Early gift from Jim. A handsome collection of palette knives from Lee Valley. Quite a contrast to my rusty, crusty ones. Just like a piece of pure white watercolour paper, they are intimidating. But just like white paper or canvas, the only thing to do is open a...
Something I try when I feel my painting is going nowhere – randomly stick white tissue paper on it as I have done here. But, I also tear pieces from magazines or use some of my imprinted Japanese papers.
Thanks to my friend, Kathy, I have new pieces of textured glass to use to imprint patterns onto Japanese papers, a technique we learned from Janine Kinch many years ago. Unfortunately, my best examples are still in Nova Scotia but you can see the fine lines that were...
So often it has been advised that I work on more than one painting at a time. Here I have four cold wax and oil paintings happening simultaneously. I liked the process a lot and finished one.
The rhubarb leaves are now patterned in this stunning colour combination, which reminded me of Malcolm Callaway at the Chester Art Centre in Nova Scotia recommending mixing Alizarin Crimson and Viridian Green to make a dark most appropriate for the shady areas amidst...
