Rantings of a middle-aged art student

Roses in a copper vase. Not my favorite.

A low-key still life. It's supposed to be kind of dark and brooding. The abstract ceramic head in the box was made by local artist Nina ...

This was supposed to be a high-key painting, where all the values are on the lighter half of the scale. It is light, but just not a big succ...

Drapery study in oil. This is tedious, but fun. It's easy to get lost in the folds. I need to do a lot more of this if I'm going to ...

A bird's eye view still life. I tried to get artsy with this one. The translucent plastic glasses kicked my butt.

For module 7 we had to use a reflective item, I got the bright idea to go with a chrome jigger, it was all downhill from there. I just could...

Ok, same as before, we started with sketches and worked our way to a finished painting. This one cost me a few brain cells. I could not matc...