Assignment

If I do not have an assignment, I do not paint.

I must push myself.
Here is my probably finished oil painting of the character I got for Babes in Toyland, Mary Mary Quite Contrary. Not perfect, but not too bad. I hope it will be dry enough on Monday when we turn them in. 

photo shoot

The art group is having another opportunity to paint some of the performers in a play, Babes in Toyland. Today was the photo shoot. Jane and Alan, the old lady who lived in the shoe, Mary Contrary, Lady Violet, and scores of other characters were there. Lucky me, I got to take pix not just of the one I will be doing but for a couple of the other artists, too. Here are my straight-from-the-camera faves.

those crazy kids

Some of the artists dressed up for Halloween.

notan?

A little art lesson. "Notan" (no tan) is a way of seeing lights and darks in a composition. Mostly black and white. This actually has a lot of tan, or gray, a midtone, so it is not really notan.

I'd rather be taking pictures.

Obviously. Today I am catching up on housework, but I am delayed by all the "creative" things I can do around the house. Hmm. What could I do with these interesting, broken old shells. Aha! What if I placed them against a black background and photographed them? So I arranged and snapped away. Most of the pics looked as if they were taken in space! I did not get a best or favorite, but here is one of them.

blue and green

From Nature's favorite palette.

photo of the day

Using a free photo editing app, I played with a pic I took today. Which one do you like better?