This weekend I visited my friend Jeff, the grandson of my mother’s best friend, who is 26 and a graduate student in New York studying how to assist in international humanitarian crises. Saturday was a beautiful fall day and we spent time in Central Park. I spent a wonderful half hour sketching the view across a pond.
I’ve felt stuck lately in my art. Just not excited. I poked around on the web and saw a painting someone made of their own eye. Decided to try it and, while I was painting, I felt that sense of delight and “flow” that is so sought after. It’s elusive and short-lived, but that’s why we create.
Acrylic on board, 6″ x 6″.
Having fun learning the ins and outs of acrylics. The transparency of watercolor is magical, but acrylics offer such vivid colors.
New England is famous for its colorful fall foliage.
It’s a great time of year to live here.
An old black and white photograph of this scene, set in Ireland, inspired me to pick up my paintbrush.
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This is the last painting I made in the portrait workshop I took a few weeks ago. It took a lot of redrawing and correcting, especially to get the arm on the left and the hands right. Next week I’m going to try to paint a portrait on my own, without a teacher. Wish me luck!
