Apple Bowl
This is a small painting I did a week or so ago. I primarily wanted to see if I could handle the various reds as well as the shadows on the bowl. I used an almost top view as my perspective on this which flattened out the bowl a bit but I think over all it works pretty well. It's definitely more colorful them most of my other paintings. I like that.
Grapes on White
This is a little sketch I did recently of some green grapes. They were pretty tasty.
"On and Off"
I have watched Dave Darrow paint for quite some time now and frankly I should have blogged about him before now. He is a fabulous painter of portraits as well as other genres. His brushwork is full of grace and precision. I personally think you'd be hard pressed to find a better portrait artist (no he's not paying me to say all of this.) 
Just in the last couple of weeks he has started painting before a live audience (an internet audience that is) as Dave The Painting Guy. If you enjoy watching a professional artist at work in his studio and would occasionally like to ask as stupid question (like me) or two, then you need to tune in. You can go to www.davethepaintingguy.com and find out when he is planning to paint again and then go get registered to log in and chat.If watching live doesn't fit your schedule, he also had previously recorded sessions you can watch as well. He is very generous with his knowledge and experience. Overall he's a good instructor. I hope to be able to attend one of his workshops sometime in the future, we'll see.
In the mean time, see you at Dave's!
Today I wanted to quickly tell you about an eNewsletter I get every week. The newsletter comes from a website called www.emptyeasel.com and it is literally packed full of information for both the beginning arts and the advanced artist. There are some incredible articles about selling art over the web, about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and everything else you can think of relating to the internet.
Shave and a Haircut..
We had a wonderful time at the artist reception for the exhibit at Coutts Memorial Art Museum in El Dorado, Kansas, this past Friday evening. Mary Binford Miller, Nancy Whitaker and myself were all present for the reception along with around 40 other people. The ladies from the museum indicated that we had a good attendance. I did a gallery talk on the subject of Relationships within the context of Art. As a part of that talk I read a neat children's book entitled "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds. The talk was well received. I also did a drawing for 2 small oil paintings; one went to Jim Clements and the other to a lady named Dixie Rose.
