Autumn

Jan 1, 20191 min read

Pastel Painting: Up North on Long Lake

My family's Thanksgiving holiday was (once again) spent "way up north, " traversing the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Northern...

Oct 23, 20181 min read

Pastel Painting: Early Sun

This is the final version of Early Sun, a 12x12 pastel painting done on an acrylic underpainting. You can read the blog about the...

Oct 17, 20182 min read

StudioSense: Bold Acrylic Underpainting

I will often start a pastel painting with an underpainting of either watercolor, acrylic, or a wash of pastel diluted with isopropyl...

Oct 4, 20181 min read

Pastel Painting - Huron River at Gallup Park

Continuing with my Gallup Park series, below is a view of the Huron River at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor, MI. The reference photo was taken...

Aug 2, 20171 min read

Pastel Painting: Fall Color Hike

When my son Matthew was in Cub Scouts in Saline, Michigan (early on his journey to achieve Eagle Scout), an annual ritual for the troop...

May 8, 20171 min read

Pastel Technique: Seeing Spots

One of the joys of painting landscapes in pastels is the ability to quickly add dashes and spots of different color to express density...

Feb 4, 20171 min read

Pastel Painting: Lillie Park Vista

Here's the completed version of "Lillie Park Vista,' started in the "Landscape in Pastels" class this January at the Michigan Art Center.

Feb 2, 20171 min read

Pastel Painting: A dollop of effect

Working more blocks of value and color in the autumn tree painting, which i started at the Michigan Art Center landscape painting class....

Dec 11, 20161 min read

Picked Over

I could not resist painting this picked-over corn field in late September. The field is at the corner of Marton and Textile Roads, in...