Just cresting the bend on his daily walk, Walter Hobbs could barely make out the town common just ahead. It had always fascinated him how he could be walking down a country lane and then appear just inside the town where all the bustle of town life was all around. He looked forward to making […]
Blog
4.0 Red Pear
After the berry day, I had to go back to the pears for a boost of confidence. Happy little red pear.
3.0 Blackberry
Blackberry was a class study piece. I think if I redid it again, I would make the bowl bigger than suggested in class and do the check pattern differently. Of course, I think I’m thinking acrylics because doing the background and then laying out the blue pattern would be easy. In oils, it may get […]
1.0 The Silver Cup
So come on my journey while I dabble in oil painting. I’ve always been bemused with oils. They seemed like an unattainable goal. During college, I never was taught oil painting. The painting classes I had weren’t very helpful. We met twice a week and painted and critiqued each other’s work. Some of my pieces […]
Spanakopita
Ingredients 2 C Feta Cheese 2 tbs Flour 1 C Shallot chopped 3 tbs Butter 2 C Cottage Cheese 1 lb Phyllo Dough 1 cup Melted Butter Salt and Pepper 2 lb Spinach frozen 1/2 tsp Oregano chopped 1 tbs Basil chopped 2 tsp Fennel Instructions Steam and Chop Spinach. Salt and Pepper lightly and […]