leftover quick-drying acrylic. Maybe tomorrow I’ll… Continue reading Watching landscape painting

Azteca oil acrylic paper

I’m trying Canson XL paper for oil and acrylic. The edges curl up, but that’s nothing. The paper is textured like canvas. Nice. Again, like the Canson XL watercolor paper, it’s completely acceptable. Here’s an explainer about it: https://en.canson.com/xlr/xl-oil-and-acrylic. What a great price it is. The horse is an Azteca. The first Azteca was foaled… Continue reading Azteca oil acrylic paper

Open tulips

This is what I’ve been working on: If it’s incredibly bright pink, the monitor isn’t showing it well. I’ve read somewhere that quinacridone pigments don’t photograph well. The flowers are really a more subdued magenta.This is on eucalyptus hardboard MDF. It’s rather large, which is unfortunate, because I got extreme fatigue. Turns out I have… Continue reading Open tulips

Practice freckles

Practice on cardboard — in a dimly lit room. When I brought it into good lighting, I saw all the “dirt” instead of shadows, etc. But, it’s practice, so I didn’t care. I looked at this reference photo: https://www.pikrepo.com/fthqk/boy-s-facebut didn’t try to get an exact likeness.That’s such a cute kid. I love freckles.Of all the… Continue reading Practice freckles

Cheap paper

The paper is a Bienfang spiral pad of 40 sheets of mixed media paper, 9in. x 12in., 90 lb./146gsm. It costs around 16 pennies per sheet (U.S.). It’s really flimsy, but I brushed some matte medium onto it and that stiffened it. Enough so that I was able to practice on it. Actually, it’s flat… Continue reading Cheap paper

Young drake

This is the young drake at 18 weeks. As an aside, his mother just finished her first egg-laying year and I recorded 346 eggs from her!!! So spectacular. I don’t consider this super finished, but I intend to paint that drake again soon.I started with fast-drying paint with matte medium and transitioned.The Golden Open has… Continue reading Young drake

Out of stock

If you are low on paint, maybe you should get some now. I keep seeing “Out Of Stock”, and they expect more in January (like Winsor & Newton Professional acrylic alizarin crimson hue). January is several months from now! So I broke every semblance of a budget and got some more items, including LARGE sizes.I… Continue reading Out of stock