Since my surgery, I have made good progress toward recovery according to the doctor and PT. Unfortunately, it is a long road to full recovery, about 12 weeks. I have been working in both oil and acrylic...trying to paint with left hand.
Over the last couple of weeks, I have worked on a portrait of a beautiful brown horse. I really know very little about horses, except they are beautiful creatures. The portrait that I did is from a photo that was taken by an internet friend. I think that the portrait is coming along nicely however, it still needs some work. Still needs some highlights and work on the mane. So far, I feel good about what I have created in oils. I would like to get some commissions to paint.
I have also painted, all in oils, portraits of a brown Labrador (our grand dog), cocker spaniel, German Shepard, and still working on a long haired dog. I originally painted the cocker spaniel in acrylics but did not like the result so I repainted in oils. I like the look much better. As I look at each portrait, I can see that each one needs some work...we are our own worst critic but that is how we improve our work. I posted photos of each portrait to Facebook.
In December, I have scheduled an acrylic landscape class at Michaels. I also worked on a sample for that class.
Maybe I will have time to work on these again today.
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