Tag: workshop

Today was the final class. I painted until around 2:30pm and decided I was done. My brain couldn’t process any more and I didn’t feel I could do any more to improve. I wasn’t super happy with the painting, and I didn’t really know how to make it better. And that is where the beauty […]

I got like 10 hours of sleep last night. My legs actually felt a bit better today. I’ve had almost the same routine all week: complimentary breakfast at the hotel, walk a mile to class, paint, walk a few blocks down the street to the gas station for lunch, paint, walk back to the hotel, […]

Today’s class was tough. I felt run down and tired all day. Even stopping for a coffee on the morning walk didn’t help. I had a hard time getting to sleep last night, I think because of the excitement from yesterday’s class. On the painting I struggled making color choices, but I pushed through and […]

This painting class is so great. Nick started off with a lecture on color theory and ideas for choosing our colors. Then we all jumped right in to painting. I worked on my underpainting just to get the experience, but at lunchtime I decided I needed to start my color as well if I want […]

I’m in Seattle. My legs hurt. I walked 5 hours yesterday because I was being adventurous and didn’t want to call a cab or Uber. Today was the first day of the figure oil painting class. Getting to class should have been a 20-minute walk, however dragging a suitcase and the fact that google maps […]