Lost things from life - plein air, figure, still lilfe

[all things lost]

My artistic studies always seems to come in fits and spurts, so here is another attempt to self motivate and get back on the treadmill towards improvement.

The plan is to keep at these studies and sketches from life on at least a weekly basis. We'll see how long this lasts...

[all things lost]

some recent still life studies in oil, all 3 hour class sessions:

this one I didn't finish:


not quite happy with the background fabric on these, I need to remember to soften those edges and take things out of focus







some older plein air stuff in pastel, mostly 2 hrs:

tired of doing more hills, these weeds at my feet turned out to be an interesting study


I think I may have gone a little overboard with the blue wormy squiggles


crooked horizon. doh


I think I gotta go back and soften up the hard line between the water and the island