Urban plein air painting with Chris and Co. this week. Selected inspirational reading from Robert Henri’s “The Art Spirit” suggested that instead of pursuing the […]
Fountain Creek Stream
Plein air painting in Fountain Creek Park again with Chris Alvarez’s Painting Class. There was a fast moving stream in the shade that was very […]
Van Gogh’s Montmajour
Back to copying “masterworks” this week. I didn’t do a whole lot of painting in August for several reasons, but this project helped me dive […]
Roswell Park
Outside again with Chris’s plein air class. His “challenge” this week was to paint all or part of this playground structure. It was difficult indeed–and […]
Fountain Creek Path
Plein air painting with Chris in Fountain Creek Park. It was my first time here and a hot one–lots of birds and bugs. Started out […]
Semi Truck
Plein air painting in Old Colorado City again (Cucharras Park). I am becoming obsessed with lines lining up and connecting and this angle catches the […]
HAS Demonstration Garden
Plein air painting with Chris and company again. This time in the Horticultural Arts Society‘s demonstration garden near Colorado College. It was mostly overcast with […]
1316 W Pikes Peak Ave
Plein air painting again with Chris. Because I was crunched for time, I made two giant mistakes here…1) pulled out a smaller canvas 2) rushed […]
Wilkerson Still Life
In Erin’s class this week we looked at contemporary artist Ann Wilkerson. What I liked about her work was the hard lines on objects–best seen […]
The Last Embrace
Awhile back I had painted the below painting (my husband nicknamed it “boob face”). The subjects are from the movie Munich and they are embracing […]