It would be easier to be a lazy painter – but not as good!

by admin | Oct 2, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education, Still Life

As a painter a lot of my struggles are against myself. Painting takes a lot of discipline. It’s sometimes a bother worth being bothered for to adjust a painting, even after you think it is finished. This still life of the Pear in the Light I had photographed and...

Alpena Michigan’s at Art in The Loft – Painting Knife Workshop

by admin | Sep 28, 2012 | Education, Oil Paintings for Sale, plein air

I was in Alpena Michigan’s at Art in The Loft this past week instructing a painting knife workshop with a group of dedicated painters that embraced the new tool in the studio and out in plein air paintings. If you like light stations or lighthouses you will love...

Summary of past blog posts:

by admin | Sep 24, 2012 | Table of Contents

Trailer – Painting with Your Eyes Trailer – Painting with Your Eyes Shadowed Structures Shadowed Structures Facing the Light Facing the Light Limbs Limbs Old Stucture Old Stucture Took my painting Buddy with me today, Marcel. Took my painting Buddy with...

Trailer – Painting with Your Eyes

by admin | Sep 6, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education, plein air

PURCHASE – Painting with Your Eyes, Tips for the Plein Air Painter Urig will guide you through a process to help you become more in tune with your painting before you paint your first stroke. A step by step guide through questions that may add heightened...

Shadowed Structures

by admin | Aug 28, 2012 | concepts in painting, Oil Paintings for Sale, plein air

Shadowed Structures, 9 x 12, oil on panel It seems to me that there is a real benefit to staying with a location and paint for as many days as you can. A location can have much to offer. And if you can exploit it visually, it has much to yield in teaching us...