Finally remembered to photograph my last impressionist oil, done while I was taking lessons from Jon. It's taken from a Wolf Kahn painting of Vermont trees. Kahn uses vibrant colors, not always seen in nature!!!

More "older" pieces. This is an oil painting I did while taking lessons from Bill Tippie. I wanted to use this frame but forgot to take it with me so ended up a bit short!!! I have intended to get a mat cut but now am wondering about doing something creative around the edges -- like painting bits of this and that. Any ideas?

A dandylion day (from a Rod McKuen poem). My oil painting after Sabra Field's wonderful print of a Vermont summer day. I painted this "flat" as with acrylics to more closely match the print. See details below.

This is a little oil painting I did in a class with Bill. It doesn't look this good in real life but is probably one of my better cats and that's not saying much!

Bill paints gorgeous flowers and this was one week's lesson. He put more color in his background but I didn't dare mess with mine!
Mine is pretty flat looking but I'm working on those curves and shadows!
Again, water soluble oils. I really like these -- so easy to clean up and very little odor.

This is an other oil, also done following a scene in a desk calendar and done in the same time period.

This is another oil I did soon after the first -- with Bill's excellent instruction. It is standing on a picture holder -- thus the silver hooks in front. Again, I didn't get the mountains to "shape" the way I wanted them to but really like the sky so kept it. I just can't seem to "see" 3-D or even 2-D -- so my paintings tend to be flat. Again, practice is very lacking. I'll have to take another photo of this one framed -- looks a bit better than with the easel pieces showing in front!

After taking water color lessons from Bill Tippie for about a year and a half I seemed to be losing what little talent I had developed (not Bill's fault!!). So I asked if he would teach me to oil paint. I had seen a photo of this scene in a daily desk calendar. This was my first attempt -- smooth paint -- no deep paint layering. I really enjoyed the process and liked the effect and it came out pretty close to the photo in the calendar.

This is one of my early attempts at oil painting -- I love trees and I love snow. I've been taking lessons off and on from a Lexington painter named Bill Tippie (www.tippieart.com). Please don't judge my feeble efforts by his magnificent paintings! This was a gift for my sister in law who saw it and oohed and aahed. How could I resit that!

This is the revised 3rd impessionist painting.
Still not sure I like it but I'm done playing with it; time to move on. This is fairly 3-d with the paint though so I think I'm finally "getting" it after 4 lessons. It's difficult not to paint "smooth!" Working on a Wolf Kahn larger painting now -- it will be awhile before that's posted!!!

My 2nd impressionist oil. What does it need?
It is a take-off on a very foggy London skyline.
Can't remember if it was Money or not. I didn't like the buildings so tried to do mountains. It's darker
than the one I was using as a guide.

This is my first impressionistic oil painting. It's supposed to be a take-off on one of Money's lily ponds. It's pretty flat. I'm seeking advice. Is it
done? Is it ready to be framed? I like the colors but not sure if I should do more to it.