October 2024 Updates

 Since the last posting, we had a great trip to Greece and Turkey where I took many photos and painted a few sites.  

I continue with my James Julier landscape tutorials and learn something new about painting with Procreate from each.  I highly recommend the fellow!  I typically use the Artstudio Pro app for portrait and figurative painting on the iPad because that's what I learned first.  I like both apps and often send the final products to my models as they can print them out or not. I miss my portrait model group but I still have my ADSO nude models once a month. 

 I am always amazed at how much I have done in the past 6 months....so glad these 48 paintings are not stacked up in the studio. 

And now we are getting ready for a great trip to Portugal so I need to update before too much time passes!

March 2024 and time to update!

The last update of this blog was Nov. 2023 just before our month-long adventure to SE Asia and Christmas with our son and daughter-in-law.  I have only painted digital pics since then and continue to love the medium. It is incredibly portable and I still love my tutorials with James Julier. I have cleaned up my studio in case we get to move but am feeling the urge to do one more oil painting...we will see...  In the mean time we are preparing for a month in Greece, etc so I am sure I will take a few more reference photos. 

It's November...guess it is update time!

 Obviously,  I am not into blogging and I do not think many people look at these posts.  Updates force me to recall how to post these paintings I guess.  This year has been good in spite of missing my model group.  We had a lovely monthly trip to France with lots of museums and galleries and inspiring views. We are getting ready for a month in Southeast Asia and will visit with both of my kids and their spouses so I am excited.  I have read some good books, done many digital paintings, enjoyed learning about AI, and have had many happy months with my hubby doing the daily business of living.  Not bad!