Egg

At some point it seems every artist does "the egg" It is difficult! But, in this demo, I repeated to my students the same mantra....don't think "egg" just observe shapes, colors and values.

Kids on the Beach

Just before warm weather but nice enough to be on the beach.

Demonstration April 4, 2011

A small painting that I may do larger but it served well as a demonstration once again of observing shapes, not just painting a scene. I found myself telling one student....don't paint the colors, paint the light.

Boats at Rest

As I dream of summer, this boat painting that borders on the abstract. I don't know boats but I strive to understand shapes.

larger version

I had done this image small and wanted to see if I could keep the same sense of freedom and brushstrokes working larger.

A Vermont Day

A demo from my painting class. In keeping with painting shapes and not always trying to analyze what they are but just observing.

Demo...all painting is abstraction

This is a demonstration in my Pastel class at the Community College of Vermont. All painting is really abstract painting because it is all about shapes. With that in mind, I showed them how to create a copper teapot by making sure the exterior shape was a teapot, but within that, just to paint shapes and colors without thinking copper.