Lighthouse Continues

Last night (Wed.), was the 2nd.

time I worked on my lighthouse.

Here is last night's 2nd. pass at the painting.

Ok ~ I started getting very frustrated last night.

I realized the top "steeple" was off center.

Annnd, that really bugged me ;-/

Well, Thankfully ~ it was time to start cleaning

up to go home.

I couldn't do what I knew I needed to do there.

Today ~ Thursday...I made time

for myself to work on my lighthouse.

I'm happier with it at this point.

*I've got the steeple centered.

(I used a ruler :) ~ that was logical to me.

*I knew I wanted some color interest

in my lighthouse.  

Soooo ~ today I introduced some

 yellow ochre & burnt umber.

Last night, Andrea taught me how to 

use the gradation technique

across a cylinder shape.

I had a LOT of fun with that :)

*Then ~ also today, I added 

some color interest into the

"steeple" & the house roof.

*I also graded the "steeple".

*And ~ last but not least...

I worked on the sky a bit.

I decided I wanted the sky to be

stormy :)

Class Assignment ~ Lighthouse

Last session, I asked Andrea to

please give me a class assignment

for me to solely work on it with

her instruction.

We decided on...

This oil painting taken from a magazine.

This is my 1st. pass at the painting.

Basically...this first night of class, I just wanted 

to get paint all over the canvas

A few of the things I'll work on during our next class...

improving the ground, ocean & making

the lighthouse more cylindrical 

(during our critiquing session, Carol pointed this out).

For me, the critiquing session 

continues to be one of the most valuable

parts of class.

Tulip with Nest Goes to Class

Tonight, I took the Barbara Flowers

painting to class.

I was shocked to learn it was done in oil 

and using a pallet knife.

I don't know if I'll finish it anytime soon.

But, I enjoyed painting using a pallet knife :)