Day One of the Patrick Saunders’ Workshop went very well for me and I was excited to get on to Day Two. I was, however, dreading the heat. My body just really doesn’t like heat and while we were promised there would be plenty of shade, I’m familiar enough with Virginia weather to know it… Continue reading Day Two of the Saunders Workshop

Last week (Friday and Saturday) I was happily participating in a Plein Air Workshop sponsored by Brazier Gallery in Richmond by Patrick Saunders. Saunders won the top prize at last year’s Plein Air Richmond Event and is again a participant in this year’s event. Plein Air Richmond is a large fun raising event for the… Continue reading Patrick Saunders’ Workshop

I attended a class yesterday at Dug In Farms. Our instructor was Natalie. She is an artist and her day job is manager at the farm. A very soft spoken young lady, she provided a pretty good overview of the Fibonacci Sequence as it relates to nature and art. I took a bunch of pictures… Continue reading Pen and Ink

I’m off to take a pen and ink drawing class at Dug In Farms (an organic farm and market) near Kilmarnock today. Will post a few photos later.  

This raccoon subject sure has a lot of fur. Made some progress on it yesterday. Need to work on her back fur some more, but at least I have his undercoat done there. And then on to the feet. A few more days I think and she might be finished.  

It is hot and muggy here in the Northern Neck right now, so I’m sort of glad for a studio focused painting to keep me busy. This coming week should be cooler and I’m looking forward to working outdoors at least one day with my painting buddy, Daphne. We will probably be at or very… Continue reading Yesterday’s Studio Work