The Creative Touch

Correcting an error in perspective

What to do to correct an error in perspective in a grisaille underpainting...   Yesterday, I posted in my blog that I had made an error in the perspective in the roof of a building in a grisaille underpainting that I have done.  There are a number of things that I could now do to correct…(continue reading)

How do I correct this?

I made a mistake in my grisaille rendition... And now I am paying for it.  Sometimes I get so into something that I am drawing, that I can't see the forest for the trees.  A couple of days ago, I posted a blog about using grisaille as an underpainting for colored pencil.  I was just at…(continue reading)

Grisaille - a starting place

Using grisaille to establish a base for a colored pencil painting...  I thought that I might show a work in progress using grisaille. Here is a picture of rural France that I have drawn from a photo from my recent trip to France.  I would say it was a sketch, but my friend tells me that my…(continue reading)

The Agony & Ecstasy

The agony and ecstasy of creating an artist website and blog.... Well, I have finally done it and established an artists blog and a website...  This has been a long time in coming and has taken a lot of trial and error to do.  As an artist, the minute you put your work on display, you open…(continue reading)