Tomorrow will be our last class to work on the painting below.  Some of the girls have been creative and changed from the original with great results.  I hope to post some of their work with their permission. 

Here is the Grand Prize Winner of the Portrait Society of America competition.  Painted by David Kassan and titled "Love and Resilience".  Isn't it wonderful !

Easter

Happy Easter to all my painting friends !

To my students:  when I say you must have a clear "concept" before you start to paint, this is what is meant as stated by  David Gray  -"I find that a big deficit that some of my students have is that they do not know what they want their painting to look like. They  have not yet cultivated their vision to a point where they can see, at least to fairly high degree, where they want to go. If you ask me "Does it look right, now?" then you will be completely lost outside of class. My advice: cultivate your aesthetic by studying the paintings you want to emulate. Do master copies. Eventually you will train your eye. You will be able to translate what you see in paint in the way you desire. If you find yourself at a loss, you need to find out why. "Does it look right, now?" - you need to be able to answer that question for yourself. For some, it's not better technique that you need. You need to cultivate your vision. Once you have that, your technique will serve that vision."