2010 - Ricky Colson

Daily preparatory routine

Every artist has their own routine before starting to paint. For some reason, I noticed today how robotic I am with how I set everything up. I wanted to share the exact process I go through before I start painting for the day. Keep in mind that, although this is very consistent from day to […]

Ricky2017-07-10T20:20:44-06:00August 27th, 2010|Blog|0 Comments

Drawing – Dash of Cinnamon

18″ x 24″

graphite and chalk on toned paper

Ricky2017-07-10T20:20:45-06:00August 17th, 2010|Blog, Little People|0 Comments

Playing with Scale

Because I exaggerate scale so much in my work, I spend a lot of time adjusting objects in order to make them look “real”. There are a few problems with working on such a small area in real life in order to transform it into a large environment. One is that I can’t always sit […]

Ricky2017-07-10T20:20:46-06:00August 13th, 2010|Blog, Little People|0 Comments

Dash of Cinnamon

30″ x 40″

oil on linen

I had been looking to do a follow up painting to the drawing of Sean in the sugar jar for a long time. I came up with Dash of Cinnamon. In this scene, Sean has escaped from the jar and […]

Ricky2017-07-10T20:20:47-06:00August 9th, 2010|Blog, Little People|0 Comments

30th Anniversary Show

This weekend the is celebrating their 30th anniversary with a show featuring new works from 40 of their artists. I will have a new painting up called Dash of Cinnamon along with a few of my other works already at the gallery. This will be my first opening here […]

Ricky2017-07-10T20:20:48-06:00August 2nd, 2010|Blog|0 Comments

Mixing Corresponding Whites

Georges Seurat: The primaries in order and their individual whites.

I’ve gone through a few palettes. I’m currently using a handheld wooden palette from a plein air set similar to this one. I have to clean it everyday or risk ruining it with dried up paint. I previously used a large piece of glass […]

Ricky2014-08-13T10:14:35-06:00June 29th, 2010|Blog|0 Comments

Lopsided

When there is no room to move your easel, sometimes your entire painting has to shift. I thought my easel might tip over while I worked on the edge of my new painting. Maybe I should have stuck to small canvases?

Ricky2014-08-13T10:15:44-06:00June 28th, 2010|Blog|0 Comments

Cliffhangers Drawing

I thought I should follow up the last post with the preliminary drawing. The warm toned paper helped with visualizing the colors of the final painting.

Ricky2014-08-13T10:17:48-06:00June 16th, 2010|Blog, Little People|0 Comments