Pear in Light 2

by admin | Oct 5, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education, Oil Paintings for Sale, Still Life

I am playing with lighting and the concept of contemporary still life. Below is my second pear painting. They make a pare. I wanted to move the eye around the painting with design and composition. Using overlap, values, lighting and color to create form and space....

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...

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...

Burn the learning exercises or dud paintings

by admin | Aug 13, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education

In my workshops it seems like almost a regular part of my artistic talk, or philosophy as one commented, is that when we learn we do not need to put undo pressure on ourselves. What I mean is, we don’t have to be perfect and we don’t need to necessarily get a painting...

Young Painters – Young Picasso’s – Big concepts

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

I was asked back a second year to the Woman’s Art Club in Mariemont, Ohio to Instruct the Young Picasso’s Class I had designed for children. What an exciting class. The Young Picasso’s or painters had so much enthusiasm, concentration and thirst for more knowledge in...