Wino Wednesdays

What a great day today was. I spent it with my friends and fellow artists Tim Tyler and Vicki Ross. I've studied with Tim for about three years and have learned so much from him. He's a great teacher but now a great friend. We meet at Tim's about 9:00 am every Wednesday, paint, talk and listen to great music. We go to lunch, have a couple glasses of wine and then it's back to painting. Today I finished the dog that I've been working on for a while. This dog belongs to the same client who owns Bailey from a previous post. I believe this one's name is Scarlett. I'm excited to let the client know that I'm finished. I have one more dog of hers to paint. Today I also worked on a still life that Tim set up for me of a vase with a beautiful leather mask hanging from it. Can't wait to get back to that next wednesday.

Chocolate Cocker Spaniel and Lime DumDum

It would appear I've already failed at my attempts to paint every day. However, I did paint each day since my first post, just not the small paintings like I hoped. I had a commission to finish and was then called to do a mural. I can see this will be harder than I thought. Today, even though short on time I made myself paint a very small 3"x4" canvas. The subject was a lime DumDum which I thought would be very fun. I've learned that I don't like the stretched canvas for these small paintings because the texture, to me, is distracting. I plan to use masonite board in the future. Also, Here is the commissioned painting I finished of a chocolate cocker spaniel.