Well here I am, hopefully, on the last stretch on the road to recovery from my broken ankle. Started therapy late yesterday afternoon at the Arnprior Chiropractic Health Centre. Had an appointment with Dr. Philip Knapp and received a full consultation, assessment and exercise routine. I have spent my whole life in gyms, exercising, running,Continue reading “Healing the Break”
Monthly Archives: January 2013
WIP Pretty in Blue (continues)
Pretty in Blue is the May Workshop here at Studio Thirty Eight. I use a 12 x 16 double primed and stretched canvas. My next stage includes: Blocking in the flowers and starting the highlights, Adding a few more leaves, Painting in the lilacs, and Detailing a couple of buds After I’m reasonably satisfied withContinue reading “WIP Pretty in Blue (continues)”
WIP Pretty in Blue
Pretty in Blue is the May Workshop here at Studio Thirty Eight. I use a 12 x 16 double primed and stretched canvas. I determine the centre point of my canvas as well as the 1/3 points. Keeping these critical compositional points in mind I loosely sketch in the 3 flowers. I map them outContinue reading “WIP Pretty in Blue”
WIP SNOW BIRCH FINISHED
Well here is Snow Birch finished. After preparing the black gessoed canvas, painting in the black and grey gessoed trees, and applying black to the trees to create the birch texture and look, I applied a very thin coat of Liquid Clear over the entire dry canvas. Applications of phthalo blue and cadmium yellow wereContinue reading “WIP SNOW BIRCH FINISHED”
WIP Snow Birch: Blog Post 004
Nice to be back in the studio and I have started this 16 x 20 painting called Snow Birch. This is a Bob Ross design done using the wet-on-wet oil painting technique. This painting is for the April 2013 Workshop I am holding at my Arnprior Studio. It starts with a black gessoed canvas. The trees areContinue reading “WIP Snow Birch: Blog Post 004”
Resetting the Studio: Blog Post 003
I took me awhile to get the basement classroom/studio sorted out. I had Lynn’s help and started by folding up all the tables and setting up my painting station. Prior to doing this I had to figure out how to get me, my cast and crutches downstairs. I got no instruction on the use ofContinue reading “Resetting the Studio: Blog Post 003”
The Fall: Blog Post 002
What a terrible start to the Christmas season. As many may have heard I started December by falling down the basement stairs and breaking my right ankle. This had to happen, of course, 2 days prior to our departure to Florida and the start of our 4 month snowbird get-a-way. Being that it is theContinue reading “The Fall: Blog Post 002”
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