Here are some of my failures from the classes. I also learned that I don't like painting from other people's photos. I like to paint what I have seen in my travels. That way it has some meaning for me.
I was glad I had leftover canvas to experiment on so I didn't waste good materials. I just taped up some to a board. The trees lesson (above) just taught all different kinds of trees. I did pick up a few techniques that I will use in the future.
The mountain with clouds was on an old board that I gessoed and painted. I couldn't get the technique right with the palette knife. I was very unhappy with that one.
The mood painting (3rd up from bottom) was kind of fun and I wouldn't mind doing something like that in the future. Again, I just taped leftover canvas onto a board to practice.
The top one I actually used a stretched canvas to see if that would help my attitude, but it didn't really. I used the palette knife on that one too and it was a little better than the first mountain painting, perhaps because that was canvas and the other was a board. I would have to practice a lot to get it to look better.
Meanwhile I've pulled out some photos from our recent drive on Route 21 to Idaho City and also from our previous trip to Canada (Waterton in Alberta). I hope to do a better painting of one of those when my class starts next week. I didn't feel that the online classes were a waste of my time or money as I did learn some new techniques and I have some supplies to work with in the future. I've taken other online classes in the past and felt that they were a better match with my level of art and my patience.
On the positive side, some of my past customers found me and ordered Jewish new year images and cards. It was nice to feel appreciated. I made this image using a photo of the glass mezuzah I made in a class last year.
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