long time

Yes, i know it has been a while. It has been difficult lately to juggle parenthood and studio time, and i just have not been able to get on this blog thing much. But there has been some progress...
Remember this guy, Alden Mason, who i wrote about in the last post?




I usually make an underpainting that is some starting ground for the surface color. Well, just the other day when i started a new canvas i thought i would try to do an alden mason style underpainting. And the result was...





Strangely similar, wouldn't you agree? Of course i would never show anything like this. It is way too derivative of him. But fun to do, nevertheless. The finished painting will be nothing like this, i am sure.

Here is something else amusing. A fellow painter, Eero (some of you may know her blog. I would make one of those cool link things here, but i don't know how.) is often going on about one of her favorite motifs she works with, and sees it in lots of other painters' work. She calls it "the shape". I never thought much about it, but i was just drawing this evening and look what came out....



It's a very weird drawing, and i don't know if i would ever show it. I only had an hour in the studio and this just kinda popped out. But you can definitely see Eero's shape in it. Sorry girl, guess i ripped you off. But i see your attraction to it. It is fun to draw.

I try to avoid anything political here, but as this is such an important election...
All you Obama people out there, get out and vote, damn it. I don't know if i can live through four more years of failed republican policy. For you McCain fans.... Sorry, but you all had your turn, and look at the mess you made.