The Pattern Workshop

John Gordon painted twelve eggs. Somewhere between egg nine and ten, he told me, “I’m going to do a dozen of them. And then I’m going to get them out of my life.” The eggs were laid by his own chickens. Each week I would buy a dozen from him, packaged in cartons with a sticker…
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While I’ve been in London, I’ve been to a few figure drawing sessions. Drawing people, or figures, is a core part of drawing and painting training, but…
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I’m trying something new! The last two afternoons I had the pleasure of painting at Ravenscourt Park in London, and I recorded some videos about the…
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I saw a bench by the Thames. It was worn from use, from backs and butts brushing and bumping against the wood over years. It was made of two thick…
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Why I paint outside
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The Park Painters, Part 3
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The Park Painters, Part 2
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In July when the sun is high
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