Monthly Archives: September 2009

Black Magic

September 28, 2009 – 11:54 am

Readers of this blog have seen how I typically begin a pastel painting by creating an underpainting of the large shapes and value structure of the composition, then overpainting with more detailed, textured strokes.  Recently, however, I was re-reading a back issue of The Pastel Journal and came across an article by an artist who [...]

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Les pastellistes!

September 25, 2009 – 8:32 am

I am delighted to say that I have had a painting accepted into the juried show of the Pastel Society of Eastern Canada, which will be exhibited at the Ogilvy Tudor Hall in Montreal from November 6th through 15th, 2009.  If you are in the city then, do try and catch the show. The piece [...]

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Uxbridge Studio Tour

September 25, 2009 – 8:27 am

Last weekend (Sept 19/20 2009) I participated in a wonderful regional studio tour in and around the town of Uxbridge, Ontario.  Potter Cynthia Cupples (http://cynthiacupples.com/) generously invited me to share her home/studio space, so I happily set up a variety of paintings, my easel, and my pastels on Saturday morning. The results exceeded my wildest [...]

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Announcing a Plein Air Project: paintings for $100

September 9, 2009 – 11:45 am

My full time teaching career has made it (thus far) impossible to paint plein air (outside, in front of the subject) very much, so I’ve developed the skills to interpret photographs well, compensating for the distortions and limitations of the digital image.  However, I do believe that painting directly from the subject has merits, and [...]

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A Soft Touch

September 3, 2009 – 12:51 pm

Recently when I was buying supplies in my local art supply store (Bijan’s, in London, Ontario), the owner/artist persuaded me to try pastel painting on suede matboard–maybe because he had a big box of it on sale at the time? I’d had one or two experiences with it previously, but decided to give it another [...]

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