How to pack for landscape painting?

I don't know which is more exciting..ME and my new pochade box (hand-made!!) finally ready for our 4 a.m. start for landscaping trip to east coast, or the fact I have made high protein snacks for the journey. YU tell me?

How to paint eyes?

How to paint eyes? Well, what do I know. But funny how our art 'eye' sees things differently give it a day or two off. This was my class demo from CAI last week which I wasn't that keen on when I did it. But today, after a refreshing weekend, I think I caught something in the model's/eye mood that day. She wasn't having the best day and was reflective about life. I knew that.

They say the eyes 'have it', are the windows to the soul. For me, during this painting session all I can say is that I paid a lot of attention to the left eye but said nothing in the right one. I also let a lot of EDGES go, something my students have the hardest 'linear' time with around the eyes. I had fun with the colors in said focused eye, losing edges and pushing brushwork.

A bore says it all, don't you think? Hope I wasn't that...

In the Pink

I am crazy for people with died pink hair. Just love to paint that. This was the model for my class last week. I discovered her walking around my studio complex and knew I had to paint that candyfloss fuchsia hair.

NEW CLASS STARTS AT VITA ART CENTER THIS WEDNESDAY. Four weeks. $120. From the model.

BE THERE!

Pretty In Pink, Class demo

8x10"

Oil on linen panel

$125, free shipping

Pass The Pastel...365 Days of Drawing

For the first time in my daily drawing challenge, I tried pastel rather than my usual charcoal/oil/gouache combo along with a different heavy-weight drawing paper. I liked what I got although this drawing took me away from what I should have been painting this afternoon. I let myself relax and take time to smell the drawing roses, although I need to re-do the earring on the left tomorrow.

Drawings from the weekend will be posted tomorrow.