Tuesday, April 25, 2017

New Beginner Series & 20% off at New Masters Academy!

Hey guys!

I wanted to give you a heads up this deal and some very exciting news... I was honored to be a part of the New Masters Academy's Beginner Series!


Heather Lenefsky and Chris Legaspi in the New Masters Academy Beginner Series


To celebrate the release there is a 20% discount for a year membership!  The sale ends tomorrow, so check it out soon...





Outstanding artists cover the basics and get you started in this series, but that is just their latest addition.  Their roster is insane and includes Steve Huston, Bill Perkins, Glenn Vilppu, & Joe Weatherly just to name a few, and they have recorded over 700 hours of more advanced content as well!  

I can't even tell you how amazing it feels to have contributed.




Update to make up for lost time coming soon, mwah!



Monday, July 11, 2016

The Universe Conspires!

I have recently become a zealous fan of the "The Thrilling Adventure Hour" podcast.  I only allowed myself to listen to it while I was painting, as a reward for productivity.  In the past few months I have blown through ten years of content.  It is THAT GOOD!  I have at last found my nerdom.  

Here is the thing- painting is hard.  You are alone - a lot - essentially battling your demons and character flaws as they physically flaunt themselves in absent minded strokes or poorly organized composition, in your face, on YOUR painting!  The nerve!  Paintings are always brilliantly fun to begin!  Ah, but then there is the crux, the nadir of our hero’s journey, that awkward teenage phase to test you.  It tests you every time, but for a while, every test seems far worse than just a test.  It feels personal, tied to self-worth, like certain failure.  

If you really want to be an artist -at some point you change the story.  It is the inevitable great part of any creative work; the real opportunity.  That is art!  Listening to the Thrilling Adventure Hour in my ‘studio’ (shared apartment with a 1:1 cat:human ratio), had me laughing and loving my way through it!   I found myself tackling pieces I believed were over my head, and being pleasantly surprised with the results.  It just happened to be the best catalyst, and I suddenly became aware of the fact that controlling my mind set and painting from this place of love, with this energy, might be the most important thing.  I decided to write one of my favorite actresses from the program a thank you note with a gift card.  I really wanted to paint my latest hero something and return the favor!   But I didn't know how to actually send her the card.  A friend thought he knew a friend of a friend in the biz, and for months while we waited to hear back, the joke around these parts became, "I’m home!  Did Paget call?"

And then!  The previously wrapped up podcast announced a special new live show!  I rounded up some art school friends who took me on faith and enthusiasm, and we headed up to LA.  I tucked the card into my oversized sweater thinking maybe I could ask an usher to deliver it to her dressing room with all the other flowers or whatever,  or with any luck, maybe the cast would come shake a few hands and I could give it to her.  “Big money, big money…”

We happened upon an alley before the show.  My friend said, "Hey Heather, there is Paget."  I raised my voice a few notches above my normal non-indoor voice, "Don't play with my emotions."  But when we looked down the alley, behind what artist and teacher Robert Watts would call Contextual Transitory Objects (dumpster, walls, and poles), all we could see was a bit hair wrapped up in a bun.  I thought, that is a long alley-walk-of-shame, what if I am wrong, it can't be her can it?  And we strolled on past. 

But!  A while later on the way back…  we saw it was totally her.  She was still there!  The universe was giving me a second chance, and I was so excited I actually lost my mind.  I hid around the corner for a second to try and calm down, after the months of joking I couldn't believe it and I couldn't get a grip.  I have taken penalty kicks, played in championship games, made the first move on hot boys, won a Rat Pack Karaoke contest (purely on enthusiasm) at a trashy bar in Vegas, and even impulsively rocked a cow bell solo when a cover band pulled me from the front row up on stage (yep, that pretty much covers my high-light reel), but for the first time I could not get a grip.  It wasn’t getting easier, so, with no plan, I decided I would never be cool, so I better just jump.  

It was the longest walk, and I felt like a bit of a creep invading on her privacy.  I swung wide around the dumpster and slowly cleared the pole in my least threatening manor, "Hi!  Is this… cool?"  She stood right up and was incredibly sweet  to engage.  Just as I was mustering any available courage to approach, the man leaning against the pole turned to face me, and it was Ed Helmes of The Office, The Hangover, and a ton of other great stuff.  So, if I had any shred of nerve left, it left.  Um, 'Star Struck' is a real thing?! 

