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Loved TRAC 2014
Coming to the TRAC conference I was expecting something quaint, small, and struggling to get established. This is...
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Why I am fast forwarding my posts
Hey everyone, I finally finished the Ryan Brown posts. It only took me more than 6 months.. Haha!...
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Ricky Majica comments on Palette layout, Asphaltum and Lead Paint
Ricky Mujica is a friend and mentor of mine. He critiques my work, gives me assignments and provides...
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Ryan Brown’s Premixing Theory and a Visit With His Family
A few years after the Florence Academy Ryan Brown received the very prestigious Hudson River Fellowship. That fellowship...
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Paint Effects & An Art School in Paris
Ryan gave a lot of great information about colors and painting mediums at his workshop: which ones to...
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Ryan’s Advice on How to Make Your Work Less Sucky
One thing I have learned about workshops in general is that I am not there to impress anyone. ...
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No Frankenstein Boots Needed
Today we started at 10:30. Ryan had me working on copying a Charles Bargue sketch. Only he had...
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What Not To Do In Ryan Brown’s Plein Air Workshop
Ryan’s philosophy centers around a deep understanding of the subject. He often said, “It’s not about finishing the...
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I’m An Impressive Hiker
After lunch we went back to the studio and picked up the other three guys. No other...
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Purple Mercedes and Pizza Gas Stations
Philly to Utah is a long trip, but completely worth it. The first day with Ryan Brown, I...
I have always wanted to learn how to paint in oils, but I felt too intimidated in college to learn. Then I did the whole go to college, transfer colleges, transfer back to original college, graduate from college, get a job, get transferred to yankeeville, fall in love, get married, buy a dog, buy a house, renovate a house, have a child, buy another dog, have another child, buy a REALLY old house, (for which I was so unprepared), renovate that house, raise a family and then my kids abruptly left me at the same time last year.
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Hearing Voices Instead Of Solid Critiques From Teachers
I have a friend, Jules Arthur, who is a phenomenal painter. He critiques my work and gives me...
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Actually Painting At The MET!!!
The next day was my fourth class at the MET copying, Sir Thomas Lawrence. I love this class! It’s...
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Sketching With The Masters At The Met
I forgot to mention the best day of our non-painting days. It was to visit the MET’s Drawing and...
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Still No Painting At The MET
Soooo, none of the paintings I chose were approved by the curators. There is a curator for each...
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Master Copy Class at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
I’m taking a class from the New York Academy of Art called Master Copying Class at the Metropolitan...
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Max Ginsburg’s Retrospective
It’s Saturday and it is finally starting to feel like fall outside. I’m on a train headed for...
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Art Student League with Ricky, Alex, Max and Grace. A day of firsts.
Grace (my daughter) and I caught the 7:15AM train to NYC last Saturday. We met my friends...