by houstonwine | Aug 14, 2018 | Paintings, People
Mary LaGarde has completed her latest painting. This one is an oil portrait of her granddaughter Genevieve and her grandson Lucas. As with most of her paintings, Mary used painting techniques, oils, and varnishes that match as closely as possible...
by houstonwine | Nov 14, 2017 | Paintings, People
I fininshed my first painting in the new studio in Naples. It is entitled “Looking to the Past”. It is a portrait of a young Native-American girl who was participating in a pow-wow ceremony in Houston. I was struck by her...
by houstonwine | Oct 19, 2017 | Paintings, People, Uncategorized
I completed the grisaille (pronounced ɡriˈzī) today. A grisaille is a monocrhome oil painting in shades of gray that helps to add depth to a painting. Next I will paint from darks to lights. Afterwards, I’ll add chroma or color. Share...
by houstonwine | Oct 15, 2017 | Paintings, People
I sprayed a matte retouching fixative on my charcoal drawing yesterday to hold the charcoal on the canvas. Then I painted over it a touch of a light transparent wash mixed with Van Dyke Brown oil paint diluted with Gamsol. The idea is to create a tea...
by houstonwine | Oct 12, 2017 | Paintings, People
Here’s what’s sitting on my easel today. This ” Native Princess” is a charcoal sketch on stretched canvas. The subject is a young native American woman Richard and I saw at a Pow Wow in Houston. Now that I completed the under...
by houstonwine | Apr 5, 2017 | Nature, Paintings, Uncategorized
Here is the latest small-scale oil painting in Mary’s Four Seasons series. Share...
