One thing I try to do every morning is spend some time drawing or sketching or painting something. Doesn’t really matter what. Sometimes it might be 40 minutes sometimes only 5 minutes, but the main thing is, now matter what happens the rest of the day, I have at least done a little bit of … Read more
I manged to get to a life drawing session this week at Old Town Artists in St. Paul. A very nice quiet setting there and a good model. I have known about the Old Town sessions for may years and have always managed to find an excuse not to go, but since we don’t have … Read more
I have a couple oil paintings on display at the Hopkins Center For The Arts in their spring members show. They will be on display there through may 12th. It is a big show so a lot of art work to look through but it’s a nice place to spend an afternoon and have lunch … Read more
“Playing around with smaller canvases lately – it feels like a shortcut to more projects and quicker learning. Swapped out my daily sketches for a week to dive into this 8.5″x11” oil painting, a solid 6-8 hours of work. It’s one of those ‘not completely happy, but done’ situations. Smooth Bristol Board, limited palette with … Read more
For about 30 days, mostly in September, I decided to challenge myself to do an oil painting a day. These were very small sketches that I tried to keep loose and with limited pallets. I am not sure I learned anything but I feel like when I give myself a goal or challenge like this … Read more
This one certainly has me thinking about a larger piece of work using this theme. We will see… https://www.johnhuismanart.com/
Another small oil portrait sketch in the sketchbook for practice with colors and brushes, values etc. https://www.johnhuismanart.com/
Another quick tiny painting with oil paints suing the Zorn Pallet, (Black, yellow ochre, red and white). This measures about 3″ x 4″ and took about 50 minutes. https://www.johnhuismanart.com/
