"Latte Break at the Met" 8x10" Oil (Sold)
Wednesday was sparkling spring day, and I met my buddy Lois at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to take in a few exhibits. I caught this gal taking a lunch break and silently thanked her for posing for my next painting.
"Ivory Teapot" Acrylic 8x8"
Acrylics have a bad rap for not lending themselves to soft edges. Not true. Here I was messing around with OPEN Gels and paints. Luscious and painterly edges that fade and feather beautifully.
"Delivery Dude" 16x20" Oil
These guys are everywhere. Really hard workers, their goal is to deliver fast, and if it's food, it must stay HOT. I heard an amazing podcast on NPR that really touched my heart. It's a great listen - I promise, called "Be cool to the Pizza Dude". My take is be cool to any of these dudes - pizza or whatever.
"Text Stop" 16x20" Oil on Canvas
Last week I was in New Orleans for new product training, sponsored by Golden Paints. We worked with the luscious Williamsburg Paints and QOR Watercolors. Both products have an amazing pigment load and were a dream to work with. The above painting was done with Williamsburg Paints. It was really fun working in oils again!
I have several workshops coming up.
Click to see sample previews of each video
I'm happy to announce that my 3 videos about painting fast, loose and bold are available for purchase at the North Light Shop. They were released in February 2014. In the videos I cover my methods and processes for painting with big brushes, thick paint and in a speedy manner.
Each dvd covers a different lesson:
In a soon to-be-posted blog post, I will answer some common questions that I have received from many people such as "How do you keep your acrylics wet and juicy for so long?" And "what is that container you keep your paints in?" Stay tuned for answers to those questions and others.
"Window Shopping" 16x20" Acrylic
I stuck the little pooch in at the last minute, maybe because my last painting had one... yes, the finishing touch!
"The Guy Walk" 16x20" Acrylic on Canvas
While I was painting this I totally assumed the dog was a male, and had this title in my head from the start. Why, I don't know, it just felt like a "guy moment" in the city.
"Happy Family" Acrylic 8x10"
This weekend I taught a "How to paint fast, loose and bold" workshop. Here is my demo from the first day. We had a fun group and everyone did plenty of exercises to loosen up by using less strokes, bigger brushes, more paint, and working faster. Thats always the hard part - getting everyone to load up their paint brushes with lotsa paint. I tell them to pretend they have stock in the paint company. And when that doesn't work I've got an exercise or two up my sleeve that makes it impossible to "dab" with small brushes. Pictured below is our happy family from the Art League of Nassau County, plus Katie from Michigan hovering above (who took the photo).