Sara is also ringing in the season with this painting of a tree. She's just begun, but already we can see the winter silhouette of a tree starting to bud. Notice the soft halo of green against the morning sun.
As for the rest of us, we continue to paint people, getting more daring with each portrait. Here, Vivian adds a bold background that really makes her model pop.
Did we say "daring?" Vivian moves from a painting based on a quick life model sketch to a dual portrait... of her husband and herself, no less--so it has to be right. And to make things even more complicated, she's based her composition on a photo, but painting the faces from life. We can attest to the accuracy so far.
Sara has also finished a dual portrait. Again, it's a portrait of people she knows well and again, it's spot on.
And speaking of daring, Bill goes for a double portrait of friends in this painting. It's wonderfully active and evocative for only his second portrait attempt, isn't it?
Susan doesn't stop with painting two people. Here's a boatload of tourists in the Philippines as she revisits an old painting. In the process, she segues into our other theme.... places we've seen (or want to).
Bill is also painting water, but his waterway is in Michigan and a lone goose stands watch instead of a boatload of tourists. You can just see the melting ice, can't you?
We love to paint water, don't we? Madeleine begins a scene that's even closer to home. This is Montrose Harbor and we don't know which is more beautiful... the water or the sky.
Isn't this composition incredible? Marva moves the horizon way to the bottom, filling her painting with beautiful active clouds.
Even Ken has been inspired to paint landscapes. The intricately patterned foreground is based on his recent explorations with stripes, and we're looking forward to the trees in the background.
Ken has finished his painting from last week and we love the juxtaposition of the rigid structure with the organic contents. It's a perfect transition to more urban landscapes that follow...
...like this travel painting by Madeleine. We love how the pushcart vendor she's incorporated really gives a sense of scale.
Tony's muted palette is perfectly suited to this iconic castle in winter. The touches of color define the cold grey sky and the stone path.
Ellen's travel painting is equally impressive, but as sunny and colorful as Tony's is austere and minimal. We love how the shadows define the bright sunlight.
Elaine is also painting European stonework, but she's zeroed in on a single arch. Sadly, this isn't anything she's actually seen (yet), but she's so taken by a Sargent watercolor of Venice that she's doing a version to try to figure out his genius. (Good luck there!)
Save the date
Ellen's athletic prowess has won her a kegger... and luckily, we're invited.
Friday, May 6, 2016, 7pm
Will's Northwoods Inn
3030 N. Racine, Chicago
It's the Friday before Mother's Day and what better way to prepare than to spend the evening in a Wisconsin-style bar with friends?
Until then, happy painting!
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