Oil on canvas, 9" x 12"
This one only took a few (I think 5) painting classes to get to a point where I would sign it. I worked from a photograph of the three kids at the beach and, instead of transferring it directly to the canvas, drew a pencil sketch first and, when I was happy with it, transferred
that onto the canvas. So in a sense this is the first painting I've ever done without cheating.
I particularly like the muscles in Sam's legs and some of the folds in Max's bathing suit. I've also had quite a few comments on the trees on the far shore, which my art teacher called "painterly" (a great compliment, as far as I'm concerned). What's funny is that they were the first thing I did on the painting and they took me about 10 minutes, after which I haven't touched them.
