Discovery at a Skip Lawrence Workshop

I just spent 7 wonderful days at a beautiful retreat center studying with Skip Lawrence. 

My work area was by a window that let in the warm spring breeze and looked out on a lovely pond with singing frogs.

For the past year and a half I've been painting on gessoed watercolor paper. At this workshop I decided to take a bunch of painting panels I've had for a long time, and just experiment, see what I could do.

Turns out I'm hooked! I love painting on the wood and wrapping the images around the sides. I was working small, this one is 8" X 8" X 2". Here's the painting from the front...

This is done with acrylic, charcoal, gauze, Pellon and oil pastel.

6" X 6" X 2" Acrylic and charcoal

6" X 6" X 2" Acrylic and charcoal

8" X 8" X 2" Acrylic, charcoal and oil pastel

8" X 8" X 2" Acrylic, charcoal and oil pastel

8" X 8" X 2" Acrylic and charcoal

12" X 12" X 2" Acrylic and charcoal

12" X 12" X 2" Acrylic, charcoal and paper