New Paint! New paintings…
February 11, 2012
New Paint!
A new year has started and is moving along. It’s already into February of our New Year here with our colder winter spell too. I have been stealing time in my studio as weather temps permit, since my studio is in the garage. It’s currently nearly 50 degrees out there. So it takes a bit of time to get it comfortable to work out there. Paint has a happy temp for optimum working conditions, and below 50 degrees is not it.
Between cold spells I plan the next stage of paintings and continue to push on new projects currently underway here in the studio. But that growth requires more supplies. Thus More Paint! I have officially moved onto ordering the super tubes in hopes of making it through the bigger projects.
My BIG project for Hamilton Pools is well underway. Notice I have the smaller 18″x36″ painting study above the panels here for comparison.
By BIG, sort of, I mean a 3foot by 6foot painting. And yet, sometimes it’s not quite big enough to relate the magnitude and majesty of a Texas sized treasure. Yet with all large paintings larger quantities of paint are required. Mixing the calculated colors and values are again a critical part of paint consistency. Matching values changes ensures the ability to relate visual atmosphere and depth of such a large project.
Stay tuned to watch the growth of this painting project. Time to catch up, lots to do here. Will post more later.
March 5, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Wonderful work! Good information about the paints and your process. I am looking forward to reading more.