Finally! Painting that uses paint

And brushes! Painting that uses paint and brushes --- what a concept. Marie passed her second class with pastels and was moved on to oils. A new medium for her again, and being new, it required yet another trip to the art supply store. Better make that stores, plural. Lots of tubes of paint, a couple of hands full of brushes, mixing medium, and brush cleaner. Oh yeah, canvas instead of paper. We're off and running. She thought she would not like oils --- stinky materials and long drying time. Well, in the words of Gomer Pile, "surprise, surprise, surprise". She loved oils and felt she had found her medium.

Her first attempt at oil painting, again under the careful tutelage of Tiny, is shown here and was named "Serenity Cove". The art show of 2007-2008 had over 280 paintings and she again won an Honorable Mention for this painting. She has entered 3 shows and has 3 ribbons as a result, one in each of three mediums. I'm proud, can you tell? The other oil paintings required of her class were "Almost Home" and the portrait of Molly, "I wonder". Other oils include a portrait of Zack as a Jetti (must have been Halloween or else he got beat up a lot at school). The Link below has all of her oils shown.

Upon repeated urging from Marie and some of our painting friends, I asked Tiny if I could join her classes. "No". There was no further discussion of the matter, which was fine with me. I didn't want to go through the charcoal and pastels stages. So, I got a book, and decided to teach myself water colors. I've got a long way to go to catch up to Marie, but in all fairness she has more talent. The small paintings are exercises in a do-it-yourself book and are done in about 15 minutes or less. Ah, the joy of instant gratification.

link to oils by Marie

link to water colors by Jay