I blubbered my way sheepishly through a Paget Brewster handshake and could barely make eye contact or enjoy the moment cause I was freaking out!  I didn't say anything smart, witty, or cool.  I couldn’t even think to give her a hug or profess my love!  I felt sooooo vulnerable.  When I finally looked up I could see the white the ENTIRE way around her iris, she was so empathetic.  I said something about being so grateful and wanting to make her a painting and asked if I could give her the card.  I didn't even think to ask for a photo, I just started to back away like some poor schmuck taking leave of Henry VIII (at least according to the hot HBO version).  She was so gracious.  WHAT a rush!

I haven't heard from her... yet.  

After months of wanting to meet her, and joking about it to cope, there she was, in an alley, right in front of me, twice!  The universe has given me hope.  The best part is likely this:  after the live show, I got on Twitter to try to find a link to a hilarious song I wanted to wake up to every morning for the rest of my days (‘Love Ain’t No Billy Goat’).  Ben Blacker, co-writer of the show, actually responded to my tweeted query.  And though he chided, "It is not for sale, Madame, at any price," he proceeded without solicitation to check out my art!  (here goes my heart-rate again)  AND PAID ME A COMPLIMENT!  Then I died all over again!  Check my pulse!

The important thing is here, in just choosing things I love, I am deeply inspired, more sure of what brings me joy, and the direction I want to head full steam.  Of course now I have been wholly sucked in to illustrating some serious fan art.  They (Ben Blacker, Ben Acker, et al.) are just what I want to be when I grow up!  I realize that as much as I love fine art, story telling may be steeling my heart.


Did you want to see some art? 


 Watts teacher Erik Gist was helping me in figure drawing class the other day.  Watching from over his shoulder that he was not just literally copying the model but improving upon it, I asked him "How do you know how to edit- what to include and what to omit?"   He explained, "Just ask yourself, what does it need?  No more, no less."  This immediately helped.  
Later, as I was trying to figure out how to design the vignette of my latest commission, I just kept that in mind.  I stopped after each stroke and asked myself, "What does it need?"  Pausing after each mark, and asking again, I proceeded very carefully until I thought.  Oooh, I like it!
I wrapped up this pile of cuteness the last couple days.  Super pumped about how he turned out!  I bring you... Fester!





10x10" oil on canvas
commission

Fester, custom bulldog painting, pet portrait in oil on canvas, Heather Lenefsky

Monday, June 6, 2016

Did I just break up with my job?

I just broke up with my day job.  Completely.  It's happening.  I mean - crap- it HAPPENED!  It was more than a day job.  It was a career.  One that many good hearted, non-squeezy, Dental Hygienist hopefuls fight for a shot (hah dental pun) at.  It was a well-paying, flexible, and social career, and I broke up with it.  Woah that's giving me relationship flashbacks, "... He was such a good guy... The sex was great... He was so clever…Great on paper…BUT…”

Here's the thing - it was great.  But to be honest, it just wasn't right for me.  My last straw came in the form of one new sheet of paperwork.  When I felt an irrational emotional surge (OK- near meltdown) over a single piece of paper, I knew it was time to for a chat.  My boss knew all too well, that I was tragically born without two things:  an inside voice and a poker face.  I was nervous to come clean to her - yet it just came out.  But she was a step ahead and already knew.  She was wonderful, understanding, and even excited for me to move on and follow my passion.  She immediately tried to help me new (now, career) pursuits by taking me to photograph (and ride) polo ponies!  I couldn't have been more grateful.

So, oops!  I am a full time artist (...and full time art student)!  It’s like I always say, “what could possibly go wrong?!”

Serving beer and warm dogs is in NO way bellow me if I get myself into trouble.  But, I have waited long enough and it was time to sack up and take this risk.  The most encouraging email met me in my inbox from my mentor Terry noting, "Joseph Campbell repeatedly said, “Follow your bliss” (and the universe will conspire in your favor) I found this to be true, time and time again."  I am excited!

So, speaking of universe conspiracies... I am dying to tell you Dad, Terry, and discerning adventurekateers who have found this blog (who are you by the way?  Let me know in the comments!), THE event of 2016!  But, I'll save that for the next post...   haha see what I did there?  Tune in next time!



