A Painting A Day

So much has been going on that I'm having to put painting on the back burner for now. But I did get to go to a live model session la...

Worked on color values today. For the very first time, I started off too dark! Amazing! I rarely do that. But it was so much easier to make ...

I'm almost ashamed to post this picture - it's so messy! Yesterday to prevent my hand from cramping, I approached my color chart slo...

I just started this one last weekend. I wanted to make this more abstract - but I feel like I'm putting too much detail in already. I...

 Went to the three hour live painting session at Nysha's today. Our model was very thin, and so I kept thinking the arms looked too th...

It's been really hard to paint the past few days because we are out of town visiting family, and today I needed to decide who I was goi...

Changed the angle and the background on the roses Also painted this one during the day so had strong side light coming through the windo...

I have taken quite the hiatus from painting. But I guess if you love something you will always come back to it. I started easing back ...

I haven't had time to paint, and our local art league has a show this month, so the day before the deadline, I rush to my easel and pa...

I honestly can't believe I've done 17 portraits in a row of Paul Newman. Believe it or not, I'm getting a bit tired of painting...