Friday, July 10, 2009

There is Still Some Life!



I just finished a workshop with Carolyn Anderson followed by a private "workshop" from my little brother Robert Coombs. I learned so much from the two of them! I now overthink and overpaint everything I try to paint because I am trying to apply what I learned to my personal style.

It has been very difficult and a lot of fun with frustration mixed in. I am going to try something that Carolyn taught me. I am trying to let some of the detail go and just suggest things without trying to paint them as if I were reproducing them. I am going to...interprete... Ahhhhhh!

I will let you know how it goes. Here are two of my paintings and a small demo my brother did for me in a very short amount of time.








2 comments:

william wray said...

that's a sign ypu are learning. I always do bad paintings at C A wporkshops. but get better later...

having her again next month...

Rich Coombs said...

Thank you for the encouragement William. Your blog is great! Wish I could do another workshop with her too. Maybe next year.