Cezanne’s Forest, Day 2

Today’s painting was easier than the last time I took down this image. After feeling I could never do more than dab at canvas again, I came in early and worked late. There is a tendency to think of forests

Cezanne’s Forest: Day 1

I am copying another Cezanne. This has become a habit with me. It is far more challenging than the last one I did, the pile of skulls; this has irregular shapes that I cannot relate to anything I know, and

Blooming Huge Blue Glass Still Life: a Smudge

This is a minor piece of repair work. I do not want to put more than one more coat on the background. Ideally, I will put no more on. However, I let a brush stroke feather out too far, and

Blooming Huge Blue Glass Still Life: Day 5

I worked pretty hard on moulding cloth today. Now I just have to tweak the forms here and there, and get the colours right, which is the second stage. I am mulling a post on sea-scapes, waves, and fabric. I

Blooming Huge Blue Glass Still Life: Day 4

Today was my first day of painting, as opposed to planning where to paint by putting marks on the canvas. I started off with two pure colours, which is very rare. I tend to have a selection for mixing, and

Still Death Life

I have a love-loathe relationship with the work of Cezanne. His use of colour and his careful placing of paint make his best works full of vitality and interest. His use of the picture plane like a modern Fourth Wall

Blooming Huge Blue Glass Still Life: Day 1a

Day 1 of a still life begins for me with an idea of what to paint. In this case, I had had the idea of a long fall of blue glass for some time. In fact, I have already completed