Weathering the Storm

"Red Hot!" 9"x12"

"Pair of Pears" 9"x12"

This week Eleanor and I set up a few still lifes. Our goal was to tone down our negative space so that the objects in our still lifes would pop. We also tried hard to get our paint on the canvas and leave it without "futzing" too much. We had a great time painting and stayed up pretty late. It was nice knowing I had a 2 hour delay for school in the morning because of all of the wind and rain!

Conversations

My friend Eleanor and I painted these tomatoes last night (she actually used pastels yesterday). The green one is called a "Purple Cherokee." I know - it's green - the bottom turns purple when it's ripe. The little tomato on the left is my favorite. I probably painted it the fastest of anything in the painting. I think all the little tomatoes look like they are having a conversation - I wonder what they might say? Eleanor and I had a great time painting last night and were able to have some good conversations ourselves. When you are painting, it really makes all the difference to occasionally have someone to give a new point of view on your art work or to point out spots that might need a little more attention. I know it helps me see things I might not have seen. Keep up the conversations!

School's Out Early!!

"Bay Street, Morehead City"

(one of the paintings from the future collection "Our Side of Arendell" or should it "The Other side of Arendell"?)

"Calico Creek"

I got out of school early on Friday and before I taught my Body Flow class at the gym - (did I mention I'm teaching a combination of Yoga, Tai Chi, and Pilates at Gold's Gym now?) I rushed home to set up my paints! I still had some energy from not having to teach the 4th and 5th graders today, so I came home and got things set up before my class at the gym. I was able to set aside some time to paint Friday, Saturday and Sunday - which was great! Here are two of the paintings I worked on some this weekend. I'm trying to get some paintings ready for a portfolio for grad school and here are 2 of the 20!!