The Artist’s Handbook of Materials and Techniques: Fifth Edition, Revised and Updated (Reference) Usually, if I’m trying to alter the drying time of oils, it’s to speed it up to meet a deadline or to make changes over dry paint. But once in a while, like in portraiture or figure painting, it’s nice to slow [...]
Archive for the ‘Book Reviews’ Category
May 17th, 2011
New “Book Shelf” on Starke Studio Website
A new website feature has been added to StarkeStudio.com. I’ve created a “Book Shelf” of my favorite and highly recommended books for both students and collectors. To be a good artist or good collector it requires more than just picking up a brush and starting a painting, or just going to any art gallery and [...]
January 19th, 2010
When Oil Paint Doesn’t Dry Fast Enough
Usually, if I’m trying to alter the drying time of oils, it’s to speed it up to meet a deadline or to make changes over dry paint. But once in a while, like in portraiture or figure painting, it’s nice to flow down the drying time to achieve subtle changes over a longer period of [...]
December 16th, 2009
Hanson Puthoff 1875 – 1972
Hanson Puthoff had a long career as a painter in Southern California. After art training at the Chicago Art Institute, the Denver School of Fine Art and the Chicago Academy of Fine Art he worked as a mural painter in Peoria, Illinois and was also a sign painter in Denver. In 1903 he arrived in [...]
October 28th, 2008
Fundamentals of Painting
After years of taking and teaching workshops, I’ve come to understand that the fundamentals are important in painting, but are just a means to get you where you want to be with your artwork. As John Carlson says in his book, John Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting, “Art is a thing so much of the imagination, of [...]
