not exactly daily painting

I finished up my application for the signal box at 20th Street and Orange Avenue. Here are the other three images. 

I'll let you know how it turns out. just got a rejection for another proposal. uggggggh

I'm back

Maybe there's something to 1-11-11. I painted all day today for the first time in months...... I completely underestimated how much teaching everyday takes it out of the painting energy. Glad to have such interesting dedicated students but I have been in the studio in the am and not been able to get started. So leave it to a commission possibility to get me going. They want another signal box in Long Beach and while I'm not guaranteed, there is a chance. 

So here's what I did. The clients want depictions of a park at 20th and Long Beach Blvd. They have a community garden. Here are some sunflowers that were in bloom.

Saturday

We had a really light turnout for figure class this morning and I took the opportunity to paint myself. I am going to have to do something about the attendance in this class but today there was nothing but try to be graceful and use the models time wisely. Sarah and Karen were there and got good paintings. Here's mine. This was an hour pose. 14" x 11'.

I'm threatening to start daily painting again. There was so very much worry about money this summer that I am teaching every day. I'm grateful for the work but l know I need to paint to be the best teacher that I can be. More tomorrow.

September 2011

This was my summer to teach. Although the mornings were free, I just didn't get any painting done. Here is the grand total of two that I did recently. I have to rethink this. Both of these were done really fast. The flowers in a morning and the landscape is from a recent event in east Hollywood called Artcycle. They had a plein air paint-off. The paintings had to be done between 2 and 6pm. I didn't finish teaching until almost 5. I rushed through traffic,  set up and just decided not to think about the fact I had a half an hour to paint. I got an honorable mention! One thing that was kind of bad was that I didn't see what Sarah was painting. We did the exact composition which was my bad. Sarah is a wonderful friend and if she was mad, she didn't say anything

July

oil on canvas

18" x 24"

oil on canvas

16" x 12"

I've been so busy with the teaching schedule that I only now have started to paint. Here are two recent pieces. More to follow.

Saturday after class

oil on canvas

6" x 6"

We had a good class on Saturday. several college students came back to draw and give encouragement to the seniors who are leaving town shortly. 

After they left I went out on the roof to paint.

middle of June

oil on canvas panel

7" x 5"

I really have to do some more work 

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