Another great day in Telluride! I stuck to painting in town again today, there’s really so much here. I also need to start thinking about tomorrow’s “Quick Draw” competition and find a spot. We’ll have 90 minutes to complete a painting for judging and then live auction. This will be the first test of sales … Read more
Ten fellow artists gave me their opinions of yesterdays paintings, thank you! Great feedback. Here’s today’s efforts. Went back to Trout Lake in the morning, then spent the afternoon at the first stop on the Telluride gondola. I struggled with the reflection on this, repainting it at least 3 times. The wind kept chnaging, so … Read more
Started the day by just exploring, no particular destination. After getting a feel for the area, I decided to find a North-facing view with water, so I could paint a combination of shadows and light. I ended up at Alta Lake, a lake accessible through 5 miles of offroad. Before you reach the lake, you … Read more
I’m out of the chaos of New York City and in laid-back Telluride, Colorado today. The flight in from Denver was a very small prop plane, and while I don’t feel completely safe in them I did get a great view of the surrounding areas to paint. There’s a lot here: red rock canyons, meadows, … Read more
I packed my paint-stained chapeau yesterday in Rigby, Idaho for my green accountant’s visor here in New York to fit the part for my speaking engagement. This instant switch from artist to marketer/banker will provide a nice rest before the pressures of Telluride Plein Air kick in Thursday. What, banking, no pressure? Sure, but different. … Read more
Having been now to two Ovanes Berberian workshops, and realizing that lots of readers plan to attend as well (some this week), I thought I’d provide some suggestions for a successful workshop: Most days, Ovanes doesn’t get out to look at his student’s work until 2-3pm. I tended to paint quick color studies in the … Read more
I have never used my blog to rant against someone, but today’s the day. I’m that angry. I just had the worst customer service experience in my life. I booked the Casa Sant’Andrea Hotel in Venice, Italy with Orbitz, using a $50 off coupon code. Everything went fine until I received the confirmation email, which … Read more
Follow artist blogger Elio Camacho is offering workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area. The workshops are 5 hours a day, one day per week (either Saturday or Sunday), spread out over 8 weeks. I think this is smart. Spreading out the days like this allows you to work on advice he’ll give before the … Read more
Today wasn’t terribly productive as I’m starting to wear out. I did one scraper because I started too early in the morning and the light chnaged too quickly to finish. At least I got two stages done. Probably could have finished it the next day, but I rarely do that (short attention span 🙂 Click … Read more
Although I wasn’t able to photograph works in the demo last night (see yesterday’s post), I did find this set of photos showing an outdoor demonstration (this was on the workshop signup form that Ray Morrison sent me). In this demo, you can see the undertone color and the block-in, although it looks like he … Read more