It’s Fun When...

...big pieces get blocked in, like this dyke road on the left.

Filling In...

...the first layer of this painting is really making it take shape. -jb.

I’m Blocking In...

...the first layer of paint of this marsh scene. The goal is to quickly get down a color-scape, keeping to general shapes. In the second layer, I'll tighten the detail To sharpen the realism of the painting.

I Don’t Know...

…what the plant is that creates the field of red in the center, but it sure is pleasing to paint. I'll get one more try as this is the first layer of this little 3x11" painting.

Tags: JB Boyd

I’m Working On...

...something a little different in this 3x11" painting. And Lauren is making me laugh in the next shot of me shooting the scene last November.

The Second Layer...

...of paint is finished, and this one is just hanging out to dry. In a week or so it will get a glaze to add a little more foggy atmosphere, then a varnish and a frame!

Closing In...

...on completing the first layer of this 20x20" seascape.

My New Home Studio Is Complete..

...and feeling much like, well, home! My favorite part besides having my wife always nearby are these angled, wing style shelves. I have one for each palette set to a comfortable height for grabbing brushes and color while painting (right) or mixing paint (left). But I couldn't completely leave the lovely steasel behind, so a magneted painting rag and palette knife holder made the cut. Lastly, in keeping with a small footprint, the color and medium shelves were installed down low, out of the way of future paintings, but still close by.

Dawn Chorus...

...is the title of this diminutive 4x4" painting with a ton of detail in the cypress knees. It is a fitting title for one of my favorite spots among the black water of the Edisto River. It is now on view at RLS.

My Temporary And Yet Future...

...studio is starting to feel like home. Probably because it is, well, home. Although I will be moving downstairs once I finish a floor and paint the walls. Video tour to follow... -jb.

This Little Study...

...is close to being completed. -jb.

This One...

...is getting closer to being finished. Just a stripe of second layer spartina in the foreground to be completed, then a glaze and a varnish once it is fully dry late next week!

This Past Weekend...

...Lauren and I were hosted by the exceptionally talented @june_stratton and her husband Jay. Each morning we woke up with the marsh vistas of Redbird Creek out our bedroom window, and Saturday we explored it by canoe.

The First Layer...

...is complete, so now onto the second layer! -jb.

This Little Painting...

…is coming along nicely. Four by sixteen inches is a good space to paint in, and I'm enjoying all the fog of late as I paint this place.

Tags: JB Boyd

From Humble Beginnings...

...my next painting is up on the easel. This will be fog shrouded spartina, with the wrack line of last seasons spartina swirling in the foreground. -jb.