Finally! I've been working on this painting for almost three months and because my studio time has been limited, I haven't worked on anything else! So glad to be finished. The hardest part though hasn't been painting this. It's been photographing it! I have a lot of cool skin tones in here and the light in my studio is either too dim or too warm when I turn on the lights. I finally found the right combination of warm and cool to photograph it in. I hope to enter this in some competitions. A couple of times a year, I paint a piece strictly for this purpose. That means that this won't be for sale for awhile, but that's OK. I'll enjoy looking at it for a bit. Thanks for stopping by.
I have recently started teaching through Skype. Of course Skype is a great tool but it makes it difficult for my students to see what I'm doing when I paint because I can't direct the camera on my computer. Sooooo...the obvious answer is video! Now I'm no veteran video artist so this requires a learning curve. I pulled out my video camera - which was brand new about three years ago and which I only used once. I know. Bad, right? But better late than never. So as a practice exercise, I decided to do a tour of my studio which one of my Skype students thought would be nice to see. I must warn you, however, that I failed to do any house cleaning when I shot this and it's pretty raw. But it will give you a very good idea of the space I work and create in. So, welcome to my studio. Hope you enjoy the stay. I wanted to offer wine, however, there just wasn't an option for that on YouTube.
