Class Painting of Oregon Coast

Here is another painting I did in Reif's class. This is from one of his travels up the Oregon Coast (or Washington Coast?). Anyway, it was good to learn about sandy, pebbly beaches and water reflections. See reif@reif.com to see his work. I am still doing fiber work. I have spun several skeins of yarn. Maybe tomorrow I'll take a picture of them and post it.

Mountain Study

Here is another class painting in Reif Eriksen's pastel class. See reif@reif.com to enjoy his works. I still haven't painted! My husband is thinking maybe he should nag me a little to get me started. I don't want to sound like I'm making excuses....but....here's my excuse: I felt like working with fiber! We have had a heatwave (upper 90's and today maybe 100). Here, we don't have to deal with humidity, but that is still pretty hot! Summertime and heat are the perfect time to wash wool fleece and lay it outside to dry, pick out the seeds and grass, and card it into clean, spinnable rolls. The fleece dries so fast in this heat! And carding and picking outside means clean carpets inside. This is kinda no-brainer work which rests the creative right-side of my brain. Go ahead and laugh, but creating does take a lot of thinking and energy! OK, I'll stop while I'm ahead....

Another Paint-Along Class Painting

It always takes me longer than I think to get caught up when I get home from being away. And I was really more tired than I knew it. So here is another painting from one of Reif Eriksen's class. This is a field of lupin somewhere in the Sierras. Visit Reif's website at reif@reif.com to see more of his works.

Class Paintings with Reif

I went through my file of finished work and pulled out all the paintings I did in Reif Eriksen's classes. It was really fun to see them again, and I took pictures of them. Those were really fun classes. I can't sell any of these works (or publish them), because they are done in class in a paint-along-fashion. These are really Reif's photographic references which he copies for us students, and then demonstrates each layer of the pastel painting, and then we paint the same thing, and he goes around and helps us with corrections and pointers. I especially love his subject matter - the Sierra Nevadas and pastoral scenes. So, when I don't have something of my own to post, I will post a Reif class painting and plug his website: www.reif@reif.com . Please visit his site and his blog which has a link from his site. He has some beautiful paintings.