Art Critique


Abruptly transitioning now to the crit Terry gave me after my last post so that you may benefit from it!  He encourages me to keep listening to the Watts gang suggesting I continue to work on the 'big sculpt' paying attention to the skeleton and then the sculpt of the features after that, integrating them properly.  Anatomy, a lifetime pursuit!  He makes some good notes on Landscape as well. 

 "Remember, you have to decide before you start painting whether to take the impressionist color approach, or more of a tonalist approach. With the Impressionist color, you paint high key so you can push color in the shadows. In order to emphasize the color of the secondary light (reflected and ambient) you have to have a situation where that light is strong, illuminating the shadows. If it’s strong enough to illuminate–you can actually see color and information in the shadows–then the value has to go up. You can’t see anything in the dark."


Terry recommends studying the method of one's teacher.  Though he adopts more of a tonalist approach, Ben Young, my plein air teacher at Watts, probably works more into the colorist end of the spectrum.  From Ben I am also trying to learn good design and edge work.  Watching him work on cloud forms the other day, it was amazing to see how he would move things forward and back in space until the design was appealing.  This is so hard!  Especially when our reference is lacking, and it requires invention.


Terry liked seeing my backgrounds evolve, and after I painted 'Bella' he wrote, "This one has the background that I’d been waiting for you to do! The totally intentional mark-making, and the thoughtfully muted colors without making it dull. Nicely executed!"  Yay!  I have also been continuing to try and think more about shape design as it relates to form, and by the time I was wrapping up my biggest  and most recent Dog Portrait, 'Sir Butters,' I heard from several teachers including Tom Babbey, Terry Miura, and Jeff Watts that they thought it was my best one so far!  Here's to trying to stay on this trajectory!  



And NOW!  My latest pieces...

Blue Roan
6x6" oil on canvas $300

Blue Roan Equestrian Art, Western Art, Horse Art, Horse Painting

Sunset Cliffs
8x10" oil on canvas
sold 

Sunset Cliffs Oil Painting Plein Air Landscape Art by Heather Lenefsky

Raven Study
6x8" oil on canvas, $245

Raven oil painting, Raven art by Heather Lenefsky

Abraham
12x12" oil on canvas
commission


Abraham, Mastiff Painting Pet Portrait, Dog Art Oil Painting by Heather Lenefsky

Dexter
6x6" oil on canvas
commission

DDexter, Jack Russell Painting Pet Portrait, Dog Art Oil Painting by Heather Lenefsky

Lucy
6x6" oil on canvas
commission


Lucy, Black Lab Painting Pet Portrait, Dog Art Oil Painting by Heather Lenefsky

Georgia
8x10" oil on canvas
commission


Georgia, Bassett Hound Painting Pet Portrait, Dog Art Oil Painting by Heather Lenefsky


Bella
6x6" oil on canvas
commission

Bella, Custom Dog Painting Pet Portrait, Dog Art Oil Painting by Heather Lenefsky

Madison
8x10" oil on canvas
commission

Madison, Custom Dog Painting Pet Portrait, Dog Art Oil Painting by Heather Lenefsky

Sir Butters
20x20" oil on canvas
commission

Sir Butters, French Bulldog Portrait, Custom Frenchie Dog Painting Pet Portrait, Dog Art Oil Painting by Heather Lenefsky


These client pics make me SO HAPPY!  Had to share ;)

Custom Dog Painting, Frenchie Oil Painting custom pet portrait by Heather Lenefsky Art


Custom Dog Painting, Frenchie Oil Painting custom pet portrait by Heather Lenefsky Art

Please leave a comment and say hello!

Friday, February 12, 2016

Indicate Don't Duplicate

'Indicate don't duplicate' is my mission for 2016 and second year of Watts Atelier!  Well, that among everything else.  I plan to focus on cleaner, better designed gesture.  By feeling through the pose and not getting hung up on what its surface looks like exactly, one has got a shot at improving form and rhythm through indication.  Curvy contours are quick to seduce, just like all the little details of fur, or subtle nuances in a face.  I'm still striving to ignore them and "see less" as Richard Schmid puts it.

I rolled back from Baja California and my 35th birthday to jump into a few commissions and recoup the cost of the Poncho of my dreams.

When my friend requested a painting of her Teddy Ro in a dog post thread on instagram, I was really excited to get the pictures of her Teddy Bear like Pup...  Haha!  Yeah, she totally wanted an actual Teddy Portrait!  I nearly said no because this stuff is hard, really hard.  I mean he is an Icon, long since passed, and good reference is tricky to find.  I finally sacked up and jumped in to complete this sketch from a decent black and white photo reference.  It turned out to be a lot of fun to invent the color!  I am so glad I didn't scare off!  Perhaps all those Sorolla studies I did in 2014 surfaced to act as my spirit guide.

