Another year under my belt. Literally! I don't own belts anymore. Painting isn't aerobic.Wouldn't it be great if every time I picked up a brush I burned off 100 calories! We'd have many more artists if that would be the case.
This is a nude watercolor I did a few years ago. I went to a class in Montpelier being given by Billy Brauer. More about him later. I was the only artist using watercolors. I'd notice other artists taking peeks at my work as the time passed. Seems they don't see many people using watercolor in life drawing classes.
Billy is an accomplished oil painter and his name known in many art circles.We've known one another since I took my first life drawing class from him back in the mid 70's. So it was fun being in one of his classes again. I wish Montpelier wasn't over 30 miles away, and I was comfortable driving that far in winter and at night, because I would love to go to classes all the time.
Notice all the different colors needed to create skin tones. There is a lot of painting wet into wet in order to soften edges creating roundness. The background is pure imagination on my part. Laying on a blanket looking out at water and sky?
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