I’m WAY behind in reporting on my art activities.  I am hoping to give some brief updates to get back on track.

After seeing Danni Dawson’s work at the Art League’s conference mentioned in the last post, I enrolled to study portraiture with her over in Alexandria, VA.

Our first model was a lovely young woman draped in a Spanish lace mantilla.  I made a series of studies of her — and they went downhill from the first one!  See for yourself:

The model:

My studies:

First Attempt

Second try

Third – Aargh!

Fourth Try