where has the time gone?

Summer! I love this time of year... taking it slow, just like a "country time lemonade commercial" (remember those...).

Anyway, this summer has been far from slow. It is flying by with touring colleges, teaching art camps, visiting friends and family, driving the kids to work... It is all good, just busy.

I did want to mention that I was invited to be featured artist at a great little gallery (Blue Heron) in Volant, PA from August 1st to the 28th. I will do a demonstration on the first from noon to 2 pm and donate the painting to raffle for the gallery. I will be a the gallery till 4pm that day, visiting with whoever stops by. The gallery has a nice variety of items.... and the town has a trout stream, shops...

So, till I get some real painting time in....

farmer talk

This was supposed to be a quick study (8x9ish) but I ended up working on it more and will go back to change a few things to finish it. ----update--- The bottom was the origional watercolor. I didn't just retouch the skin tone, I redid the image using titatnium white and color washes. It ended up a bit washed out but fun to play with the color and to see the difference it can make. The top was a quick 8x10 in acrylic.