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I just finished up making my holiday cards for this year and I want to talk about using a material I haven't tried before. The material is wax resist sticks made by Grumbacher. I have wondered about wax resist for a while because I know Sargent used it, but I am just trying it for the first time today! I have to say that I loved it and I'll be using it for my future watercolors. The best part is that you can use them while the watercolor is still wet to create highlights. Since I was painting snow scenes for my holiday cards, this came in extremely handy.
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Sharing some images from the INCREDIBLE Morgan Library Sargent exhibition which is on display until January 2020. If you can get over to NYC to see it, then I really encourage you to. The portraits were outstanding. In person, the charcoals are softer and somewhat more diffused than they appear in photos. I really learned a lot from observing them today. Awesome day. All I can say is WOW with the craftsmanship and quality of these handmade books by Rich Troncone. Man, I love this guy is all I can say. I wanted a book that I could use as a journal and write in it with my fountain pen. I've used Moleskines in the past, but the problem is that my fountain pen bleeds through the pages of a moleskine so I reached out to my friend Rich and he created these masterpieces for me. Check out his website: http://www.richtroncone.com Much love to Rich Troncone, glad to call him a friend. I got to try out my Jullian en plein air umbrella today with all this beautiful sunlight. I used the umbrella with my Mabef field easel and it worked beautifully. It really made it easier to gauge my colors on my palette and on the painting. What I really like about it is that it's white so it doesn't completely block out the sun. It's also not too small nor too large. If you're a plein air painter, then I highly recommend that you pick one up. I look forward to using it a lot more as our flowers grow and I paint all summer long. |
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