Plein air painters do portraits!

Nationally esteemed portrait painter Leslie DeMille was in Minneapolis April 4-10 to teach a portrait painting workshop.  Les was informative and patient with us all! The skills we learned will improve all our paintings, whether landscapes or portraits. 

Michelle, Lisa, and Cheryl with Les DeMille.

Cheryl painting in class.

Lisa painting in class.

Cheryl wins award at Elk River National Juried Exhibit

Cheryl was fortunate to receive an Award of Excellence for a piece at the Elk River National Juried Exhibit, selected from over 1000 entries throughout the United States. This large piece was created using a plein air sketch created this fall. The location is a small market near Cathedral Hill in St. Paul.