Workshop

I just got back from teaching a  workshop and I am tired but happy. I had a wonderful group of students whose enthusiasm for painting and willingness to tackle the challenges was awe inspiring. This was my first demo (sold). I was not able to get a very good photo, sorry.

Here are some photos of them learning and painting.

a couple of their value studies.

 

not afraid to tackle painting glass

 

total concentration

 

such enthusiasm

 

the organizer finally at work on the fun part, painting

 

their new color wheels became their new best friend

 

squinting did occur

 

they created some innovative panel holders

 

 my second demo and setup

As I prepared to leave, they were talking about scheduling my return visit, with suggestions that ranged from the very reasonable "next year" to the complementary, but unlikely "would you just move here?"

I can't thank the organizer, Kathryn Wilson, enough. She did a fabulous job of putting this together.

Live Oak

For a long time, I've been (occasionally) working on plein air paintings, but had not done any that I was pleased with. I had a vague sense of what I wanted to accomplish, but not a real concrete sense of the direction to go to get there. Recently (it was about 2 weeks ago, but I've been so busy I hadn't had time to post it) I painted this live oak and for the first time felt I was doing what I wanted and starting to move in the right direction. I'd be interested in hearing what you think of it.

10x12 oil on Raymar canvas panel

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