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Open Studio

On August 23 &24 I am having an Open Studio. What that means is if you are a previous student of mine, familiar with how I work, you will have opportunity to come and work. I will help you to complete or work on your project, answering questions and helping you make good color choices. …

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Using Less Than Perfect Photos

if you work from photos , sometimes you will come across a reference that you love but that isn’t quite right.  What do we do to fix that less than perfect photo? That is the subject of this weekend’s pastel workshop. below is the photo reference for my painting: This photo by Ron McGinnis portrays …

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Next Stage of Chetan

I haven’t been able to get back to this painting as quickly as possible. I have added the rest of the fur on this gorgeous wolf. I felt at this point that their was no clear focal point. There was too much fur! All the fur was of equal focus so I needed to blend …

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Back to Chetan

I finally have time to work some more on Chetan. I began to finish the right side of his face today. I noticed that the eye in shadow was too bright so I added darker colors to subdue it. Sometimes you like something so much( or I do anyway) that you don’t want to change …

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