# Jerry Smith Fine Arts


## Posts

- [A Tool I'm Using to Fix my Drawing](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/a-tool-im-using-to-fix-my-drawing/): How digital tracing helps me improve accuracy in traditional painting.
- [Paintings from places recently visited](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/paintings-from-places-recently-visited/): Recently spent some time walking around the Fullerton Arboretum and taking in the coast up in Cambria Hearst Castle with my camera.
- [Painting a 36x36 Oil Painting](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/painting-a-36x36-oil-painting/): I'm currently working on a new painting, and it's the largest oil painting I've ever attempted.
- [New painting in the Japanese Tea Garden "Placidity" - Color layer 2](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/new-painting-in-the-japanese-tea-garden-placidity-color-layer-2/): Trying to figure out where I'm going with this.
- [New painting in the Japanese Tea Garden "Placidity" - Color layer 1](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/new-painting-in-the-japanese-tea-garden-placidity-color-layer-1/): Played in the first layer of color. I will continue adding more color in the next layer.
- [New painting in the Japanese Tea Garden "Placidity" - Imprimatura](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/new-painting-in-the-japanese-tea-garden-placidity-imprimatura/): Started on the next painting underpainting using transparent earth red, ultramarine blue, titanium white. I used Gamsol to help move the paint around.
- [Updated Japanese Tea Garden](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/updated-japanese-tea-garden/)
- [Panels from home Depot](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/panels-from-home-depot/): I visited the Home Depot store across the street bought a 4x8' tempered hardboard panel and had it cut to 16x18 inches. I'll sand the edges and seal.
- [Japanese Tea Garden signd](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/japanese-tea-garden-signd/): Signed! There are several things I would like to do still, I need to get on to the next.
- [JAPANESE TEA GARDENS GOLDEN GATE PARK - Color Day 5](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/japanese-tea-gardens-golden-gate-park-color-day-5/): WIP - The tree limbs were a distraction so I trimmed and cleaned them up.
- [JAPANESE TEA GARDENS GOLDEN GATE PARK - Color Day 4](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/japanese-tea-gardens-golden-gate-park-color-day-4/): WIP - I'm almost finished, there are some parts of the painting that need to be reworked such as the bridge and tree branches.
- [JAPANESE TEA GARDENS GOLDEN GATE PARK - Color Day 3](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/japanese-tea-gardens-golden-gate-park-color-day-3/)
- [JAPANESE TEA GARDENS GOLDEN GATE PARK - Color Day 2](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/japanese-tea-gardens-golden-gate-park-color-day-2/): Adding more color and detail. I took the tree reflection out temporarily, it was in the wrong position.
- [JAPANESE TEA GARDENS GOLDEN GATE PARK - Color Day 1](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/japanese-tea-gardens-golden-gate-park-color-day-1/): WIP - Working in some color.
- [Japanese Tea Garden Golden Gate Park - Imprimatura day 2](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/japanese-tea-garden-golden-gate-park-imprimatura-day-2/): Continuing work on the imprimatura.
- [JAPANESE TEA GARDENS GOLDEN GATE PARK - Imprimatura Day 1](https://gallery.retiredtocreate.com/japanese-tea-gardens-golden-gate-park-imprimatura-day-1/): Continuing with the first layer imprimatura. Start adding in the first color layer tomorrow.

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