bummed....

The workshop is really challenging and I’m struggling – so is everyone else. Kim English wants us out of our comfort zones and he has succeeded. This workshop is about painting the figure in the landscape. We are fortunate to have a great model with us all week. She poses and Kim gives us 5 or 10 minutes to paint the model – he is trying to get us to capture big masses – shapes and colors. Quick! Every time the timer goes off we wipe our canvases and begin again. It is completely draining – I’ve not been able to do every pose – it’s just too overwhelming. I think maybe I’m doing ½ of the poses. I’m spending lots of time after the workshop taking photographs to use in future paintings and working on compositions for studio works once I’m home. Today is Wednesday and I have not kept a single painting. I’m a little bummed out.