25 minute pos/neg 32

Here is  the 31st quick study. Sorry about the glare. I am on the run. Teachers in Lodi Unified are really not very appreciated by the district. They want us to take a 2% pay cut, freeze our wages for 3 years and have us take 5 furlough days this year, 7.5 next year and the same for 3 years. It is a very big pay cut and even if we accept this they will STILL LAY OFF TEACHERS!!!!! As many as 246 teachers for the next school year. That could mean classes with 44 students or more. Our President says we are not doing a good enough job so will we do better with EVEN MORE students in our classes. Instead of 160 students a day it could be 210. Are teachers really going to be able to do a better job with that many more students and LESS teaching time????????  Sorry, I had to get it out of my system!

Clarene at the Beach

Here is a painting of my grand daughter Clarene. I figure on Easter Sunday I can post a finished painting. She is so precious...don't you think???? This is an 18" X 24 " oil painting. I finished it yesterday. Have a great day!

If you are in the Lodi area check out a new gallery in town. It is called STUDIO 20 and is on Elm I think. It is a block from the new movie complex and around the corner from Angelina's Mexican  Food. Check it out!!

25 minute pos/neg, 31

Another 25 minute oil sketch. Rest well.

25 minute pos/neg, 30

This is a 25 minute oil sketch.

40 minute, plein air 4, 30

This is the view on my way to work a few weeks ago. It is amazing how the clouds can reflect light. I stayed up to late last night, so I am tired this morning. My mid term painting is due on Sunday, so I am working on that...in between all the quick studies. After painting last night I sat down with a book and got hooked. I love and hate when that happens.It is so enjoyable that I do not want to put the book down. It is so much more engaging than movies. Have a great day.

40 minute, plein air 3, 29

Good morning all!!!! Well this was done from my back porch on the day that the sun shone between storms. I did it after work. It is a 40 minute quick sketch in oils and is 11" X 14". Although I really like plein air painting, I am finding it much harder lately. I am wondering if I have spent so much time working from photos that I am out of practice working from life. I will have to work on that!

25 minute plein air, 28

This was painted from my back porch. It was cold and raining...NO SUN!!!!!  Today the sun is supposed to be out so I need to go paint!!  It is supposed to rain all week!