Good Progress

finished self portrait

new piece that I am working on at the moment

landscape painting that I did today with the help of Bess Richard

Today and Thursday I made a lot of good progress on my art. Firstly, I finished my self portrait. It was good because I had to take a break from it and I started on it again Thursday afternoon. I saw things that needed work that I did not see on Wednesday. I fixed all the errors and it looks great! Then I started a new piece. It is inspired by the death of my dog, Wendy, which was this past fall. It is on a piece of dry wall that is about 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide. The composition is really interesting and it tells a story which is always an important aspect when creating a piece of art. I am planning to use a variety of different media such as charcoal, acrylic and newspaper. I am very excited about this piece. I worked on it today in the morning and then in the afternoon I met with my sponsor again and we started my first landscape piece. My sponsor, Bess Richard, is very talented when doing landscapes so she was very helpful along the way with dealing with perspectives and angles. It turned out surprisingly well.