Fall is in the air

admin | October 28, 2009

It’s finally Fall, one of my favorite times of the year! It was so pretty the other day that my Husband and I went walking around the farm and ran into my Father-in-Law George, his dog Presley and friends!Sunday morning I was up early and decided to d…

Pre-Ballet Class

admin | October 28, 2009

20 x 16Rhonda Hartis Smith © 2009 I observed and took pictures of a pre-ballet class and even though this is a small portion of the dancers, they were all so adorable. I’m sure there will be more of these paintings since I love to paint dancers! I’m…

Emily–study from life

admin | October 20, 2009

This is a study from life of Emily, she dressed a little “retro” for us. She was an excellent model and needless to say she got lots of oooooohhhhhhs and ahhhhhhhhhhs. I spent about 3 – 3 1/2 hours on this study. I’m still concentrating on watching my…

Rhonda the "Model"

admin | October 14, 2009

I’ve always wanted to know what it feels like to be the “model” and now I know. We have a group of artists that get together from time to time and paint each other or our spouses, our children, etc. My friends said that I did a good job modeling and d…

Monday night live model session

admin | October 6, 2009

As I was going to work this morning, I noticed the sunrise and had to pull over, get my camera out of the trunk and take pictures of the golden sky. What a glorious sight! It was the prettiest part of the day, especially since it rained all day. We ha…