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Shoot for the Stars; Maybe You’ll Accidentally Land on the Moon

Sarah Finnigan

Between IX and the end of the year, I assess how I’ve been doing my work, and I reconsider what next year will look like.  What can I do differently? Where am I hindering myself? What have I jotted down on notes to save for later, but forgotten? In preparation for 2026, one of these things I’m contemplating is my threshold for what deserves to be made.   “Shoot for the moon; even if you…

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Painting Process Breakdown

Robert Hunt

November 12, 2025 - This month I thought I would share a little painting process. This is a painting of Arctic Explorer Frank Worsley* that I did as preliminary work as part of a project I'm working on. I start by doing a very loose sketch to lay out the composition I do the same to rough in the position of the facial features I start adding some transitional passing values and modulate the colors in the drawing. most of this will be covered up. and a little more... Making some corrections, introducing color. I am using burnt  sienna and ultramarine blue as the basis for the drawing, adding titanium white, cad orange, terra rosa, viridian, cobalt blue, cad yellow pale, yellow ochre pale, alizarin and cad red. No medium other than Gamsol. Painted on 14x16  gessoed  dibond panel.…

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