Thursday Class without the Instructor

This week in our Pastel Class instructor Linda Packard was away however some of us carried on without our leader.
Lots of people were away for vacation.
Just a few of us showed up for the painting session.

Gigi painted this pastel

Gigi painted another view

Statue of Little girl by Gigi

window breezes by Gigi

window view by Gigi
Pastel

Artist Gigi

Rita's pastel

Rita's pastel of boat on the water

Artist Rita

Sue's pastel in progress

Thursday Class Springs Ahead

Linda Packard's Pastel Class meet today with Springtime enthusiasm. Everyone was busy trying to make their goal. Goal you say?...yes, each student has a particular goal. Some want to paint more people. some want to paint more abstractly and some want to paint with a free-flowing stroke.
Here are the result of todays class:

Valerie's pastel of Polar Bear on ice caps

Charlene painting of Fish Beach

Gail's pastel of the landscape

Priscilla and Matisse painted this picture

Gloria painted this home on Monhegan

Rita painted this beautiful tree

Rita started this painting...will post finished painting next week

Carol painted this view outside her door

Carol painted this view of Las Vegas

Sue's sketch with watercolors

Sue's abstract from sketch

Linda during the Critique session

The class listening intently during the Critique session

Spring feels good

It's Spring in Maine but the weather is not cooperating. Anyway it feels like spring in Linda Packard's pastel class.
Here are the results of this weeks session.

   Oh...it's good to be back.

Charliene's painting in progress

Charlene is woring on a painting of Fish Beach- Monhegan. She has a wonderful sketch that she is working from.

see below.

Charlene's sketch of Fish beach

Priscilla's lady

Priscilla is working on painting figures especially portraits. Here is another one of her girls...

Priscilla's Matisse lady

Gail's view from her Kitchen window

I have to say my photos of Gail's framed work is not good...I can see my reflection in the glass. 

Gail's pastel of Bangor houses

Again I am sorry for the reflections in the glass.

Gail's buildings of Bangor
Barry, Dunn, McNeil  Bldg.

Gail paints Japanese lanterns in glass vase

Monhegan by Carol

Carol paints Monhegan Barn

Rita's colorful painting of Corea waterside bldg.

Rita paints a water scene

Michelle's painting of her Cruit collection

Sue's pastel of "Old Man's Beard"

The class listens intently during the critique session

Our Leader, Linda