Today I made love to my canvas. If you are an artist you will know what I mean. If you are not an artist, you will become one…..
I have to admit I am feeling somewhat vulnerable right now. I have never been this open about a process that usually happens within my mind, by myself, within the confines of my studio. There is comfort knowing that you can have a bad day, screw up or just hide when things aren’t going well, [...]
I didn’t get much accomplished today. It simply took too long for the paint to dry. This layer was very wet, applied with brush and sponge.
I am now beginning the most difficult, frustrating yet creatively rewarding part of the painting process. I have no idea what to expect during this phase. I will have good days (layers) and not so good layers. There will be moments where I will think I have lost the painting and will want to give [...]
So far I have spent about 30 hours on this painting. Not that it is any indication of progress but people always seem to ask. I am now finished what I call the underpainting or the point where I am ready to really begin creating art . Call it the fog , drip or atmospheric process or my [...]
Guitars, Not Gangs
Music education and reaching at-risk youth
By Gary Crawford
I recall attending a parent council meeting at my local school a few years ago at which a parent expressed her surprise about a seminar she had just attended. The seminar in question was about the benefits of music and music education on children and youth. [...]
Here you see the painting after the first layer of paint. I work in a “fill in the blanks” style of painting during the first phase. My art professor in university, Ronald Bloore always impressed upon me the importance of “just getting paint on to the canvas.” Think of those old paint by numbers painting kits [...]