I want to share that I sold one of my plein air paintings in the Oregon Lavender Festival Paint out show. This felt so affirming of all the hard work of studying others work, color harmony, composition, itness of Lavender, and returning to the same fields over and over. Thank you Barry for your lessons and all I have learned. This was the last painting I did, a small 6 x 8. It was a joy to paint and my favorite.
The Virtual Art Academy program is really comprehensive and gave me all the information and directives to learn painting in one package. The material is very well organized, just beautiful to look at and motivating to carry through. The online campus is a wonderful place to meet other artists and receive critical feedback on my… Read more “I started learning oil painting with VAA from scratch. Just one year later my paintings started to sell”
Congratulations Susan, this is a great example of how you are applying the VAA lessons in your work. Unequal space division, radiating lines, atmospheric perspective, you really ticked a lot of boxes. Reading these newsletters, make me miss VAA and all of you, all of the best. Love Karin
Congratulations, Susan. Beautiful painting. I can almost smell the lavender!