I am a firm believer that in art there is no such thing as the "right" way or the "correct" way to do a painting. So, what you will be watching if you follow this series is only "my way." Explore and find "your way."

Couple of things first:

This feels like "performance art" and there is no guarantee of a good outcome. This performance is live with no rehearsals - it may work out, it may not. I may junk the painting at any step in the process. Hopefully, I will have a painting that I want to keep when we finish. If I blow it, I will start another one. So, please jump on board and watch a painting happen.

I will identify products that I use by brand name and do not do this as an endorsement. In all cases there are competing products that will do, I am sure, an equally good job as the ones that I use. Or, there are competing products that fit your style of painting better than the ones that I use. These products that I name are only my choices of the moment and are usually choices of habit and convenience.

How this is organized:

I am using a Step One, Step Two, etc. process and those steps will be posted in the column to the right as they are finished. Each Step will show a date, the date it was posted.

If you have questions or comments as I go along, please feel free to email comments@jamesahumphrey.com and I will address those questions and comments as my time permits.

Back to Gallery One or Home Page.

completed in January of 2003

Step 2 - Painting Supplies, Dec.31, 2003 (Same in all demos)

Step 3 - From a Photo, Jan. 1, 2004

Step 4 - Establishing Values, Jan. 3, 2004

Step 5 - Shell Values, Jan. 5, 2004

Step 6 - Painting a Place Mat, Jan. 6, 2004

Step 7 - For All the Marbles, Jan. 7, 2004

Step 8 - The Shadow Knows, Jan. 9, 2004

Step 9 - Bring it All Together, Jan. 13, 2004

Step 10 - Back to the Marbles, Jan. 14, 2004

Step 11 - The Shadow, Again? Jan. 15, 2004

Step 12 - Finished but One More Step, Jan.17, 2004

Step 13 - Different Ways of Seeing, Jan. 18, 2004