[Kimberly Dow]

Terri-

I am glad you posted these. I just wanted to say I concur - I took one of his workshops almost a year ago and anyone can see my painting has improved greatly. There are a couple of things a year later that really impacted me. One was his teaching on edges and different ways to blend. The finger! A magical tool. One of the others was scraping off the paint on the canvas. I know this is talked about a lot, but I NEVER even considered trying it until he demonstrated. The paint/drawing is still there - amazing! My paintings before that workshop have the most god-awful surfaces. Then his real nagging about exact color...blah blah blah - but it made a difference. I realized I hadn't been as exact as I should have been.

Glad you got to go!

PS - that first blurry photo reminded me of how he stands to paint. Oddest-looking thing, but he says there is a reason. He looks as if he is about to do battle with the canvas. Kind of bends his knees, puts the non-painting arm straight out horizontal to the floor to steady himself. It looks odd since I am used to standing there all relaxed with bad posture and all - but it definitly works for him.