"Orange and Orchid" Painting: Fresh Paint

The last two days have been class days ... Monday was the first day of my portrait and figure class and today the first for still life. (I teach through the Great Falls Foundation for the Arts. Find out more about classes on my web site: www.jillbanks.com, click on classes.) Since a few people were missing from today's class, I had a chance to paint this still life ... definitely a work in progress. It keeps me from watching every brushstroke and is an ongoing demonstration. Plus, as usual, I continued to work on it after class.

My shoulder's about to fall off. Getting back into full-schedule painting after a brief or long reprieve will do that for you. Nothing like having your arm up in the air for 7, 8, 9 hours straight.

My feet aren't faring much better. Nothing like standing for the same period of time.

Time to clean up, pack up and head home.

"Orange and Orchid" is of the second still life I set up in class. The one no one wanted to tackle. Orchids are tough to paint. No wonder.

"Orange and Orchid" work in progress, oil on Senso linen, 12"h x 9"w, copyright Jill Banks 2010. See more of my still life paintings of flowers and fruit (and more) on my web site: www.jillbanks.com in the gallery pages.

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