Tea Time

4"x6" oil

I have been taking an online painting class presented by Dreama Tolle Perry #dreamlovepaint.  It is a 6 week course covering 6 of her images and demos with tons of extra material, instructions, tips and inspirations.  It really is jam packed.  She suggested several exercises including one to paint your tea cup (or coffee) in 25 strokes.  This was my effort with a couple of extra highlights and touches with the scraping tool.  It is a great exercise to try now and again.  Carol Marine is also great at suggesting exercises that are good reminders of important basics.

Negative Space10"x12"

10"x12" charcoal

Camping....I used to love it.  That is all I have to say.  I have been teaching drawing at the Middlebury Studio School and this was my demo for drawing using just negative spaces to define the shape.  It is a challenging exercise and one of those that is really good to do occasionally.