Robert Hopkins
I have been busy (painting)!
I have finally gotten into a zone of painting again. Which is great, but not without days where I was failing miserably. A few days it...
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Robert Hopkins
- Dec 8, 2021
- 1 min
An ah-ha moment!
Notice how the paint in the mixing area is very close to the paint that has dried on the paper on the left? The “value” of each is the...
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Robert Hopkins
- Dec 8, 2021
- 1 min
John Singer Sargent used a lot of pigment!
Man, he liked saturated colors in his paintings. I did my best on this one below to capture what I think he did or intended the colors to...
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Robert Hopkins
- Nov 27, 2021
- 1 min
Who says it "has" to be water color paints?
I'm sitting here watching just another landscape painting on YouTube and... How do you paint clouds if you can't "paint the clouds"? The...
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Robert Hopkins
- Nov 10, 2021
- 1 min
Give your paintings away...
The painting below was, well, okay. Nothing super special, at least to me so I decided to start a new trend. I think the Red Hot Chili...
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Robert Hopkins
- Nov 10, 2021
- 1 min
Oh Edward, you crafty old codger...
Edward Seago was a sly old dude. His paintings seem deceptively easy. But, in reality they are very difficult to paint. Take my latest...
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Robert Hopkins
- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min
Alter Ego (the band)
I have started practicing guitar again. I am putting in about an hour's worth of playing each and every day. C Major chord is getting...
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Robert Hopkins
- Oct 8, 2021
- 1 min
OBX, Here I come!
I'll be seeing OBX for the first time today and tomorrow and really look forward to it. Hopefully, I can get some really nice photos to...
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Robert Hopkins
- Oct 5, 2021
- 1 min
My storage woes...
Since moving into the apartment and cramming everything into it, the struggle ensued. So, the last few days I have been cleaning up the...
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Robert Hopkins
- Oct 5, 2021
- 1 min
It's time for some Art Classes!
I have not been ready to take any art classes, but it's time. I have been pre-occupied with other personal distractions, but no more. I...
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Robert Hopkins
- Jul 23, 2021
- 1 min
My frame sizes and paper cuts.
The two frame, mat and paper sizes below are what I paint on, using Watercolors. The next time I cut up my paper I will post how I cut...
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Robert Hopkins
- Jun 21, 2021
- 1 min
Colors? Values? Loose?
I am really excited to paint in the style of Andrew Pitt. A painter I just discovered on YouTube. Check out his videos:...
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Robert Hopkins
- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
HPP-JBV pedal calibration
The picture below is directly from the HPP-JBV owners manual. Download Leo Bodnar's DIView program to see exactly what your pedals are...
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Robert Hopkins
- Aug 13, 2020
- 1 min
An Andy Evansen study is in order.
I purchased two DVD videos created by Andy and his painting style. He usually paints a value study before he paints his final painting....
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Robert Hopkins
- Aug 13, 2020
- 1 min
Thank you cards are a breeze!
I needed a simple greeting card to send to my doctor. Having never ever met her, she was helping to take care of me through Nancy's help....
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Robert Hopkins
- Aug 2, 2020
- 1 min
A beautiful cloudy day in Yorktown Virginia
*Update (08.11.22): I'm looking at this now and where is the delete option! That painting is hideous! Standing under the George P....
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Robert Hopkins
- Jul 23, 2020
- 2 min
Pay attention in class, Tommy...
Don't you just hate it when you're beautiful painting starts to suck eggs? Mine did, but I am determined to learn like a pro. That is why...
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Robert Hopkins
- Jul 17, 2020
- 1 min
Not bad, for an amateur.
Not that great for a professional either. But hey, I learned a lot on this one. That is why I painted it. The street light is way to tall...
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Robert Hopkins
- Jul 16, 2020
- 1 min
I have been practicing dry brush strokes.
I have many dry brush strokes ahead of me in my Chein Chung Wei painting. The Venice Restaurant. Yesterday, I posted a question on his...
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Robert Hopkins
- Jul 12, 2020
- 1 min
You want to paint like a professional?
Then, paint "like" a professional would! I enjoy looking at professional artists when they give us step by step paintings. This can help...
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