'Sketch of Teddy Roosevelt'
8x10" oil on canvas
private commission

Alla Prima Teddy Roosevelt Portrait Sketch, by Heather Lenefsky, Painting of Theodore Roosevelt


I recalled Robert Watts' composition class, and several thumbnail sketches where he 'engaged the edge' by running the object off.  I decided to crop down on his hat to make his portrait more a focal point, and add a little interest.  The sky seemed like it ought to have a bit of a mood, so I grayed it down.  This is an alla prima sketch, so I completed it wet into wet over a day or two before the paint could start to dry-  in this way it has that brushy look as if I had painted it from an actual model.  I really prefer to work this way!  The dogs bellow are also alla prima sketches.

'Tito'
10x10" oil on canvas
private commission

Portrait of a Terrier by Heather Lenefsky, Dog Art, Dog Oil Painting

These dogs were so much fun!!  Going forward I want to keep working on form indication underlying the fur, and find more creative ways mix up my brush strokes.

'Murphy'
5x7" oil on canvas
private commission

Welsh Terrier Portrait by Heather Lenefsky, Welsh Terrier Painting, Dog Art


Our first Plein Air class was rained out, and we spent the day in the studio with photo reference.  Ben Young helped me lighten the value on the more distant rock formations of the Monument Valley sketch.  He also lightened up my shadows that faced the sky, and explained how shadows closer to the viewer have more light as we are looking down into them.  It was done alla prima as well in one day.

'Don't Fence Me In'
8x10" oil on canvas

Alla Prima Landscape painting of Monument Valley, Utah.  Oil painting by Heather Lenefsky

detail of brush strokes

Monument Valley Painting Detail, Landscape Oil Painting by Heather Lenefsky

A few gesture portraits from the last couple weeks of class!   These are 40 and 60 min sketches done quickly in small format.

Miguel Sketch 1
5x7"
Alla Prima Gesture Portrait Painting in Oil by Heather Lenefsky Art

 Miguel Sketch 2
6x8"
Gesture Portrait of Miguel in Oil on Canvas by Heather Lenefsky
 Bridget Sketch 1
5x7"

Gesture Portrait in Oil on Canvas by Heather Lenefsky Art

Bridget Sketch 2
5x7"

Alla Prima Gesture Portrait Painting in Oil by Heather Lenefsky Art

Morgan Sketch
5x7"
(Sold)

Alla Prima Gesture Portrait Painting in Oil by Heather Lenefsky Art



AND  NOW!  Class work from 2015

A hand study of Nicolai Fechin
took about 9 hours...

Hand study of master Nicolai Fechin, oil on canvas by Heather Lenefsky Art



Portrait Painting with Jeff Watts, 3 hour sessions.  He did have a hand in helping on these.


Sketch of Pam
8x10" oil on canvas
Portrait Sketch in Oil on Canvas by Heather Lenefsky Art

 Sketch of Christine
9x12" oil on canvas

Alla Prima Oil Painting Portrait Sketch by Heather Lenefsky Art

Sketch of Yoram
11x14" oil on canvas

Alla Prima Portrait Sketch of bearded man, Yoram, by Heather Lenefsky Art


One from Tom Babbey's Portrait Class as well, with assistance from Tom

Sketch of Stephanie 
8x10" oil on canvas




 From Ben Young's Class Portrait Painting Emphasis in Lighting.  Ben had a hand in several of these, but not all.

Sketch of Ifat
9x12" oil on canvas

Alla Prima study in Dual Lighting, oil on canvas portrait sketch by Heather Lenefsky Art


Sketch of Paul
9x12" oil on gessoed canvas


Sketch of Jeff
8x10" oil on canvas


Sketch of Miguel
11x14" oil on canvas


Sketch of Van
8x10" oil on canvas

Keep fightin the good fight!  There could easily be another 5 years of study at Watts in store for me ;)

Monday, December 7, 2015

Art Show at the Randy Higbee Gallery


Hello art lovers!


I got out the bottle caps to model for me again, and this is one of two pieces I just got into a show!


