I’ve decided I don’t much like my new painting, the Eucharist/Last Supper. There are lots of reasons, but for future reference here are the main ones:
1) Unrealistic detail and light (this is because I was using very, very tiny pictures and had to guess at the little details I couldn’t see well. Also, like most [...]

I’m exhausted with this project. It feels unfinished, there are still a lot of little details that could be done, but then nobody but me knows all of the original intentions; and it’s coherent and holds itself together well enough, so: finished.
Now I can finally clean the grime off of my floor that’s been growing [...]

I’ve reached the inevitable point of frustration – ‘Eucharist’ still isn’t finished and I’m getting careless and making big mistakes. There’s only so much you can put into a painting before you start to resent it….and so I’ve resolved to finish it as quickly as possible, as well as I can, and call it quits. [...]

I don’t think I’m supposed to admit that painting is REALLY hard sometimes. Maybe I’ll scratch this blog with time, so that I appear to flawlessly and effortlessly paint great things on the first try. Actually…I’m in that phase of going over and over, screwing up, waiting for it to dry, trying again. I painted [...]

I stayed home all week during my Spring break and watched movies…I also did a bit of painting. I’m surprised at how quickly I’ve been able to finish this – I’m down to the itty-bitty but fundamental details – the reflection of light in the pupils, on the wine glasses and silverware. This is where [...]

After a long day of painting, I’m finished with the basic ‘outline’ of the Last Supper. (I’m going to have to think of a new name; something more modern. How about “Jesus – it’s what’s for dinner,” or, “Jesus, the other white meat.”) I put in a church-background, which is going to look great, lengthened [...]

I was surprised late last night by the sound of birds chirping – it was already 5:30 a.m.! Time flies when I’m hooked on a project. I couldn’t figure out what to do with my hands (I’m the guy in the center), and finally choose to hold some Eucharist props – they aren’t needed, but [...]