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About the Painting Process

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Over the years, my way of working has changed as I experiment with different materials and techniques.  My current approach to painting is a mixture of what I learned in college,  other artists' approaches, information I have gained through reading, and what I have found to be practical for my present goals. As my goals change, likely my painting process will also.

I begin by selecting a scene that I want to paint, either from life or from one of my own photographs which I have taken of something I want to paint.  The scene I select has to have a good composition and be interesting in other aspects as well.   Perhaps I just like the feel of the scene or it has an interesting story associated with it.  If the scene is from a photograph, I usually draw it out in detail and transfer it to the painting surface.  This familiarizes me with what I'll be painting and gives me an opportunity to make corrections before I even touch my paint.  Although the preliminary drawing can seem very tedious and time consuming, I have found that it saves lots of time and frustration.  If I am painting from life, I sketch the scene first on drawing paper and then with a thinned earth tone I sketch the scene on my paining surface.  Around this point I make sure to take a photograph for future reference.   Then I begin by paint in the darkest areas, some mid tones, large areas and parts of the background leaving the details for last.    

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