The Tight and the Loose

High Brau Art, Oil Paintings for Beer Lovers by Heather Lenefsky, Bottle Cap Painting
Bottle Cap 1 Detail

Bottle Cap Painting, Alla Prima Beer Art by Heather Lenefsky
Bottle Cap 2 Detail

Bottle Cap Painting by Heather Lenefsky Art, great holiday gifts!
Five O'Clock
6x6" oil on canvas




If you are shopping for a creative holiday gift, these are just the right size to stuff into stockings or start a collection for yourself.  This is also a great chance to see a substantial collection of artists all under one roof.




The annual 6" Squared show is now up at the Randy Higbee Gallery in Costa Mesa, and online  at DailyBrushwork, through December 23rd.

Get directions through this link:  






I wanted to play with the degree of rendering in the bottle caps.  Originally, I thought by using more hard edges and more detail, the top cap would be the focal point.  However, after indicating the caps in the foreground with so much paint and contrast...I think they give the top cap a run for it's money.


                        Randy Higbee Gallery 6" Sq Art Show, Costa Mesa, CA.  Heather Lenefsky Art 

The Aussie Painting is in too!  You may recognize this smiley pup from a previous post.

Randy Higbee Gallery Artist Reception this past Friday
Me and hot date (aka my sister)!


More to come soon! 



Saturday, October 17, 2015

Mystery Adventure

"Every little painting is just a mystery adventure into what you think you know."  Robert Watts quite organically remarked while demonstrating a landscape.  He is amazing.

Well it's adventure after adventure!  Through Watt's Spring,
Meadow's Workshop, and Summer Term, I can readily pick out some themes into what I may not know.  They aren't much of a surprise if you've been here before.  I continue to strive for better organization, clear turning of form, and improved congruent shape design (as opposed to a speckled archipelago of isolated shapes).

I had my first class in gouache this spring!  It is the perfect medium to work on careful shape design as the water soluble media is sucked quickly up by the paper in precisely the area your brush applies it.  This kind of opaque water color requires a strict adherence to a tile laying procedure, and is a great exercise for those of us whose tendencies might otherwise speed sloppily toward a 'hot mess.'

Man From India
Gouache
Sold
(with Jeff Watt's helping to design some shapes)


This took 8, 3 hour classes, of just slowing down and staying disciplined.  

Gouache Portrait of a Man from India, black and white portrait painting by Heather Lenefsky


Erik Gist's Reilly Painting Method 


Reilly not only used figure abstractions to achieve successful form, but also had procedure in place for his preparing his palate by premixing puddles in a value structure, and utilizing a monochrome

underpainting before applying color or opacity.  After I scrubbed my lay-in (monochrome gesture game plan) three times, Erik came to the rescue sketching in this great figure gesture.  Then he left me to the fun part.  You can still see the underpainting in many places.  I was trying to slow down.

This is a shot of the teacher preparing the pallet, though it is missing a 5th row of an Ultramarine Blue 5 value gradient.

12x16" oil, not quite finished




Meadow's Costume Portrait Workshop

This 6 hour portrait sketch I did in Meadow's class was the most fun I have done so far.  One of my favorite models was looking right at me, and I managed to stay patient and in the zone.  Meaning, I didn't put too much paint on too fast.  Jeff has mentioned to me that I try to hit my finishing strokes too soon, as opposed to building it up and tearing it down until I really know where the impasto strokes go.  I am actually working on tightening up now, and saving the more expressive strokes until I have really earned them.  Have I been told this before?  Yes.  Recall Terry's advice "Paint the dog before the fleas?"  Good teachers are very, very patient.

Meadow didn't have to hop on until the very end where she helped me address some passages of the beard that suffered from redundant treatment.  She also helped me to turn the plane of his right temple to the side wall.  This day I was thrilled!  I even managed to keep rolling on a mini dog painting when I got home that night.  A step up from crashing into Netflix.

6 hour pose progress 



Yankee
12x16"
oil on canvas
sold

Yankee Oil Painting, Oil on Canvas by Heather Lenefsky, Civil War Costumed Portrait.  Civil War Art, Yankee Art


San Diego Comic-Con

I was so lucky to be the date of an artist from class!  We got to meet Terryl Whitlatch, inconspicuously tucked into the Copic Pen booth.  She was so gracious, spending many unassuming minutes to sketch personalized creatures in our books, and sending off us saying, "I mean, why not you?"


Animals Real and Imagined, Terryl Whitlatch
My very own Whitlatch Original!

