Category Archives: “Thirty in Thirty”

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Thirty in Thirty. Day Ten: Reflections & A Look at Texture…

Lower Left Corner – New Work in Progress Day Ten – New Work in Progress – (12″ x 12″ Oil and Oil Bar on Panel) So, here we are: day ten of Thirty in Thirty. […]

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Thirty in Thirty. Day Nine: “Frozen Time”

“Frozen Time”  ⓒ  2011  Michaela Harlow –  (16″ x 16″ – Oil and Oil Bar on Panel) “Frozen Time”  – Detail: Lower Left Corner “Frozen Time” Detail: Side Edge of Panel “Frozen Time” Detail: Lower […]

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Thirty in Thirty. Day Eight. Process: Underpainting.

Oil bars —sometimes called oil sticks— are oil paints in a solid form. I often use them to sketch and draw compositions and details in my paintings, because they can be thinned with turpentine and […]

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Thirty in Thirty. Day Seven. Weather as Metaphor.

“Passing Shower”  ⓒ  2010/11 Michaela Harlow – 12″ x 12″ – Oil on Panel One of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it – Mark Twain Weather —particularly […]

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