m. p i l g r i m (art)

 Just after the winter holidays we took a drive out to the Pacific Coast of the Olympic Peninsula, to see some sea stacks. Amazing views. I took a ton of pictures, went back to my studio, and mounted a 24x30" cradled board on my newly-acquired Artristic Evolve .   As I usually do, I painted an acrylic transparent earth yellow as a ground,  and drew in the picture with white chalk.  I changed the composition just a bit, running more water through the foreground.  Next, I laid in the sky with quick-dry titanium white, and a touch of phthalo  torquoise, increasing the phthalo torquoise as I got closer to the earth.  Then I mixed into the leftover sky some quinacridone magenta, for the distant stacks.   I always do my skies first, because I then save the leftover sky color into whatever  else I'm painting, creating some color harmony.  I started on the rocks with a mixture of raw sienna, quinacridone gold,  and mixed into that...

 In the back of the house where I live now in Washington the former owner fully enclosed and remodeled a 3 car garage to make it into living quarters for a live-in care-taker. It has a "bar" sink and its own heat source, two exterior doors and an ADA compliant bathroom.  I suppose I could  have made it into a therapy office, but we had a better idea.  We divided it in half. One half is for making sure I have no excuse not to work out. Workout equipment, yoga mat, etc.  The other half, though.  That's where the magic is.   On the left is my eight+ foot, counterweight easel, built for me by my woodworker father-in-law from maple.  These are the plans for this easel: Bob Perrish, Artist Easel Plans. The add-on is the Artristic Evolve, which allows me to mount a panel, be able to paint on the sides and spin it around to reach are areas. I ordered it from Australia, and they were beyond friendly and accomodating, given the insane tariffs. We each ...