Il Paradiso I

So I am starting something new. I have been working on a landscape today in my studio from a photo I took in Italy last March of an area called Il Paradiso (Paradise). I have not done many studio landscapes, preferring to work outdoors (en plein air), but I have loved...

Transformation IV

Today I added the knitting needle to the scarf that is being made. I tried adding an additional knitting needle floating in the foreground (see photo) and hated it, so I wiped it off. So, below is the current status of it, sans extra needle.

Transformation III

With the pile of yarn now in place, you can see it coming together. I have also added a layer of cable-knit to the scarf that I am pleased with. I am going to attempt to add a knitting needle to the scarf to show that action of knitting. I did try a glaze of...

Life Drawing

So at the start of this year, I decided to find a local life drawing group. I did find a couple of them but they were in the mornings. I have a day job, so it would not be possible to attend the weekday one, the other is on Saturdays, which is often busy. So… I...

Transformation II

So I now have the second draft of this painting. I worked the background sufficiently enough that it matches “Threshold” now much better. I think I will have one more go at the background tomorrow after this dries. Then – when side by side, I will do...