Showing posts with label paint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paint. Show all posts

Friday, February 3, 2012

Painting Workshop


Last weekend I took a three day painting workshop with Bill Davidson. I had heard great things about him and was looking forward to learning from him. I like to take a workshop - or two - every year to keep sharp and see what other people are doing with their art.
Bill is a great teacher, very cheerful and positive and I will be using some of his ideas in my paintings. I enjoyed being with other people who are serious about their art and it inspired me to paint more and more.
I painted a bunch of little paintings during the workshop and here is one - copied from one of Bill's (lovely) paintings. Mine isn't that lovely, but I enjoyed big brush strokes and putting down lots of paint without messing around.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Artist's Helper


During the summer I took a picture of Doug, who was helping his friend take his artwork out of the Island Gallery. He was standing in the back of the truck with a stack of canvasses and the sun hit him beautifully. I just had to paint him.