Oil painting lesson with Gregory Smith

This is the second session. 

I did some work on the vase at back. The patterns on its surface are always tricky to paint. 

Then, flowers. I’ve done very few floral subjects, so, I’m really not sure what to do with them, but, it started to look ok. 

I spent the rest of the session working on the horse. The challenge is always, to get a big shape right, using subtle shift of tones and directions of brush strokes. 

I’m enjoying this one. 

Work in progress. 16x20 in.