bartlett.pro
There have been 127 posts since 2019, but I've been complaining on the internet since long before then.
Meant to be travelling in a couple of days, but still waiting to make sure the flight isn’t cancelled due to weather. This is not a fun waiting game.
Winter in Vancouver
A view from my morning walk with Zeus. I don’t like this weather, but it can make for a decent photograph, I suppose.
December 18, 2022
Look ma, a grisaille!
Oil, 8x10
I wasn't sure if I was going to end up going over this with a coloured glaze but in the end I think the grayscale works. I wanted to capture the way the light is sort of dancing across the fingers. Happy with this one!
December 09, 2022
Grabbing the handle of a saucepan, barehanded, when it’s fresh out of a 400 degree oven, will hurt. A lot. For hours. Ask me how I know!
Quick and colourful
After more than a week away from painting, I wanted to try to do something quick and loose, just to keep the habit up. To that end, I picked a subject I have already painted before. Is it the most successful painting? No. Did I have fun doing it? Yes. So that’s what counts.
November 28, 2022
I know: it’s okay to take a break and step away from things, even your hobbies and passions. But I do worry that “I don’t feel like painting tonight” very quickly turns into “I haven’t painted in weeks/months.”
All signs point to needing to choose a better instance to live on, but they all seem closed and anyway I just want to use my own domain. Hopefully Masto.host is able to scale up effectively soon. I don't love the idea of paying for my social media handle, but I super don't love the idea of having to host my own instance.
Scarlet Witch
Oil on primed paper, 8x10”
My faces are getting better, though this one turned out with a pouty mouth as well. Left partially unfinished because I got super tired of working on it. I guess the face is really the part I care about most right now.
November 15, 2022
So: This post on my site should (theoretically) automatically be published to Mastodon. Cool? Now it looks like I just have to find a better instance to be on than mastodon.social.
Chris Evans
Oil on primed paper, 8x10"
This ended up being easily the most successfully rendered portrait I've ever painted, and I learned a lot. There are things that need work as far as color and value, and if I had any interest in spending more time on this I would definitely go in with another layer or two and get everything just right. But this took nearly 3 hours (including the drawing) and I'd much rather move on to another piece than continue laboring over one page in my sketchbook.
November 03, 2022
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