visitors

I haven't been to the studio for a few days, trying to recuperate from bronchitis and sinus...yuck!

I just had to post a few of our visitors yesterday. They liked the bird seed and then wandered on. Even crossed Rte. 123 and made the traffic stop for them..

They are such big birds.

6x6 oil pastel done

Here is an update to the white vase w/flowers. I think it needs a little more tweaking which I will probably do next week. Not much just a little. I even started another today, but the photo is blury. More for next week.

Some of us hung the 4th floor artists show at the Crane Library in Quincy, MA on Monday. 32 of 58 artists participated. Looks great.

nother 6x6 oil pastel in progress.

This has been an exceptionaly busy week and I probably won't get this done this week. However, here is the progress....oil pastel on gessoed hardboard. Sigh, I had such good intentions, but for the most part I am keeping up. I will finish this next week.

Oil pastel demo

This past week I did a demo at a local art association using oil pastels. There was a great crowd and lots of interest in the medium. It is not generally known as a fine art medium as there are not many artists in this area who use them. I use oil pastels almost exclusively now and really like their vibrancy and versatility. Here are some pics of the demo and my demo piece. I will be finishing this and post the finish. I can never finish a painting during a demo. I also donated a print of an oil pastel and it is shown with the winner.

Cherry finish

I finally finished my small painting for last week...well I guessed I missed a week. Might need a little more tweaking after the oil pastel sets up.

updates

I didn't get to work on this as much as I wannted today as I had to start getting work ready for a demo I am giving this week. So I am a week behind, but I hope to get this done this week and start another.

Another 6x6 WIP

I had hoped to finish this this week, but weaather got in the way of studio time. I do hope to finish it next week and I have started another. I am also doing a demo next week which I need to prepare for and then nothing is on the horizon...