Student Progress

My student Bill has given me permission to share his progress on his most recent painting. 

Bill joined my classes two years ago, give or take.  

His first project was a huge painting of a horse.  It was phenomenal.  Bill paints painstakingly slow, but he's thoughtful and methodical, and in his infinite wisdom, takes all of my advice.  Seriously, he listens and tries out anything I suggest. When it doesn't work for him, we try a different tactic. 

After the first horse, he did a painting of his daughter on a horse.  More techniques down.  

Then he brought in this:

A ginormous painting of his daughter at a young age he'd done several years ago with another instructor. We looked it over and he honestly just wanted to start over.  Nope.  He had the basis down, why do that? And he'd learn a LOT along the way as he corrected mistakes and brought the painting to the final version.  It would be a good lesson for him and good for other students to watch it evolve.  

The red marks are what he did on the first night with me...correcting proportions, shapes and placement. 

Approximately 7 months later, he's about ready to sign it after a few more tweaks. It's beautiful, just like his now grown daughter.