A Painting by Mead Schaeffer called Monte Cristo appeared one day in an art related magazine, I never had seen this painting before and for some reason fell in love with it and HAD to paint myself a copy that very evening.






here is my version, in oils

Not much going on paint related lately, think I may have bronchitis or something :(

Weekly paint class was canceled and we are 1 session into a 3-4 session sitting, so nothing to show on that front. I will leave you with a Painting I copied and donated to a United Way fundraiser.

THE GREAT WAR.

Everything we see obstructs our view of what is behind it, and whatever that is, is precisly what we want to see.



To quote the original artist,
René Magritte

"My painting is visible images which conceal nothing; they evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, 'What does that mean?'. It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable. "

Copying the great masters is a fun way to learn how to paint. A good way to avoid worrying too much about getting a decent painting is to do a crop study, here are a few I did of Bouguereau.