CLAUDE MONET STUDY: This is the first painting I did in Cherilyn Fisher's painting class in May this year at the Repartee Art Gallery in Bountiful, UT. It was SO much fun to create. I really enjoyed having the time to play and do art again. The feeling I had when I completed it was pure delight.

Contact: jen.richter@gmail.com 

Things I learned from Cherilyn and others while doing this painting:

• Can start with a color gesso layer (pink in this case)
• I used an acrylic glaze medium with a bit of orange pigment in it and then went over the flowers which seemed too bright. It toned it down nicely.
• Blocking in basic color of background first helps
• Alistasia (sp?), a fellow student, lent me her hand trimmed brush to get the unique strokes on the flower petals. Loved the effect!
• I learned from Nora Del Murdock that I could use Liquin as my final coat to give it an oil paint glossy look.