A Lot Has Been Going On

Shortly after my last post that horrible tornado swarm on 4/27 hit our area, we did not get any damage other than some seriously frayed nerves.

I have to admit that rattled me pretty good and it's taken me a while to feel comfortable again.

I'm back in classes, Karen Bonaker's Summer Open Studio, all about watercolors and painting flowers in Painter. I have a passion for watercolor and so so want to learn to paint it both digitally and using real media.
 I'm having a wonderful time learning to loosen up and just have some fun, but I am really learning a lot at the same time.

Speaking of Painter, Painter 12 also released so that has been another distraction for me. :) I have to say bugs and all I love it, finally 64 bit and multicore support.
Of course there are a lot of other new features I'm enjoying as well like Individual brush tracking (calibration) and the new improved custom palettes. There's a lot to learn about the new features and changes and I've only begun to scratch the surface.

I also started another class with Tim Shelbourne at The Artist's Quarter http://www.theartistsquarter.com/
So I've technically got 3 classes going if you include Tim's Advanced Drawing class. This class is The Finishing School to learn how to tweak your finished paintings to make them pop, and a lot of other great things. You should check it out.

I'll see if I can figure out how to post a photo here and show you my latest painting, done in Summer Open Studio , tweaked in The Finishing School, and Painted in Painter 12.