Five & Six

I haven't not been doing art....

Painting is still not flowing off my brushes, but I've been photographing.

Sunday Morning, China Camp, California.

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Fan II, acrylic on canvas, 20"x 20"

Went back to the image of my grandfather's fan. 

Started with the idea of making a black and white painting but some warm tones snuck in. 

I might have another go at this next week.

Scissors II, acrylic on paper

Also worked with an old image of scissors.

First repainted a canvas version I did years ago that was a little still, it stayed a little stiff, 

I think it'll be a bag soon... and then did this version on paper, which I like better.

Speaking of bags:

Twin Peaks bag, front and back. I like what's happening in the back!

I spend a lot of time teaching photography to young students, mostly 3rd through 5th graders.

I don't tell them what to photograph, I figure it's their world, they can show me what they see. 

We work a lot on how to take photographs in focus, 

and then sometimes that rule gets broken brilliantly: