Had my last oil painting class tonight, painted my first non-fruit/veggie painting. Had spent 12 Monday nights learning and practicing on this medium. Every class (except for the first 2 classes), we would first see the instructor demonstrate for about half-an-hour how to paint a fresh fruit/veggie, then we would go to our separate painting stations and indulge ourselves with about an hour of painting. The hour of complete concentration was a wonderful experience, it’s almost as though the world around me had come to a stop, no worries, no troubles, just focus and solitude.
Had sacrificed a few soccer games to join these classes, I do miss the social aspect of the game. Will be starting my next level of painting classes at the end of the month, will then have a few more months of Monday nights indulging myself with oil painting!
