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A few years back I participated in a 'quilt challenge' in which the participants were given five fabrics; one fabric could be dropped and two could be added at the quilter's discretion. This resulted in the one quilt I have ever made, a 31-inch-square number I called Blueberry Pie.
I took a course in figure painting the summer of 1999 which I enjoyed. The vast majority of the paintings were done on pieces of cardboard approximately 26 by 37 1/2 inches; all paintings were with oil paint.
For most of the homework assignments I did self-portraits.
The first painting I did was this self-portrait.
This self-portrait shows me wearing a Power Computing T-shirt given to me by a friend. I spent so much time working on the T-shirt that by the time I got to painting myself I was pretty worn out. I think this shows not only in the crude, Roz Chast-ish treatment of my face but also in my expression, though this was not intentional.
This self-portrait was done on a 5 by 24 inch piece of masonite.
In-class assignments were figure paintings.
This painting was done on a 5 1/2 by 7 inch piece of masonite.
This painting was done on a 5 1/4 by 7 inch piece of masonite the same class as the previous painting.
Emboldened by my enjoyment of the summer course, the fall of 1999 I took a course in figure drawing. Here are a few of the pieces I think I was more successful with.
For this one we were told to draw using our non-dominant hands, so I drew it with my left hand. I was surprised with the result.
In the summer of 2001, I took a course on floorcloths at the Worcester Crafts Center. Here's a few of the floorcloths I made.
