Sips and Strokes Painting Class

The painting class was a success.  I had the opportunity to teach a painting class at my church.  The ladies did a great job on their paintings.  We had delicious Italian sodas and bread with olive oil dip.  I only wish we had had more time. 

Painting Class

I will be teaching painting class tonight at the church I attend.  I have a lot of experience teaching painting, but never this big of a group.  Should be fun. 

 We'll be painting this nativity scene. 

Claire Oil Painting, part 1

 

I've started work on an oil painting portrait "Claire"  It's a painting of my daughter.  This is the under-painting.  It's the skeleton of the painting where I work out all the values of the piece.  My daughter was so happy to pose for it.  She got to dress up as a "princess."  

Alice Hicken Oil Painting

I'm working on a Christmas gift for my 99 year old Grandpa.  It's an oil painting of my beautiful grandmother, Alice Hicken.  It's almost complete. Here is the progression. The canvas is 18x24.  This is my first attempt at portrait painting.  It really flew onto the canvas.  I'm surprised by how quickly it's coming together.

Acrylic on Canvas Progress Aug 25 2017

I've been working on this acrylic on canvas.  It's 24x30.  I started one direction with it and now I'm not sure where it's going to end up.  It seems to have a mind of it's own.

Acrylic on canvas progress Aug 18

I've made some progress on this piece.  It's in the weird phase where it doesn't look like much.  Each painting goes through a phase where it looks like it's a big mistake, but it's just part of the journey.

New painting

I've started a new painting. It's going to be acrylic on canvas 24x30.  Watch the progress!