Pelican in Red

Classes over.  Summer is here.  Quiet time to paint.  I am just painting small.  Quick and easy.

Acrylic  7 X 11

Greek Waterfront

The third and last on my three 40 X 30 acrylics for my college class.  Wednesday is the last day.  I am so happy to have been part of the class with such talented students.  Carl Schwartz is a great teacher so I learned much about painting in acrylics.

Boats Docked

The is the second of three large paintings that were required for homework.  Wednesday everyone brings in their finished work and then we start on the third painting.  It is so much fun to see the fantasies of the young college students.  They have great creative minds.

Acrylic on stretched canvas  30 X 40

Saint Marks Venice

This is an acrylic painting on 30 X 40 inch stretched canvas.  I have never painted such a big painting.  It is one of three that is the homework for my college course with Carl Schwartz.  Venice is so beautiful.  I went there about eight years ago with a group of artist.  I painted Saint Marks while I was there in watercolor, but I sold it.  So this one is for me.

Michele

Michele Buelow posed for us today.  Lina added the head band and Monique added the lights for highlights.  It was a fun day.  I used acrylic instead of watercolor.  The canvas resisted my paints.  Maybe it was dirty.  Also I wished I had a bigger canvas.

Acrylic on canvas board.  16 X 12

Oranges with Texture

I started with a textured board.  One I had used left over acrylic paint from another time.  More acrylic molding paste was applied where the oranges were to be painted.

Acrylic on canvas on board   9 X 12

Acrylic Oranges with Knife

Painted with a knife.  This is the first orange painting I completed.  I should have painted them in a different order.  The black and white and three values should have been first.

Acrylic on canvas  8 X 10