A Vessel Full of Tenderness

I've been sitting in the back yard with our big old cat, Pug, today. He's been recovering from some sort of an injury to one of his back legs and is just now wanting to go outside again. He lay under the table on the deck and chicken after chicken came over to him. I think they missed that big hairy dude. So sweet and tender!

This painting is part of a year-long online art class (instructor Pauline Agnew). 

"A Vessel Full of Tenderness"

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For the Love of Art

As most of you know I've been taking an online course from the amazing Pauline Agnew. Not only is she a fabulous artist, but she is also a truly gifted teacher. From the beginning she expected and knew that her students would "go for it". This was a perfect fit for me because while I was entering totally new territory I committed to myself that I'd not have any negative self talk throughout the entire process. And I did just that...and I went for it. Pauline's critiques of my works were honest, constructive, and encouraging and I've produced work that resides on an entirely different plane than that of my previous work (the painting with this blog post is not one of my new pieces, look to previous posts to see some, they are clearly identifiable).

Thank you, lovely Pauline, for your wisdom, caring, talent, patience, and love. And thank you, my fellow talented students, for your kind and loving support.

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She will Dance

I just completed this piece from the class I'm taking. It's based on a bronze statue of a Degas dancer. While I've always been a bit of a disaster as a dancer...be it ballet as a kid, bellydance as an adult (again, I apologize for the folks who paid admission to that one show I was in that actually cost money), to my uncoordinated efforts at Zumba...but this lady looks to me as though she totally owns the dance floor.

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Comfortable in her Skin

This is my latest project for the fabulous art class I'm taking. I love how this class continues to push me out of my comfort zone, though this lovely lady is clearly comfortable in her skin. And just in case you're wondering, the hands and feet were left off intentionally. I figure that'll be part of a future lesson that will surely continue to push me in delightful directions.

And, speaking of being out of my comfort zone, today was the first of four days of an open studio tour that Dave and I are part of. I'm not a particularly social person so this was a bit nervous making, but it was so amazing and wonderful. I had at least a hundred pieces of art displayed or in files and Dave had a bunch of photos, and we had folks streaming in and out all day. What a lovely day of talking about and sharing our art. And some wonderful sales, too! Thank you to all of you who support our art!

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Who Likes a Mime?

This is the most recent painting I've completed for a class I'm taking. We were supposed to paint a clownish someone. But like many of you, I'm not the biggest fan of clowns (in spite of, or maybe because of, the fact that they were a main decoration in my childhood room when I was into the color yellow). So, anyway, I steered away clowns and instead went in search of a mime someone. And then I found myself wondering, "Who likes a mime?" I'm not a big fan like many of you, I figure, so I found a mime that was totally saying, "I do!!" See? Just look at that raised hand of hers.

And now I find myself rather liking mimes again. Well, at least this one.

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LOVE!

I'm taking a wee break from posting work from the class I've been taking. Thank you for all of the positive feedback, by the way!!!

During the class I've been using a number of canvases as paint trays. The main reason I do this is because I can't stand the idea of wasting any paint. But another reason I do this is that over time I've discovered that my paint tray canvases make the most amazing, spectacular, and unique backgrounds and I love to paint on top of them.

This one, titled "Love", was created out of one of the canvases I've been using in the last few days while I've been creating all of those faces. This piece was literally born out of that work and it's and expression of how much I've been loving the lessons, the instructor, the challenges, and the amazing group of artists who are also students. I'm being thrown thoroughly out of my comfort zone into a safe place to explore.

LOVE!

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Window to the Soul

I've just started taking an amazing online class from the beautiful Pauline Agnew. I'll be working on expressive faces and figures. So please bear with me as I will be posting my classwork on my blog. I'm super excited about this new artistic adventure, a little scared, too, as I typically paint in another style completely, but my excitement outweighs that big time.

Here's the first. I used charcoal.

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Out of my Fever Fog

I've been running a fever the last couple of days. I'm certainly way beyond caught up on any sleep deficit that I may have been racking up and I'm in a bit of a fog. Lucky for sick me I was invited to take part in a wonderful (and free) e-course. It's taught by the lovely and amazing Pauline Agnew.

I love abstract painting and I do a lot of it, but I find that I'm reluctant to leave them as they are and end up using them as backgrounds. So it was delightful to paint something with the intention of letting it remain purely abstract. So freeing. And what made it even more fun was exploring a variety of tools...many different paintbrushes, a sponge, a feather, wet wipes, my fingers, etc.

What a fun and blissful way to bring me out of my fever fog!

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