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Friday August 22, 2008

The sun is shining so I should really be out painting, but I’ve been messing around in the studio getting some framing done this morning. I’m caught up enough that I’m heading outside.

First I wanted to point any painters out there to a great post reviewing options for travel easels/pochade boxes. This is from one of my favorite blogs to check up on, linesandcolors.com.

http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/08/17/pochade-boxes/

This must be the most extensive review of options for outdoor painting set ups that I’ve ever heard of. It’s well worth checking out if you’re thinking of buying something. I’ve seen a couple of these in action and my easel of choice is one from Artwork Essentials. I’ve also spent alot of time with the Julian French easel, and I very much prefer these lighter, tripod set ups. Less issues with parts breaking and generally lighter weight. No matter what you choose you can customize your set up to be more useful. My easel is advertised as being good for canvases up to 16” tall (or somewhere in that range) but I will use it to work on a painting that’s 30×40” by adding a cross brace and a bungee or two.

Another thing I wanted to mention is that I’ve been checking out some new blogs and have found some painters that I like checking in on. One is named Carol Marine. She does beautiful still lifes that are usually pretty small and she sells them online for really good prices. Alot of her paintings are around 6X6” from what I’ve seen, and they have a great sense of light with adventurous brush strokes. Plus she posts a new painting everyday, which makes it rewarding to stop by every morning as I turn the computer on.

http://www.carolmarine.blogspot.com/

Another is Karin Jurick. She’s another blogger who posts pretty often and has very nice paitnings, often with figures in them. Her paintings can also be tiny little things, but with a really nice handling of the paint and vibrant color.

http://karinjurick.blogspot.com/

And I’ll end this post with a print from my college days. This is a lithograph of the view from the window of the printmaking studio looking down St. Mark’s St. I don’t remember the size but it’s probably about 12 X 16” or so.

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