Today was gloriously 50 degrees! a “get some fresh air while painting” kind of day. It was a quick painting session to try out painting on aluminum flashing – yes, the same stuff that’s on your roof. When the 3 coats of acrylic gesso were dry; I got out the door and into the “wild”.Continue reading “Trying something different at the Lake”
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Ventured out . . . Townshend Lake
Ventured 5 miles north to a snow-obscured view of the West River and surrounding mountains. Painted 2/7/22 #driverseatart #gouache
What’s on my easel, 12/9/20
Finished Wednesday morning, the West River from the dining room. Lush wet on wet oil paints using both brushes and palette knives. Oil on canvas, 11×14 inches.
What’s on my easel – 12/1/20
Make tea, make art. Oil paint on canvas. 8×8 inches.
The Studios are open!
Brookline Open Studios & Marketplace are open and virtual. Yeah, it’s 2020.
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.
Fun with Graphite
Graphite on Dura Lar is a fun combination – and here’s my COVID-19 selfie.
A gouache afternoon, covid continues
A quiet Saturday afternoon with my gouache and a handful of carnations. Nice to paint after all the ink drawings that I’ve been doing. In other living room/studio work, I’m taking tentative attempts with silver point and gessoing panels for using with my new acrylics that arrived this week.
Carol Schweigert 