Category Archives: Not Plein Air
Exercises or Exorcises? Did I mention a productive 3+ months?
WOW! I’m a bit amazed – I knew it but there’s nothing like a Catherine Kehoe class to ramp up exploration and rethinking the work habits. This semester? how little do you need to make a head? The vertical image … Continue reading
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And on the easel now –
Off to Vermont for the weekend and for fresh forsythia.
Posted in Not Plein Air, oil painting, Still Life, Work in Progress
Tagged art, Boston, Charlestown, Massachusetts, oil painting, painting, Still Life
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An evening at the MFA
The MFA has a Drawing in the Galleries program every Wednesday evening. Had a great time there. Sorry – dreadful photos.
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Head Homework -drawings in charcoal
Again, a couple of charcoal heads from a historical painting: a self-portrait by the Polish painter Anna Bilinska-Bogdanovich (1857-1893) I admire the fearless directness of her self-portrait. This artist died of a heart condition at 36. She was best known … Continue reading