Where Are You At?

What has been the most challenging aspect of the course so far?
I would have to say that the most challenging aspect of the course for far is trying to get the right color and shadow.
In what areas have you progressed the most and how have you progressed?
The area I have progressed in is mixing the colors. The way I have progressed is that I work fast and thing about the detail after I get the basics.
How does looking at examples of painting from throughout history affect us as painters today?
We see that many painters had different ways of painting, different color combinations, different reasons for painting what they did and they had different ideas of what to paint. I think that painters today seem to combine all the different ideas, colors, and textures to paint what we see or imagine.

Reflection on Studies in Smallness

What was hard?:
The hard part was trying to get the right color of the set-up backgound. It was also hard to continue painting the next day when the shadow and the position of the set-up changes.

What was successful?:
The successful part for me was making the details at the end. It turned out much better than I thought it would.