Susan Carlin's Workshop

I painted practically all day yesterday and it was a perfect day to spend inside since it was raining. I promised to post pictures from my online class with Susan Carlin so here they are. It was really fun and I learned so much....Susan is an excellent instructor and I have a beautiful painting to prove it! Just look how much I have improved, it is amazing. I had to move my easel and painting station closer to my computer monitor and keyboard for the class so I included a photo of that as well. (I removed this photo because it contained the original image that Susan sent us to paint from and that wasn't supposed to be displayed on the web).

Susan broadcast the class on UStream from her home studio. We started at 9:00am and after everyone that was enrolled checked in on the computer she started showing us how she sketches the subject on the canvas. She video tapes it all so we can watch it again later which is also very helpful. We did our sketch and painted until around noon then we took photos of our work and emailed them to Susan. She critiqued each painting on the screen so we could all see what everyone else was painting....just like in a real classroom situation. Then we worked on our paintings until 4:30pm so it was a full day of painting. Susan is amazing....she is the Queen of Multi-Tasking! She sets up the video equipment, works on her painting, talks to us, reads the chat screen, and answers emails all at the same time! I don't know how she does it! Anyway it was a lot of fun and I'm very pleased with my painting!