Back to Basic Oil Painting

I am trying to learn some more of the important basics I have learned. I am attempting to add something new to my painting style, so starting at the beginning helps me to try and incorporate some of what I am learning without trying to think of everything all at once.
At Carolyn Andersons workshop I tried to do it all at once and fll flat on my face.
Lesson learned!

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.