Painting people!

Painting people has always seemed like a huge barrier for me –  getting the proportions right and the light and shadows correct can be very difficult. However, when I took the watercolor painting class last spring with instructor Paul Oman, he talked about the joy of including people in our paintings and challenged us to paint quickly and without fear! At our family vacation last summer in Door County, WI, our daughter took this picture of their three boys standing on the shore of Lake Michigan watching a beautiful sunset.  She titled the photograph, “Brothers”and it has become such a special picture, especially for this Granna. I thought that was a perfect title for this painting as well.

This week’s painting, Brothers, is 7” x 8” on 300 lb. Watercolor paper.