Two new paintings in progress

Latest work

Well... life has not been boring here in Grand -Digue
Spring is here, and there's life everywhere

The first two images are of me My dear friend and fellow artist Monette Leger did this astounding work, she works in many mediums and is very skilled.
Now I on the other hand, differ a bit. I am not as adventurous

It seems recently I've been working seldomly [but very quickly] and only work in oils

I have a wondeful feeling about this piece

Portrait painting

This is my latest work, and I hope my clients are pleased(they haven't seen it yet)

I used to dread doing commission work, but now things seem a bit easier

Teaching charcoal classes has helped me get things right quicker

I preach this to my students , and I'm seeing for myself that it does help

Drawing above done this morning at my class Thanks for the subject matter Lorraine!

These are the recents paintings I've done, I also have another portrait to begin.

I have felt disconnected with my art. Sometimes I worry that it's like a virus , I feel cured

and I don't need to paint anymore

Well enough of that silliness, I'm off to paint.

Still finding myself

The title of this post pretty much sums up my state of mind

Just when I feel I've got everything figured out
My happy little bubble pops, and all I thought I understood is gone

But I'm happy in knowing that bubble will certainly reappear

New process

This is a new process for me, I think brought on by doing more charcoal . The sketch is done on a white canvas ,then I used a workable fixative (it dries quickly). This permited me to paint directly over the sketch. The paint I used is alizaron crimson and veridian green mixed gives this pretty lilac color. When this under painting is completed I'll decided what other colors I'll add. I'm really enjoying this ,I really needed a change .... good for the soul.

Charcoal Class

I've been giving classes in charcoal and painting for about 14 weeks now and I must admit I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would.

I find searching for new challenges teaches me about my own process . I also discovered my weaknesses. There are area I need to explore than I didn't even know about.

This is a photo of all the drawings from my Wednesday class.

The challenge was to draw from a landscape photo from upside down

DRAWING without really SEEING They were all awesome!!!

Way to go class.