Sunday, March 14, 2010

Painting with Jennifer

Jennifer was up in New York for our mother's 80th birthday (we had a party for her last weekend), and yesterday Jennifer spent the day here so we could paint together. Because she lives in South Carolina we don't see each other very often, and we always enjoy the chance to paint together. Jennifer has been painting far longer than I have and has provided inspiration and encouragement for me often since I started painting seriously. Also, our shared interest in art is one of the things that has drawn us together as adults, so it's always a pleasure to spend a day painting together, whether attending a workshop, sketching from the car on below-freezing days, or painting a variety of subjects in a warm house. We share ideas and enthusiasm and we help each other with our paintings. Thank you, Jennifer, for a fun day yesterday!

Here are the sketches and paintings I did-- no great art, but all great fun:

A quick sketch of Silver, who was sleeping in my studio



And a quickie of Bituminous, from a photo



Snowdrops from my yard





Canadian Sunset, from a photo by a friend who lives in the frozen north



Sharjah Sunrise, from a photo by Pat Southcombe who lives in the United Arab Emirates.



Sophie, a friend's beautiful baby granddaughter

2 comments:

Stephie Butler said...

Melissa....these are all delightful, but have to say the one of Bituminous looking down is fantastic. So glad you got to spend time with Jennifer painting, sounds like you had a great time together...and best wishes to your Mother on her 80th Birthday...

Sarah Wilson said...

Me, too. Love that Bituminous portrait - great example of a black cat done stunningly.

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