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My 9 x 12 oil on canvas demo from my oil painting class

"Out the Window"

This was my demo from my pastel class yesterday.  Once again, the view out the window was compelling though quite gray.  I talked about changing the colors to make it more dynamic while still saying mountain and snow.  I had a house in the original sketch as you can see but as I added color, I saw that it was distracting and need to go.

West Branch Show

Proud to be part of the show Menagerie: Animals in Art at the West Branch Gallery in Stowe, Vermont
http://news.westbranchgallery.com/menagerie-animals-in-art/

Suicide Six

My pastel class is in Pomfret, VT at the beautiful Artistree.  The room where I teach looks out onto the Suicide Six ski area.  Today's demo was done looking at that view...9 x 12 Terry Ludwig pastels on Colorful paper

Pastel Apples Demo

This 9 x 12 pastel was my first day demo of my pastel class.  I wanted to keep it uncomplicated, thinking apples are a piece of cake.  But when I began, it was more difficult than I thought it would be.  There is no such thing as an easy painting!

Beach Demo

So, today I forgot the photo I was going to demo from so I borrowed a couple of photos from one of my students and it became a lesson in being totally about the painting and not the reference.  What to use, what not, how to change the colors to work for your painting.

fruite demo

Well, the holidays are over and we are back in class.  There are some new students joining us so I went over all the paints, color theory and techniques and then did this demo from our still life set up.  Oil on board, 9 x 12 inches