Giverny Gardens

This commission painting is finished and my wonderful buyer is very happy with it. This is not my usual style, so I had to loosen up quite a bit, and try a lot of softening techniques, but I did have a lot of fun painting it AND it is going to a great home. Besides having a lot of softness there is also a whole lot of brights! This image measures 40 inches wide by 26 inches high.

PASADENA Learning & Product Expo

Here we are at dinner last night. It was a great first day, arriving, unpacking, setting up the workroom, getting familiar with everything. Janie met us and helped us unpack and get settled in the workroom! What a greeting!
We later met with Laurie Humble and all went out to dinner.
Today Joyce and I had our first Art2Art demonstration, and then we really arranged the room for the next workshops and demos.

Back from Albuquerque

Here's a little painting that I was able to work on while Joyce was conducting her workshop for the members of the New Mexico Watercolor Society in Albuquerque. She also judged their Fall Show, and performed a demonstration for the entire membership. I was in another room listening to all the students fall in love with her and her stories and her teaching style and images. The group was a mix of wonderful students, dedicated to their craft and soaked up all that Joyce offered. I worked on this small painting which is a 1/8 of a full sheet, just to get used to the space, lighting, styrofoam bowls to mix paints, and regular room lighting. So this was painted quickly to own the room.

This is a quick study or element of my painting "Passage" and was painted on 1/4 sheet of Arches 300lb cold pressed paper. This is a part of my workshop "The big and small of it" for the Pasadena Learning & Product Expo later this week!

We now have a digital projector, and sound system so we can show Art2Art anywhere, and let all see and hear the show to the best advantage. I just purchased Photoshop Elements for the Mac and am learning that too, so we can really give great presentations for all our demos and workshops.

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