The Artist Diaries

This week I made more progress on the foreground of my “Lucie Stern Through the Looking Glass” painting by adding in the leaves of a…

This week art class was just not as fun. Lee Hartman could not make it and her cheerful and sometimes sarcastic humor was greatly missed.…

This past weekend, I finally returned to my oil painting class with Lee Hartman at University Art after two weeks in Europe. Of all my…

I am almost at my six month anniversary since I started oil painting. If you recall, I was inspired by the story of Marta Becket…

This art class, I was able to add more detail to the three arched windows at the center of the painting. Although overall I am…

After sketching out the Lucie Stern Theatre building on canvas last week, I embarked on my first pass across the canvas with my oil paints.…

This week I finally completed my fourth oil painting. The last challenge I had with this painting was in an area that I had painted…

This week, I adjusted the tone of some of the walls. However, the main focus was on the greenery in the foreground which I was…

I am now at the point of the painting where the anxiety level starts to climb. In the beginning of a painting, it is easy…