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IPAD HELP

I hadn’t planned on returning to the painting. However I did want to take notes on where I could improve. So I took the picture I posted yesterday and put it into my iPad painting app. I also had a picture of a palette by a very famous painter named Cesar Santos. I sampled the […]

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PAINT STUDY

I painted most of the day yesterday. It was a bit of a struggle but I felt more confident in what I was doing than I did at the Seattle workshop, so I am improving. I realized that I need to spend more time mixing my initial colors on my palette, and while I’m painting […]

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MORE PRACTICE

I went to Reno yesterday for the sole purpose of getting some canvas, paints, and brushes at the art store. I just didn’t feel like waiting for supplies to show up in the mail, and I really wanted to get some painting practice in with skin tones. The trip was fun, although the art store […]

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Digital

STILL STUDYING

Back from Seattle and I realize I haven’t blogged since I returned 5 days ago. Leaving Seattle was a bit sad because I had such a nice time, the city felt so relaxed, and going to the Art Academy each day felt like how my life was supposed to be. I was waking up too […]

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CLASS DAY 5

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 […]

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CLASS DAY 4

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, […]

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CLASS DAY 3

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 […]

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CLASS DAY 2

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 […]

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CLASS DAY 1

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 […]

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Digital

ANOTHER SKETCH

Continuing from my last blog entry, I have been drawing more on the iPad trying to get my freehand style developed. I started this one last night with no end goal in mind, meaning I just started sketching and wanted to see what it would turn into. I felt like I have been trying too […]