It’s been over a year since I’ve participated in a plein air event, and boy, I feel rusty! The day started with checking in and getting my panels stamped. Ran
Author: Ed Terpening
I completed another composition from my Avila Beach reference photos last night in my studio. I’d worked on this on/off for a couple weeks. I wanted to include the sky,
I enjoy adding figures to the landscape because they help give it scale. Don’t these boulders look huge! Well, they were 🙂 This is a 12×9″ painting, so these figures
I had a great time in Lake Tahoe last week. I painted a couple plein air, but they need some adjustment in the studio before I consider finished. This is
I’m still experimenting with use of the palette knife to apply paint. In this most recent study, I combined brushwork with the knife. Most of the paint was applied with
I’m still painting exclusively with a palette knife, learning the technique of managing control of the paint. I’m also getting paintings ready for the pre-exhibition of the San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo Plein Air is among my upcoming shows, so I need to have ready some paintings of the area for the preview exhibition. Hollister Peak is a well
Still painting with a knife, and really enjoying the process (unlike poor Cristy Anspach, who wrote a very funny comment on a previous post about painting with a knife). Laura
While I’m recovering from surgery this week, I’m slowed down quite a bit by medication Since my surgery Monday, today is the first day I felt I could paint. To
Painting with a painting knife last week in John Eberberger’s workshop last week reminded me how different it is from a brush. The main differences are :1) you have less