Moon over the Barn, acrylic

So I am currently reading some classic art books on recommendation as part of my quest for improvement. I started with Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, and realized after I bought it that I had done several of these execrcises in my Middle School Art Class - I had a great middle school art teacher named Mr. Scott. Anyway, the first exercise is to draw a self portrait to be put away until after all of the exercises are complete. Another self-portrait is then done, hopefully with a tremendous amount of improvement. Here is mine - notice the slack-jawed look of concentration while looking in the mirror. I think on the final one I will smile the whole time even if it hurts. This took about 30 minutes and is a humbling exercise.

Here are a couple of other sketches I have done in the past weeks.

Another 30 minute excercise. 11x14 acrylic

This 11x14 acrylic painting was done as an exercise to help me improve. The timer was set for 30 minutes, so I had to paint as fast as possible. Really enjoyable.

I have some of my art work hanging in a local restaurant. Bianca's Italian Eatery in Greensboro. www.biancasrestaurant.com Pictures to follow. I really should be asleep right now.