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Thoughts and writings about art, painting, and tattooing, as well as my experiments and explorations in other media such as film photography, digital photography and design, video, and more.

Notes & Advice 12: What To Consider When Setting Up A Still Life

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Apr 5, 2020
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Notes & Advice 12: What To Consider When Setting Up A Still Life

Discussing some of the subtler points of still life setup with Jake Meeks of Fireside Tattoo Network and Podcast. Part of my alla prima...

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Mar 12, 2020
1 min

Recent Painting Progressions

I love process in art–seeing it, knowing how things are made, reverse engineering them, speculatively forward-engineering them,...

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Nov 1, 2019
2 min

On The Benefits of Drawing

About 10 years ago I leveled up my artistic practice in all areas after discovering the classical atelier system of art education. Before...

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In The Studio 5: Reworking Plein Air Landscapes

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Jan 27, 2017
2 min

In The Studio 5: Reworking Plein Air Landscapes

Something I’ve never been a fan of doing is revisiting older paintings after some time has passed. The process of reconstructing or even...

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Mar 3, 2016
2 min

Notes & Advice 11

The popular text message shorthand TMI, as most of us growing up in the cell phone era know, means “too much information.” Normally not a...

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Nov 14, 2013
2 min

Notes & Advice 6

I came across this quote today by a plein air pastel artist, and found it to be a perfect description for the process of realism...

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Aug 13, 2013
1 min

IGOR at 1261

I just shipped out my painting “Dying In America” to Gallery 1261 in Denver, for the 11th annual International Guild of Realism juried...

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May 20, 2013
1 min

Transfiguration: Process

Here are some studio and process shots from the few months’ timespan of painting my latest large work in the Apostasy series:

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Aug 26, 2012
2 min

Realism Techniques 7

I finished painting #12 in the Apostasy series, now tentatively titled Sacrificial, a few days before my recent galavant to Galapagos....

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Jul 21, 2012
2 min

Realism Techniques 6

After a few experimental forays I returned to the studio recently to continue work on The Apostasy series, which has been my major...

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Jul 6, 2012
2 min

Realism Techniques 5

My Black Sauce In order to add richness, subtlety and depth to the darkest areas of my paitnings, I avoid the use of the color black...

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Jul 3, 2012
1 min

Realism Techniques 4.5

Here’s the followup and conclusion to my earlier post featuring a texture experiment with some new subject matter. The results are now...

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Jun 12, 2012
2 min

Realism Techniques 5

Just as a tiny version of a future full-size drawing is referred to as a thumbnail sketch, the term study is often used to refer to a...

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May 21, 2012
1 min

Realism Techniques 4

Splatter technique is one of my favorite methods for laying down a foundation of random texture on a painting. This is usually done...

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May 11, 2012
2 min

Realism Techniques 3

Working Smarter, Not Harder Here are two more quick paintings from my visit to Jeff Gogue’s studio last summer, which I’ve blogged about...

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Mar 23, 2012
2 min

Realism Techniques 2

After recently finishing my newest series of paintings for my show in May/June at Last Rites Gallery, I had a chance to revisit an...

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Jan 12, 2012
1 min

Realism Techniques 1

This is the start of an occasional ongoing series on this blog where I’ll be discussing the process and techniques of sharp-focus realism...

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