GREEN BIKE BLOG

WHY PAINTING?

If a person is going to paint, they will paint. Whether they are good may be relative as well as irrelevant. —stephen

20250619- Been painting at a much slower rate now. My motivation has been interrupted for some reason. If I need to come up with a reason it could be my lack of professional training. Meaning, I either need to take some art lessons at the nearby junior college, or make time to watch some more videos online, of which there are many.

Currently, some friends have asked me to do a commission and I accepted. I visited their home at their request and got some background details on why they wanted a painting. Seems a location in their house has special meaning, and they wished it captured for posterity in the later years to remind them of an era. It is a great idea.

—Stephen

PAINTING - DIVING IN

If you were asked to paint something, something you liked, what would it be? Well, if you had to paint it, you may choose something easy to paint.

I got my easel set up and bought a 18x24 inch canvas and had already looked on the internet for photographs or pictures to paint, and remembered Bob Ross from on TV from my youth.

I looked him up and youtube had all his TV shows. So I started looking at them and decided I would do some of his stuff and see how he painted. He told you everything you needed to do, and has a quiet voice which made it easy to listen to. He told you what colors of paints and stuff, and when I went back to the Hobby Lobby about 25 minutes south of our town, I got his paints. He actually had his own brand. I definitely made sure I got his ‘Magic White’ for his wet on wet style….

Stephen KneippAugust 31, 2019Comment