Instructional tidbits from other artists

Kathy Weber is an artist I reference on this blog a lot. Someday hopefully I'll bite the bullet and buy one of her pieces---they are beautiful! And if not a painting, then at least her excellent book.

Recently she offered a workshop in the Providence, RI area on consecutive Saturdays and I would have taken it except that Elizabeth was less than two-months-old. Ah well.

These two pieces appear on her blog yesterday and today.

Autumn Reflections by Kathy Weber

What I like about her postings, too, is her tidbits of instruction. Today's I thought was uber-helpful (and Cindy, if you're reading this, it's something we've been discussing in your work lately about the foreground).

Autumn Morning by Kathy Weber

"This was painted on the same day last week as yesterday's post. I did some more work on it the next day, when the paint had dried enough to allow putting in the grasses in front."

I know sometimes I lack the patience to wait the appropriate time before putting those kinds of finishing details in a painting. Generally it is nearly impossible to make it look right without waiting because the piece is all mushy with oil paint.