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Friday, September 04, 2009
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About Me
- Craig Stephens
- I am an artist living in Northern California. In 1993 I graduated from U.C. Davis where I took classes from Wayne Thiebaud, Dave Hollowell and Roy DeForest. I currently teach art at Chana High School in Auburn California. On this blog I have posted 1000 paintings in as many days. Lately I have not been as strict with my painting schedule although I still update this blog regularly. I want to do some larger paintings that may take me more than a day to complete. Unless marked otherwise, these paintings are for sale. Please direct all purchase enquiries to Elliot Fouts Gallery. Be sure to check my "Available Paintings" link. If you are unsure about the availability of a painting, please don’t hesitate to email me. I also write and draw comic books. You can check those out at workingstiffcomics.com
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I like how you arduously got the crayon bunch. I need to develop that level of patience for repitition. Did you use some masking method, or just a steady hand?
How much time did you spend on this?
You've got a good eye.
Great job! I think to post-it is great too - nice sense of form and shade.
Thanks for the comments!
Awful Cute:
I don't use a masking method. I've never seen one used in oil painting. I think you would end up with too mechanical of an edge that would be pretty uninteresting. I used to be a commercial sign painter but I think just about anyone who can write their name has a steady enough hand to be a good painter. For me the challenge of painting has a lot more to do with making good choices regarding composition and color and then adjusting the piece accordingly. The mechanics of putting the paint down are relatively easy.
This painting took two or three hours to complete. I spent a little bit of time the following day adjusting some minor things.
Jeremy:
The post-it was fun. One of the keys was the subtle bit of reflected light to the left of the note. I didn't really notice it until I started trying to paint it.
Ah. Oils. I must've missed that part of the description. I've got little space to keep stuff, so I use the acrylics-and-hair-dryer method to speed-paint and it's dry by the time I clean up.
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