Plums 6"x 6" oil on canvas panel

Found some gorgeous plums and had to paint them with the cup from the Dollar Store.

leaves 6" x 8" oil

One of the days I was in Letchworth State Park I decided to paint inside the cabin after dinner. The lighting was not great but it was fun to paint with a fire in the fireplace at the kitchen table.

Empty

6" 8" 0il

I like all the bright , fun colors of the Fiesta pottery.

Hot Peppers

11" x14" oil

6" x 8" oil

6" x 8" oil

These are three paintings I did of the same still life. I did the small ones first and then decided it was a lot of information squeezed into a small area. Next I did a larger one, 16" x 20", but it had too much background so that's when I decided to try the 11" x 14" format which I like the best.

Candy Apples

I got the title for this before I painted it. I found some cool striped red and white fabric that reminded me of candy canes -

Back in the Studio

the falls

Summer camp finished up September 3rd and on the 6th my oldest daughter and I took off for Letchworth State Park - "The Grand Canyon of the East". I had rented a cabin and we just wanted peace and quiet. Time to rest, paint read , sleep and eat. And we also made lots of fires (there was no heat - you had to make your own) and took walks to check out the trails, the Genesee River and the falls. I did 5 small paintings which I'll post later and Carrie did two which came out great.

Now it's time to get back to painting more regularly and posting more often.

Carol Marine's workshop at the Hudson River Valley Art Center, Greenville, New York

Here is the shot of our group intently watching Carol demonstrate. We were from all over the east coast and two ladies came from Canada. The accommodations were great. We just had to walk from the studio to the dining room and bedrooms. Great way to do it. Lots of laughs. I was the only person who had never been to a workshop before.

Carol adding her ground.

Her view of the still life.

After drawing in the basic shapes and checking proportions she starts with the most saturated area - in this case the apples.

Now you can see how she's working from the inside out doing all the values in the shadows.

Here is the finished demo which one lucky participant got to take home for $100. It was a fabulous workshop and I highly recommend Carol as a teacher. She has great passion for painting and helping others.