Painting Beauty by Diana Moses Botkin

I've been away for several weeks on a painting trip and to attend a workshop in Oregon at Art in the Mountains, taught by Sherrie McGraw.

Because I am mostly self-taught as an artist, I have missed some important instruction. Consequently, I arrived at Sherrie's workshop full of expectations and questions. I was not disappointed.

I especially loved watching her painting demonstrations and the way she handled the brush and paint. Sherrie's painting approach is to keep the visual idea as the goal of a piece. 

After Sherrie's demo the first day of the workshop, participants chose still life objects to arrange and paint. Our helpful teacher gave each of us input on our set-ups.

(at left) the completed study of my still life, "Gathering of Light"

Sherrie's demos for the costumed figure and also the nude were also marvelously fascinating and enlightening.


(Read my entire post about the workshop at my blog. There's more!)