Tom, I hope to be able to attend some really good workshops. I'm lucky to live close to Scottsdale Artists School. Once I graduate, I plan to go there.
In the meantime, I'm not sure if I've sprung a spring on my first day of spring break. I was so unhappy with the painting that prompted me to start this post in the first place I decided I should use it as a laboratory. I've been wanting so much to try Scott Bartner's painting technique in which he uses different whites for his underpainting -
here. Being as my painting was already painted - I had to modify the process it a bit. I went over everything with orange ochre and put in the darks with Gamblin's asphaltum. Now, I have an orange painting. Not knowing what I'm doing, I hope I'm not headed for disaster! But, how can it be worse? Doing this will cut into my "production," though. Remember, my teacher says, "More paintings. More paintings!" I doubt painting the same one twice will count. Oh well... I'll slap something on a canvas for her. Learning how to paint is for me.
The reason I tell this story, is I was on the phone with my mother today when the conversation came around to my painting. I told her I was trying something on it I'd read about on the Internet. She says, "Why do you have to get all this stuff off the Internet? How come your teacher doesn't show you any of these things?"
What can I say? Thank goodness for the Internet and SOG!
Anyway, if the painting shows any signs of promise, I will post my progress and ask for help in the WIP.
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