Practice Demo

Here is a practice painting I did in anticipation of my real demo for the Fairfax Art League last Saturday.  I had about 1 1/2 hours to do the real demo.  This painting took considerably longer because I liked where it was going.  The background actually took a lot of time as did the buds.  I'm very pleased with the result, however, and the looseness.   The real demo was the same set up albeit different (smaller) flowers.  I didn't get nearly as far as I had warned because I'm not able to talk and concentrate at the same level as painting alone in my studio.  The group from the Fairfax Art League was so nice and made me feel welcomed and appreciated.   It was a pleasure to be one of their honored guests.  It was really a fun and rewarding time.  I'll post my demo in the next post.  You will quickly see how far I didn't get.  

I hope to continue painting on the demo tonight (if I don't poop out) and make it available for a demo price.  If that doesn't work I'll probably put it in the bin gallery at the Art League in Alexandria when my privileges start in July.