Using maple-veneer plywood and solid ash stock.
Varnishing An Oil Painting
"Patriot" In Under 60 Seconds
The painting took five weeks, but I managed to fit it into a Short.
Painting A Straight Line @70
Once upon a time I would do it freehand. These days, though…
Shutters & Shadows
Continuing the landscape of the house in pre-dawn darkness, with the porch light on. If you see the Linden Frederick influence, you get a gold star!
Painting a Yellow House in Shadow
This latest landscape describes a house in a snowy, pre-dawn light. The challenge is to mis accurate colors in shadow.
How NOT To Oil Paint (Sorta)
Painting a backyard landscape, making all sorts of mistakes along the way!
Sizing a Canvas For Oil Painting
How To Fold a Stretched Canvas Corner
Framing the Muffin
Repainting a Cow's Rump!
Painting a Moonscape: DONE!
Painting a Moonlit Landscape–Part Four
Painting the second underpainting layer, adding more shadow detail. All of the colors remain greyed-down at this stage.
Painting a Moonlit Landscape–Part Three
Covering the canvas with the first underpainting layer.
Painting a Moonlit Landscape–Part Two
A color-mixing tutorial for the underpainting palette.
Painting a Moonlit Landscape–Part One
Composition decisions and the charcoal sketch.
My Early Work (1971–1976)
A Halloween Portfolio
Magazine and book illustrations to enjoy on Halloween!
My First Book Illustration Gig: THRILLERS
Cross-bracing for Oil Painting
If you are stretching your 24-inch+ canvases without cross=bracing them, the stretchers may bow. Here is a simple way to make effective stretcher braces.