You may be interested in knowing that I hope to update this whole web site in the spring.  This was my first attempt and I know it will make things easier and more pleasant if I can get it looking better.  As I have told you before, technology is not my thing but I try.  I really want to spend more time on my art but I have learned that part of being an artist is sharing.  I don’t like to put my work on Facebook because there are people on public forums who are not interested in the same things I am so why bore them with my stuff even though many have asked me to do this.  My compromise is to share it on my blog.  That way, only those who chose to enter here, need look. 

Also, the video is almost wrapped up.  Yah’s timing is good because the videographer is moving out west.  It has taken us much longer to produce this than anticipated for a number of reasons.  It is my hope that there will be many who can benefit from the instructions and hints I give in these basic lessons.  An artist must take what they learn and what they see and what inspires them and use it all to come up with their own interpretation.  If I can learn to produce worthy portraits, then with time and patience and a measure of talent, so can others.  I will post on here and in public when it is available. 

When the decision was made to try the video there was no time to spare.  I grabbed the subject references that I was about to use for a class and began.  We were pressed for time and then separated by hours but since people were asking for this, we proceeded.  I did my best to get in all the relevant information.  If you use this, and practice, hopefully you will have some amount of success the first try and get better as you go.  That is how I learned.

Well, for now, I will go paint.  Shalom, Diana