This Week's Challenges!

October 22, 2008 "Smells Sweet"

Eleanor and I painted the perfume bottle this week. The reflections and colors in that bottle were endless!! This painting will probably go to the Silent Auction at the Crystal Coast Domestic Violence Fashion Show and Tea coming up in Carteret County.

October 19, 2008 "Yellow Rose"

This little rose was on the bush outside my house. It's been getting cold lately so it was a surprise to see one still blooming. There is actually another one that just opened today, so maybe I'll try another rose. It's challenging to get all the folds of the petals and the right colors and values!

October 15, 2008 "Slices"

When I look through the view finder peap hole at these shadows, they look ORANGE!! It's unbelievable! I don't think I've ever tried painting orange slices before but I think it will be fun to do again.

October 13, 2008 "Oranges"

You would not believe how challenging it is to get those reflections and shadows right on those oranges! I also think I'll take a little break from the polkadots - They're fun and kind of loosen you up, but I think I've had enough for the week!

You would think that the more you paint the less challenging it would get - I guess I still haven't painted enough!! For some reason everything this week had a new learning opportunity to go along with it! I've been really busy latey - Eleanor and I are still painting each Wednesday night and now we are taking a class at the community college 2 nights a week as well - "The Business of Art." It's getting more and more interesting, so hopefully we'll learn a lot! We have our workshop with Mike Rooney coming up next week. Eleanor's taking the weekday workshop and I'm taking the one on the weekend so we'll be able to compare notes!