The Artwork of Joseph Q. Daily
Posted on: Aug 14, 2010
Sepia paintings can serve as finished works of art or be used as underpaintings – when painting from life, I start almost all of my color portraits this way. I’ve also found this technique to be an incredibly enjoyable way to learn to paint in oils, since it bridges the gap between drawing and painting and allows for endless, painless correction of your work…
Posted on: Jul 17, 2010
On Saturday, July 17th I will be offering a one-day portrait painting workshop through The Art School in Vestal, NY. Attendees will learn my process for completing a full-color oil portrait sketch from a live model…
Posted on: May 23, 2010
I’m happy to report that Saturday’s sepia workshop at The Art School went very well! We had six people painting (including me), which was a nice number … large enough to fill the room with energy, but small enough to still feel intimate. Kathryn was definitely the hero of the day for posing so patiently for us … although we all agreed that her nose was the villain! But considering that none of the attendees had worked transparently in sepia before, and many hadn’t worked in oils in years – if ever – everyone’s painting came out fantastic…
Posted on: May 11, 2010
I’m happy to report that Saturday’s sepia workshop at The Art School went very well! We had six people painting (including me), which was a nice number … large enough to fill the room with energy, but small enough to still feel intimate. Kathryn was definitely the hero of the day for posing so patiently for us … although we all agreed that her nose was the villain! But considering that none of the attendees had worked transparently in sepia before, and many hadn’t worked in oils in years – if ever – everyone’s painting came out fantastic…
Posted on: Apr 20, 2010
Week 2 of my mother’s house building involved more concrete work. We rented our forms from a very nice Indian man who had purchased them from a contractor John used to know. I started off the week in the “kitchen”, oiling forms and handing them off to John while he assembled them…
Posted on: Apr 11, 2010
Ironically, now that my new site is live there is very little painting news to report! My big plans for the Spring and Summer are to help my friend John build a house for my mother, and we hit the ground running this week…
Posted on: May 08, 2010
On May 8th I will be offering a one-day portrait workshop through The Art School in Vestal, NY. Attendees will learn to create monochromatic “sepia” oil portraits using just Raw Umber paint…
Posted on: Apr 05, 2010
Kathryn and I recently flew to Orlando, Florida to finish a commission I started in November. Lavoyce and Sidney are grandmother and granddaughter with a really loving relationship, and it was a pleasure to paint them together…
Posted on: Apr 03, 2010
Some shots from February, when John and I spent a day painting self portraits…
Posted on: Apr 05, 2010
Welcome to my new blog! Lately I’ve actually been doing a lot more web design work than painting, and it only seemed fitting to revisit my own site along the way. As you can see, I’ve given my website a bit of an overhaul…