Winter

I made this painting right when I got back to school. I've made it my goal to make a small painting every day this semester. It's worked well so far (I've made 4 small paintings as of today) and hope to be able to learn a lot by working everyday and seeing what I'm doing.

This painting is of a tree I could see out my window. It's very Ron Donoughe inspired. A friend has already decided she wants to purchase it.

Sky

When I want to just do a little painting, I like to make small plein air paintings on masonite board. These are four paintings I did the other day as the sun was setting. They are all between 8" x 6" and 6" x 2". I did them from the painting studio windows. I'm planning on doing more of these paintings.

Figure Painting

In Painting class, we've painted figures and still lives for in class assignments. This is an image and details of the second figure assignment we had. For this painting, I wanted to focus on the light and having the figure not be lifeless. It has an unfinished quality to it because it was essentially a study done in a limited time.

Clouds

For painting, we've had many homework assignments. This assignment was to observe the sky and paint it (paying close attention to the colors). I painted this study on a cloudy day with scattered showers. It is oil on plywood.

Photo 1

In Photo 1, we had an assignment to photograph people. This is a portrait of someone I saw just walking around the city.

South Dakota

I've been scanning in film that I shot in South Dakota over the summer. The color film was great. These are two of many photos I took in the Badlands National Park.

SOPHOMORE YEAR

Sophomore year has started. Hooray! This is a painting I made for my Painting class/just for fun. We had to do "nature studies". I painted leaves, a yellow bird outside Tyler, and this scene from the Tyler Painting studio. I'm pleased with the last two the best.

This image is from the view outside the studio. It's oil on canvas. I think it might be about 12" X 24". Oil paint is going great. I'm liking it better than acrylics. I used a lot of skills I learned over the summer to make this painting.