Technique - close up
 

Lately I

The first image below is Natalie. Marvin Mattelson did a painting demonstration of her and it

Even high end digital shots taken under the best conditions don

These are lovely and I really enjoy looking at all the different styles, Bill! I'm especially liking the ones that are more...how would you say...staccato? Not blended? It's so easy to see temperature/value shifts in those (which I find helpful as I try and wrap my head around this thing called "color".)

Bill, these are just sumptious, full of life strokes, you best work I feel. Thank you very much for sharing your inspriational work with us, we can certainly learn a lot from the way you handle each stroke and capture their uniqueness.

Thanks Bill,

It's nice to see such a variety of work. "Living brush stroke."

Bill, thanks so much for taking the time to photograph all these paintings and post them! What a treasure trove of beautiful work. It's so valuable to be able to see the mastery of another artist, especially close up. Sometime I hope to see some of this work in person, but the internet is still a remarkable teaching tool. I also especially like the ones with the livelier brushstrokes.

Thanks Bill,

This is an amazing treat and beautiful study collection of your great command and fresh crisp exact technique.

Garth

Thanks everyone.
I relieve stress by doing these fun pieces from time to time. This is a new 8x10 oil on panel. I did it as an exercise for my student apprentices.
The close up is much larger than the actual painting.