Monthly Archives: February 2012

Martin Grelle’s High Passage

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Carrie Lewis

A little mid-week eye candy for your enjoyment….

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A Year in the Studio, Week of February 20, 2012

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Carrie Lewis

Painting time for the week of February 20 was abbreviated. Not many hours spent painting, but the time I spent painting was well spent. Two paintings received all the attention, both of them colored pencil. I made good progress on … Continue reading →

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Buckles & Belts in Colored Pencil, Week 3

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Carrie Lewis

Original Colored Pencil Painting 11 x 14 Rising Stonehenge Paper, 90lb, Pearl Grey Welcome to Week 3! When work concluded last week, the umber under painting looked like it had been pushed as far as  I cared to push it … Continue reading →

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A Year in the Studio, Week of February 13, 2012

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Carrie Lewis

Good news and not-so-good news this week. The good news is that the portrait of Muscle Hill is back on the easel. On Monday, I began the dead layer (gray scale layer) and finished almost the entire background in a … Continue reading →

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Buckles & Belts in Colored Pencil, Week 2

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Carrie Lewis

Original Colored Pencil Painting 11 x 14 Rising Stonehenge Paper, 90lb, Pearl Grey Back to work on week 2! From this point on, each day will be a matter of building value and defining detail. For the most part, I … Continue reading →

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The Frugal Artist: Prepping Old Canvas Panels

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Carrie Lewis

Oil Primed Canvas on Panel You’ve begun the recycling process by removing a failed painting from its canvas panel support. What do you do next? That depends on the type of canvas surface with which you are working. The panel … Continue reading →

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A Year in the Studio, Week of February 6, 2012

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Carrie Lewis

If I can say one thing about the week of February 6, it’s that there was a lot of variety in studio work. It began with creative work on the two paintings for myself. The colored pencil painting of Buckles … Continue reading →

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Buckles & Belts in Colored Pencil, Week 1

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Carrie Lewis

Original Colored Pencil Painting 11 x 14 Rising Stonehenge Paper, 90lb, Pearl Grey Welcome back. I’ll be highlighting the first week of work on this painting in today’s post. But first, a little information on the techniques I use and … Continue reading →

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Portraits of All Sizes

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Carrie Lewis

Ellie & Lil Red, 30″ x 40″ oil Portraits come all sizes and shapes from large, landscaped ‘moments in time’ such as Ellie & Lil Red (above) to studies such as Elf & Fannie (below). Every portrait… … begins with … Continue reading →

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A Year in the Studio, Week of January 30, 2012

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Carrie Lewis

Woo-hoo! One of my goals for the end of November and December 2011 and the end of January 2012 was finally accomplished this week. The portrait of Post Card was completed! Woo-hoo! All that remains is the final inspection and … Continue reading →

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