Studio Life – Carol Schweigert

What’s on the easel – fog Vermont style

From a photo I took – looking north along the Connecticut River in Brattleboro. Oil paint on linen, 20×24

What’s on my easel?

Work in Progress from a January photo of the Lagoon.

Seduced by the magic of North light.

This painting studio will work, and I love that it’s just a walk away from my place. New rhythms in my life, a calm retreat.

The AGC’s StoveFactory Gallery Winter Exhibit was full of energy and terrific art. Two of my paintings have found their way to new homes . . . and I found a new studio home – a share at the historic (this is Boston, after all) Fenway Studios, in walking distance to my place. The spaceContinue reading “December 2022 Updates”

Gouache studies: perfect for working at home.

Here’s some gouache floral studies from the past 6 weeks – perfect for sweaty evenings during this scorching summer.

And then I have been sketching

And then I have been sketching, mostly with a Japanese brush pen that still seems awkward. Just keeping things simple, like meditation.

Other things?

Two images of iconic Boston views that I drew for my own coloring book were selected by Boston City Councilor Matt O’Malley for a #BosKidsatHome coloring book – have fun – http://www.votemattomalley.com/boskids

Art in the Time of Corona: week 1

My oil paints are in my studio, my acrylics are in a barn in Vermont and I, now with the attention span of a fruit fly, am sequestered at home with gouache, watercolors, pastels, crayons, inks and, thankfully, paper. It’s been awhile since I’ve used these, and I am expecting a certain amount of painContinue reading “Art in the Time of Corona: week 1”