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The Titian copy continues apace, albeit slowly. I just switched over to oils, since I finally needed to really get precise with the colors, and I can’t seem to do it with the acrylic. I need to have unlimited mixing time to get a whole range of subtler [...]
Archive for July, 2009
The Old Masters, How Well They Understood . . .
Posted in Work in Progress, tagged copying, doubt, happiness, Titian on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Clean(er) Slate
Posted in Life, In & Out of the Studio, tagged breadcrumbs on the path to a personal philosophy of art, cleaning house, the intractability of objects on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I cleaned up & reorganized my studio last week, after realizing that it had fallen into quite a state of disarray, which was certainly not helping my ongoing quest for clarity of mind. The biggest thing I did was put up a new bookshelf for my collection of art books, which previously had been on [...]
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