My second painting at Studio Nuetzel was also a monochromatic portrait. It’s a really good exercise to learn to see the dark and light areas and how dark or light they are compared to the other areas.

In April 2014 I started to attend Stephan Nuetzel‘s studio class once a week. It was time for my first oil painting. Stephan suggested to keep it simple for the beginning – stick with one color and break it into a few tonal values.