20 minute paint sketche

 The model didn't show up at my drawing group this morning so we all modeled for each other...20 minutes each oil paint on paper

Food Shopping

Demo from my Monday oil class is 12 x 16 "Food Shopping"....continuing the concept of abstracting shapes to simplify complex images

Lyme Cross Country

It was a beautiful day...last winter...when we went for a cross country ski and looking back at the town of Lyme,NH seeing jewels.  This is "Lyme Cross Country" 8 x 16 oil on canvas was my demo from my oil class

You can win this painting

I have donated "New Mexico Grazing", 16 x 20 gallery wrap oil on canvas to the Shaker Bridge Theatre as a fundraiser.  For each $25 donation you get a chance to win this painting.  More information is at www.shakerbridgetheatre.org

My paint sketches from my life drawing class. 5

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 My paint sketches from my life drawing class...fabulous model!

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Marketplace

In my continuous quest to encourage my students to think abstractly in order to create non abstract paintings, I did this demo in my oil painting class

Marketplace  9 x 12 oil on canvas

life drawing

10 minute pose

 Happy to be back drawing from life.  Challenging and fun it forces me to make decisions authoritatively and respond to the model with no time to over analyze

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20 minute pose