Tag Archives: portraiture

The Difference Between Painting and Drawing

March 25, 2009 – 6:30 am

People ask me if I sketch in with pencil or charcoal before I begin.   No, I don’t.  So much of painting requires restatement in the process, why start out fumbling from the beginning?  I try to say what I mean from the very beginning. Think about the process of painting as opposed to drawing.  Rendering […]

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I Painted Sherry at the Spider House

January 20, 2009 – 10:18 am

I was painting at the Spider House as dusk was slipping out in under the threshold.  My first painting of her was so awful.  I made her move over to the table opposite of me and have her cards read by “Julian”.  His game might have been a  bit off, because I rattled him by […]

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A Little Painting Morsel Before Bedtime

October 5, 2008 – 12:25 am

I just got back from Halcyon Coffee on Fourth Street.  I was there all day.  I pretty much sucked.  I will load up some of the stuff that I painted there tomorrow if I have the time.  Here is a morsel just for tonight.  This will lead to another discussion soon about painting with available, […]

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