Final Class

Due to NAEA Convention, I will miss the final week of my class at Tyler.  I am truly devastated by this - I loved every minute of this painting class and feel truly lucky to have had the opportunity to work alongside such awesome people and with such an extraordinary instructor.  Here's where each painting stood when I left class yesterday:  

In week four, we began out contemporary piece - our suggested subject matter was to create a figurative piece.  I didn't bring images so it was suggested I work from observation - self portrait time!  I was only permitted to have the mirror for about 15 minutes - forcing me to loosen up, work conceptually and, well, play.

Last night, I couldn't stop looking at her - a total Narcissus moment.  I decided she needed a partner and after our delicious brunch, went to Jerry's to fetch up another canvas and the magical colors I had borrowed to begin this work.  
Gary was a dear and "posed" for me - "how long is this gonna take, babe?" - 5 minutes, promise.  I didn't take many "in process" photos for this one but here's what I have: 

And here they are together - finished maybe.  I have a third in mind - us together on one canvas.  Not sure when that will happen since I should be doing about 100 things other than painting and blogging...