During the summer of 2015, my dear friend Lorraine talked me into going on a week long artist retreat at the Maurice River School in Millville New Jersey. I was so excited about this because one of the instructors was a former teacher and old friend of mine. . . Bill Ternay.
This is the man who introduced me to my love of pastels
Lorraine took an hour to set up this French Easel
Here I am all set up
I splurged and invested in a brand new set of hand made Terry Ludwig Pastels
My first pastel painting
This Instructor demonstrated the use of gauche and pastel on black paper
This was one of the best days of my life
Lorraine made me laugh so hard on this particular day. Check out all of her brushes
I decided to sketch Lorraine