Robert Hopkins
Yes, I'm loving this new art!
I received some canvas today that I can put my paintings too. I plan on printing them on the canvas, varnish it after printing, add oil...
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Robert Hopkins
- Jan 25
- 1 min
Week 15, California Dreaming
Not to be confused with loving California, but it does have some wonderful views. Both the coastline and the Sierras. I found an image on...
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Robert Hopkins
- Jan 15
- 1 min
Week 14, Digital Mania!
Here you go... A painting in about four hours. Done... Reference image used was from John Singer Sargent. One of my favorite artists....
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Robert Hopkins
- Jan 14
- 1 min
Week 13, What a great number!
New Day, new week, nothing but blue skies, shining on me! It's overcast outside, but not in here! I love my house! I have been thinking...
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Robert Hopkins
- Jan 8
- 1 min
It's time for a "Come to Jesus" talk...
Last week (week 12) was horrid. And today, it's not much better. I have tried painting the same painting now four times, in oil, and it...
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Robert Hopkins
- Jan 3
- 1 min
Week 12, 2023! What do you think of them apples?
What do you think of my latest attempt at art? A simple fall landscape. Sometimes, nothing is better. Greens, Yellows, Purples, Blues......
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Robert Hopkins
- Dec 28, 2022
- 2 min
Week 11: I am hitting a rough spot.
Why is this happening, again? I get a quarter of the way into a painting and I want to "chuck". Colors are wrong. To stiff. Bad sketch to...
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Robert Hopkins
- Dec 24, 2022
- 1 min
Week 11: Not even a mouse...
"Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the...
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Robert Hopkins
- Dec 22, 2022
- 1 min
A Default Palette
Below, is the default palette that Kathleen has at the start of every painting. The reason I'm making this post is two-fold. These are...
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Robert Hopkins
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
Kathleen Dunphy Limited Palette
12/18/22 to 12/24/22 Below, are notes I have taken from Kathleen's video that I downloaded. This is a wonderful palette! So simple, but...
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Robert Hopkins
- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
Week 10: Two failed paintings, and more training.
12/18/22 to 12/24/22 Friday and Saturday saw failures on my part. Nothing was working. So, I regrouped on Sunday and watched an extensive...
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Robert Hopkins
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
Week 9, Day 1: California Hills
Too much Yellow Ochre. But, I won't be able to clean that up. I am going to try and paint every day for the next thirty days. Today was...
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Robert Hopkins
- Dec 11, 2022
- 1 min
Week 9: Monet Water Lillies (C1906-07), newly framed.
The picture below was generated using ImageFramer software on an Apple iMac. It allows me to create beautiful framed paintings for...
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Robert Hopkins
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min
Week 8: Hardware, canvas to panels, and maybe Plein-air.
I pulled down the easel I had setup in the attic. It just did not work. I can do everything I need to do in my other studio with the...
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Robert Hopkins
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
Week 7: Monet's hung on the wall
Here are the finished and signed paintings. I decided to not do any other updates to them. Maybe later, but it's time to live with them...
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Robert Hopkins
- Nov 25, 2022
- 1 min
One out of three, ain't to bad?
I looked at the paintings the rest of the afternoon, and out of bad comes some good. The last painting is... "good"! The flower is kind...
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Robert Hopkins
- Nov 25, 2022
- 1 min
Claude Monet, C1916
Well... It's not a Monet but it sure does have a butt-load of color going on over there! He painted it on one canvas (5 steps). I had to...
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Robert Hopkins
- Nov 20, 2022
- 2 min
Week 6: Monet #2 and my new easels
My new easels and week 6 work-load.
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Robert Hopkins
- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
Monet: Middle of Three
Give me your thoughts! It definitely is not a duplicate of Monet's work. It's my take on it. I hope you like it! I used a lot of...
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Robert Hopkins
- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
Monet, Painting #1 (middle), Step 3 & 4
Steps 1 & 2 are done. Step 3 (below) was mostly just touch ups of colors and larger brush strokes. I was doing the "happy dance" because...
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