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The penultimate session in oil paints, and I actually feel like I've gained some skill and confidence in the art. The challenge today was not the lemon, or the garlic - no, I mastered that weeks ago! Instead, it is in the reflection in the silver bottle that stands tall behind the produce. It's one of those that you need to stand (a barely perceptible distance) back from to appreciate, but that is hopefully good enough to ornament my parents kitchen or dining room wall one day.Not only is this the second-to-last session in, but this is also the penultimate photo in this journal, which leaves me to reflect on more than just the reflection on the canvas.
Just a few weeks of tuition to go, and I still can't figure out the jug. I've hit a plateau with this. Its always the jug or vase or bowl that throws me. Must be the transluscence. I need ceramic, not glass, maybe? This one was going quite well, and in the final minutes, I decided to add some depth with a few quick strokes in white to emphasize the shape of the bowl of the jug. It wasn't until I stepped back. Err. Well...the garlic looks alright.
It's the famous, annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race !I headed across the city to Hammersmith to watch the rowers whiz by on the bend of the Thames River. I didn't know who to root for, but from the looks of things here, I think Cambridge had the lead. Oxford took the race in the end. But what I realised was that it was not so much the rowers I was excited by, but the crowd. Hunderds - thousands - flocked to the waterfront to watch the sport. As the rowers approached the bend, fans on the north side of the river who could see them nearing began to cheer. There was a slow, steady crescendo to the point when the rowers were in full view under the Hammersmith Bridge and everyone was howling in full throttle.The two squads were moving alarmingly quick and I could barely catch the photo. There speed appeared hastened by a fleet of motorized boats in hot pursuit - media, medics and security.It got me all excited about the weather warming and getting back into some competitive action!
The penultimate session in oil paints, and I actually feel like I've gained some skill and confidence in the art. The challenge today was not the lemon, or the garlic - no, I mastered that weeks ago! Instead, it is in the reflection in the silver bottle that stands tall behind the produce. 
