by Barbara | Sep 22, 2017 | Completed paintings, Events & Exhibits, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment, Uncategorized
I’ve been doing a lot of painting experiments over the summer—having fun going out on a limb & trying new materials, new subject matter, new ways of applying paint. On that note, I took a chance and decided to create something (wasn’t sure what) for...
by Barbara | Jul 17, 2017 | All Blog Posts, My Thoughts About Art/The Business of Art, Paintings in Progress, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment, Uncategorized
It has come to my attention that a lot of people assume artists purchase their canvases already stretched and prepared from art supply stores. Many do and that’s just fine. But I don’t. One reason is because I often want to work in a non-standard size and...
by Barbara | Mar 9, 2016 | All Blog Posts, Paintings in Progress, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment
All we were looking for were a few gardening tools during a recent visit to the Golden Goose, a local thrift shop. Didn’t find any. But I did stumble on an odd contraption—a former display kiosk made of clear Plexiglass with movable Plexi shelves on four sides....
by Barbara | Jul 2, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Other Artists/Studios/Exhibits, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment, Workshops
Some time ago, I received a package from Golden Artist Colors. It contained a sampling of their brand new QoR (pronounced Core) watercolors. All of the Golden Artist Educators and Golden Working Artists were asked to experiment with QoR and then give feedback on how...
by Barbara | Jun 26, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Paintings in Progress, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment
The big 32 oz. jar of Light Molding Paste is gone, gone, gone already. This size jar will ordinarily last for a number of smaller pieces. A hidden cost of painting large is suddenly crystal clear to me—massive increase in the use of art supplies. Luckily, I have a...
by Barbara | Jun 20, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Paintings in Progress, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment
I decided it was time for a new challenge. Previously, the largest canvas I’d ever painted was 48″ x 60″. That’s fairly large and I’ve done several. I’m not sure what the definition of a large painting is in the official art world,...
