Country Ride

Not at all sure about this one. I was drawn to designing it this way, don't mind the color but it feels perhaps too detailed for me.

Pastel Demo

Did a pastel demo in class the other day. Wanted to show how to develop the relationship between foreground and background and how to make it dynamic but not conflicting.

Dad and son wading

Struggled with a bigger painting...total frustration...and then finished the day with this 6 x 6 for fun

Demo

This is a one hour demo I painted in the Monday class. Lovely model we had!

Storm Glow

Another larger painting to get myself out of my smaller painting comfort zone. Started very abstract but had a definite landscape in mind. Not sure if the colors work...

Trying larger and still loose

I am pretty comfortable with small canvases and staying loose. But getting larger has been a learning experience. This painting is 18 x 24 inches, huge for me, small for some of my hero painters. Still not sure how I feel about it.

demo...small canvas big still life

One of my students brought in amazing pottery she has and incredible flowers from her garden. I only had a 9 x 12 inch canvas, so the demo was about design, negative spaces, blocking in the values before putting on the pattern. They did beautifully.