Wednesday, August 15, 2018

I Don't Know



The two other paintings I did yesterday afternoon with my head in the clouds: one is 8x10 and the other 9x12 oils on panel.

I found an old how-to Watson-Guptill book by John C. Pellew called Oil Painting Outdoors.  He asks "Why do so many people want to paint pictures?"  His answer: "I don't know."  Actually he then tries to answer the question, but I like his first response.  He has one good suggestion: instead of painting from a photo, make a drawing from the photo, and paint from that.

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