• Ricky Majica comments on Palette layout, Asphaltum and Lead Paint

    Ricky Mujica is a friend and mentor of mine.  He critiques my work, gives me assignments and provides thoughtful and wonderful advice.  We met...

  • Portrait of the Artist Garth Herrick

    The first day of class I walked in to find Garth Herrick very excited.  He was on the phone speaking to someone from Mayor...

  • Ellen Cooper’s Last Class With The Chef

    I started with a wonderful grisaille which was done in a burnt umber and made my chef glow.  I really liked the affect.  I...

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  • Rat Girl

    Shelli Alford | August 2, 2012

    We had a new model!  Yay!  She seemed completely nice and normal.  She disrobed, and lo and behold she...

  • Ellen’s Daughter

    Shelli Alford | July 31, 2012

    I’m back from Arizona and excited to return to Ellen’s class. Before the trip, I thought she’d said that her...

  • Ellen Cooper Class #4 What do you do when the model doesn’t like you?

    Shelli Alford | May 3, 2012

    Today we get to paint!  No, not more envelopes?  I am starting to hate these little packages!  Please no...

  • Class #3 Ellen Cooper

    Shelli Alford | April 29, 2012

    All I want to do is paint; however, we have spent the last 2 weeks endlessly reviewing Ellen’s drawing...

  • Ellen Cooper Class #2: Grisaille

    Shelli Alford | April 11, 2012

    After we practiced drawing envelopes Ellen had us next focus on the concept of a grisaille. A grisiaille is...

  • Ellen Cooper Class #2: The Envelope

    Shelli Alford | April 10, 2012

    I was really excited to start painting for class #2. Ellen began her painting process with what she called the...

  • Class #1 Ellen Cooper: The Pallette

    Shelli Alford | March 30, 2012

    Ellen Cooper seemed nice, quiet, understated, but intense.  I have found that people who are really good at what...

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I have always wanted to learn how to paint in oils, but I felt too intimidated in college to learn. Then I did the whole go to college, transfer colleges, transfer back to original college, graduate from college, get a job, get transferred to yankeeville, fall in love, get married, buy a dog, buy a house, renovate a house, have a child, buy another dog, have another child, buy a REALLY old house, (for which I was so unprepared), renovate that house, raise a family and then my kids abruptly left me at the same time last year.

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