Saturday's Class...

Well done everyone!  It was so fun to meet all of you who are new and great to see those of you from last year!!!  It's great to be back!!!  Happy Painting!!!

The fun is in the details....

I wish I had taken more step by step photos of this little still life. I'm posting it to show how by adding just a few details to the dish, it can really make a difference. What would be considered a pretty complicated bowl to paint/draw is simplified by just leaving it white and getting the shape on the canvas. I then go in with the shadows and highlights to give it dimension. Don't let complicated subjects intimidate you!! Start them out with basic shapes and go from there.

On another note, first class of the 2012 for my Kentucky students is this weekend! I'm so excited to paint with everyone again and can't wait to see you in person!! Happy painting!

Hello Kentucky!!!

Well, I had forgotten how much paperwork it can take to run a business! I'm officially "unburied" and looking forward to the first class here in Florence Kentucky! I'm taking sign ups now for April and the other upcoming classes for 2012. Can't wait to paint here in my Ole Kentucky Home! Happy Painting everyone!

Another class....

Well, I'm getting better with my camera and took a few shots of the paintings from the last class. Great job everyone! Those rock cliffs are hard! You all did fantastic! Two of these ladies have never painted on canvas before...AND...this is the very first painting for one of them!!! Happy painting!

von Liebig Demo...

Here's a photo of me at the family day at the von Liebig Arts Center. Nuts About The Von Liebig is what they call it. You can't see it, but just to the right of me there was also the Art in the Park fair going on as well. We had a great day. By "we" I mean Mary Sheehan of the Just Painting blog. Mary's also teaches a class here at von Liebig and she's the one who took this mugshot of me. I told her to make me a size 3 and 6 foot tall, but I guess she didn't have photoshop! LOL! Don't you just love what the wind did with my hair? Ha! Happy Painting!

Students painting in class....

Here are a few photos from the last class. I can't believe I remembered to take them! I apologize for forgetting to take photos in the other classes! We've done some beautiful paintings this year. Great work students!!!!!

Next class painting at von Liebig

Wow, what a busy couple of weeks I've had. Yesterday, I had the privilege of doing a demo with Mary Sheehan Winn of the Just Painting Blog at the von Liebig Art Center family day. What fun it was! Mary is also offering a painting class here and I highly recommend it. Thanks to all of you who stopped by for a chat or with your painting questions. Also, it was great to meet all of the young future artists. What a nice group of young people they had volunteering there. Happy Painting everyone!!

Here's the next painting this Thursday February 9th at my class at the von Liebig. Hope to see you there!!!

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