Portraiture . . . Aaaaargh!

I did this a couple of weeks ago and decided originally not to blog it, however, in the spirit of transparency and remembering that this is the year of trying I have decided to let you - my lovely 10 :( followers - to feast your eyes upon the archaic stiffness of portraiture.

Tomatoes!

If you are familiar with my obsession for this amazing fruit, you will understand the exclamation mark in the title. I requested to paint these today, and was surprised that Allen (teacher) took notice of my suggestion. . . My composition is definitely improving and I think that I am generally moving in the right direction - perhaps it was simply a case of being more excited about what I was painting.

4 Green bottles . . .

Todays oil painting effort . . .

A frustrating one . . .

Not in the most relaxed mood whilst painting this one due to some starbucks coffee - so it wasnt quite the same calming experience as last weeks!

Heavenly Heatherley

Heres my first oil painting from last friday . . .  not that exciting, but an acceptable first attempt!