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 February of 2004

Step 2 - Painting Supplies, Jan 23, 2004 (Same in all demos)

Step 3 - Looking for Inspiration, Jan. 24, 2004

Step 4 - Value of the Sky, Jan. 26, 2004

Step 5 - Architectural Details, Jan. 28, 2004

Step 6 - Texture in the Darks, Jan. 30, 2004

Step 7 - Texture in the Lights, Jan. 31, 2004

Step 8 - Other Elements, Feb. 2, 2004

Step 9 - Logical or Intuitive? Feb. 3, 2004

Step 10 - Is it Coming Together? Feb. 4, 2004

Step 11 - Is it Done? Feb. 5, 2004

Step 12 - Now It's Done, Feb. 6, 2004