Falling into October

Monday painting has been a constant, satisfying endeavor. Libby Smith and I -sometimes another painting pal, Karen McGaw - go out as steadfastly as we can to paint plein air somewhere. We've been at the beach a lot, working on cliffs and beach scenes, back to the River area, all around the foothills always looking for something interesting and challenging. Here are the last two outings:

dry creek, Paradise road, oil on panel, 8"x10"

beached sailboat, oil on panel, 8"x10"

The other constant has been my Tuesday night Figure Painting class, with Rick Stich. I haven't posted many (or any!) of those paintings, but it has been as steady as our plein air Mondays. I usually do one painting for the session, even though we have 2 weeks with the same pose. Here's last weeks effort:

Monica, oil on panel, 8"x10"