Carmel Mission

So, went to painting class today, all set to paint from a photo I had taken of the Carmel Mission when I was in Carmel in February.  But, when I got to class, one of the other students had brought a beautiful fresh bouquet of roses from her garden.  So, decided to try painting the roses.  After several times wiping off the canvas, I did give up.  I love flowers so much and yet sometimes they can be so challenging.   So, went back to my original idea of painting the Mission.
Linda

Ballerina

So, life has been getting in the way of my painting . . . but was able to paint today - a ballerina!

Linda

Carmel

So . . . last week I took a 3-day painting workshop in Carmel from Patti Mollica, a wonderful New York artist.  The name of the workshop was "Painting Fast, Loose and Bold" if that gives you an idea.  We did lots of exercises to loosen up - not sure I got any bolder.

One exercise we did was to paint a painting in 30 strokes or less with a big brush!  You really have to load up your brush with lots of paint and really cover as much of the canvas as you can.  You can see I did one stroke at the end around the 2 flowers.  This was about 29 strokes.

Another exercise we did was to paint the same object/set up four times . . . and fairly quickly.  The theory is that as you become more familiar with your subject matter, each painting should improve from the previous one.  Here is a tea cup series I did.

DAY 30!!!!

It feels great to have completed the 30-day challenge!  Thanks to everyone for their lovely comments - it inspired me to keep creating.
Linda

Day 29

I thought she looked sort of regal so gave her a tiara!
Linda

Day 28 of 30-Day Challenge

Can't believe there are only 2 days left of the challenge . . .

Day 27

When I bought the Inktense pencils, I bought a reddish one - it gives a softer look to the drawing - different from the black and less dramatic.
Linda