Big fan.

Terryl Whitlatch signing my book at Comic-con San Diego 2015
Terryl sketching in my book


I had the opportunity to work on a couple fun dog portrait commissions
For these two I laid in a careful graphite drawing using a grid, and slowly built them up over an underpainting similar to the Reilly class.

Django
9x12" oil commission

German Shepherd on the portch with a Coors Light, Custom Oil Painting by Heather Lenefsky Art


Hayley
8x10" oil commission

Golden Retriever in the Snow, oil painting by Heather Lenefsky Art



Mini Dog Painting Fest or How I Spent My Spring Break



Dog Days of Summer 2015, 10th Annual with Cardiff 101Then, I had another great idea.  I wanted a deadline, a fun event, a challenge, and so I signed up last minute for 'Dog Days of Summer' down the hill in Cardiff.  Then I set to cramming.  My animal instructor Tom Babbey gave great counsel advising not to paint any study over 5x7'.  Out of frustration (they are SO LITTLE) I had nearly given up before I had started.  Fortunately, Meadow happened to bring in a couple 5x7" studies of her own portrait studies to show the class and I was saved by her inspiration.  These were SO much fun.  I may have got a little seduced into calligraphy over clarity, but I am fine with it.  This exercise was a kick.


Heather Lenefsky Art at Cardiff Dog Days of Summer 2015
Dr Cortadi, the boys, and me

Supporting members of the Lenefsky Family
For these studies, I did all the drawings free-hand in paint.  I really liked the freedom of doing this, though it could take a little wresting to make a good map- for me the struggle is easier done in oil paint.

Doberman
4x4" oil
available

Heather Lenefsky Doberman Painting, 4x4" oil on canvas
Doberman


Frenchie
(complete with the perfect vintage frame find!)
6x8" oil

Portrait of a French Bulldog, Frenchie painting in oil on canvas by Heather Lenefsky


Aussie-by-the-Sea
6x6" oil

Oil painting of Australian Shepherd by Heather Lenefsky, custom dog portraits


Beach Wolf
4x6" oil

Beach Dog Painting by Heather Lenefsky.  Oil on canvas, portrait of a Wolf Hybrid in Cardiff-by-the-Sea


Bulldog
4x4"
Keeping it

Portrait painting of a Bulldog, Bulldog portrait in oil on canvas by Heather Lenefsky


Treasure Hunt
5x7" oil
sold

Cardiff Treasure Hunt, little terrier digging at the beach, oil painting by Heather Lenefsky


Roxy
4x4" oil
sold

Portrait of Roxy the Golden Lab.  Golden Lab Painting in Oil by Heather Lenefsky, Custom Portrait of Roxy



Dachshunde
4x4" oil
sold

Portrait of a smiling Dauchcshund by Heather Lenefsky, oil on canvas, custom dog portrat


Corgi
5x7" oil

Smiling Corgi Painting, oil on canvas by Heather Lenefsky, Corgi Art


Dog Fest Booth!

My first Plein Air Class at Watts, with Ben Young


California Coast, Plein air painters at Cabrillo National Monument, Watts Atelier Class
Cabrillo Cliffs National Monument

Plein air is tough.  This is the first time I have had any success in it.  A couple things that really helped me was to watch the teachers demo much more carefully.  I finally realized how slow and patiently they map their drawings and design their compositions.  Then, the utmost care is taken to respect these drawings, not to lose them.  Robert Watts, or maybe Ben Young, said something that really helped me to get the point, "Imagine your whole composition is only 7 puzzle pieces (at the most)."  So that the big shapes are given the priority, strengthening and organizing the piece with some chance of success.  Ben also had be prepare by doing little thumbnail sketches from Edgar Payne's book- it is full of good examples of thumbnail comps.  

This study actually turned out!!  Ben did the entire ocean, I had no hand in it.  Though I did compose it, lay it in, and pretty much do the rest ;)

Cabrillo Cliffs
8x10" oil on canvas




The Summer Term is a quick 5 weeks, and so I had the opportunity to do some more dog portraits over Summer Break.



Zoe
8x8" oil commission

Oil painting of a Chihuahua, Private Commission, by Heather Lenefsky Art.  Chihuahua portrait.



Dee
10x10" oil commission





Hudson
10x10" oil commission




We are now in week 1 of the 10 week fall term, and I decided to take nine classes.  Yay!  

Onward to the next mystery adventure!