My First Workshop!

 

6" x 6"

Oil On Ampersand Panel

 

 

This is my favorite kind of donut and I painted it under the tutelage of Julie Ford Oliver.  Can life get any better?  I have been a crazed fan of Julie for a very long time. But  I still remember the first time I saw one of her paintings.  I just stared at it in total fascination thinking,  "how does she do that?" 

I could not wait for her very informative ArtByte about Fracturing to debut. 

 

As fortune would have it, my husband recently began working near Las Cruces, New Mexico.  He will vouch for the first words out of my mouth being, "that's where Julie Ford Oliver lives!"

 

I called Julie about a workshop and she graciously offered me a weekend of her valuable time.  Julie is a delight.  She is exactly as I imagined her to be from reading her blog.  Not only did she teach me plenty, I left Las Cruces as her friend!

 

 

 

Another of my workshop paintings with Julie:

 

 

 

 

6" x 6"

Oil on Ampersand Panel

 

 

 

 

Julie encouraged me to wrap fracturing around my own painting style. There are so many exciting places I want to go with fracturing and all of my new Julie Ford Oliver inspiration.

 

 

 

 

 Julie's words were with me as I painted this big guy after returning to South Carolina.

 

 

 

 

 

6" x 6"

Oil on Ampersand Panel