NEW PAINTING CHALLENGE!! Version one painted in 2008

Both very nice Thea. You can see the artist brain develop. I think you did amazing at that exciting trepidating time

Thank you, Dennis - I actually was glowing with pride when I came home with this one, but I think it was beginners luck because I produced some real turkeys after this one (they might pop up on the gallery with a re-worked version in a bit!). I was just happy that it looked something like a pepper. However, on looking at it now, the colours are muddy and the shadow indistinct and it doesn't really anchor the pepper properly. Hopefully, my current paintings have a fresher look!

For your first effort!!! Well done! I would have been very pleased with this!

For a first piece, it's brilliant, Thea! I won't be taking you up on your challenge since I haven't the courage to display my first piece, especially since it fell far short of the standard displayed here!

Thea, I've just read your thread on the forum ref U3A, hope you don't mind (I'm not logged into the forum) I'm a member of our local U3A and it's an excellent group. If you want to find out your nearest just put U3A into Google, or whichever search engine you use and it will bring up the home page, from there you should be able to identify your nearest. Ours is a £15 per year membership and I think at the AGM last week it was mentioned we now have nearly thirty different groups. I belong to the practical art group, there is also an art appreciation group and a history of art group. I'm fortunate that art is covered quite well within out U3A. It means, if you don't know, 'University of the Third Age.' Hope this helps.

You definitely have a fresher look now Thea. For a 1st painting though, this one is terriffic.