daily painting # 2 whelk

DP#2 from photo

6"x6" 

oil on panel

It's not my second painting that I've ever done. But it is my second with the intention of doing a daily painting a day. Maybe not every day, but often and I also want to get looser with my painting.  I took the reference photo a few years ago on Edisto Isand, SC, one of my favorite spots on this earth. The seashells there are plentiful, not like up here on the north east coast. This was just lying there...

Oil painting, small and quick(er)

Apple from life

6x6 oil on board

I started a new weekly painting class today. I am blessed to live in an area where there are many great artists. A few years ago I took some drawing classes with Susan Hope Fogel. Today I started her weekly painting class. I want to focus on oil painting, fast and loose. So today was an apple, a perfect starting place for me. The painting class is from a real life set-ups. I have limited experience with real-life painting.

I don't have the room to do live set-ups in my home studio. I paint from photos except when I do plein air painting. I know that painting from real life will improve my from-photo paintings as the camera cannot see all the color and values that our own eyes can see. The camera also flattens objects. 

Since this is a once-a-week class, I plan to also paint at home between classes, probably using photos, unless I can find room to set up for real-life painting.