Oysters

 A 6 x 6 inch painting of oyster shells

Along the River...no green

This pastel was a demo in my class to show how to work from a photo or landscape but change the colors so that no major color from the photo is really in the final painting.  It is an exercise in understanding value and intensity of colors in relation to the overall painting.

Two horseracing demos

horseracing demo oil

Pastel demo horseracing

These are horseracing demos, one oil for the oil class and one in pastel for the pastel class.  They  aren't done yet.

better photo of sintra square

Sintra Square...a better photo

Sintra Square and workshop update!

Hey all,
This is from our trip to Sintra but I will be teaching a workshop in Croatia end of May, 2015.  Check it out!
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Decanter

This decanter and stopper were the demo from oil painting class on Monday.  Continuing the idea of painting without a pre conceived notion of what it is, just looking at shapes, color and value.  The students did quite well!

pastel demo on glass

This was the demo from pastel class this morning.  The idea was to deal with shape in terms of value and color and not think "glass"  Observation rather than drawing what you think you see.