Paintings on OVERLOAD

I rarely post images...so here are tons of past paintings that I would like to share.

My first hw assignment in Still Life Painting - I believe I took this class in summer 2008...this painting made me realize I'm not that bad at still life. My love for painting truly began to grow in this class. My paintings progressed the most thanks to Mr. John Wentz. I bet he thought I was the weirdest person in his class. I had accidentally dipped my hair into the turp and would talk about poop like it was an everyday thing, which is an everyday thing even though people are in denial =)! I remember that pooping in public restrooms became a "Donna thing." I truly miss him and being in his classes!

Well these are all from Mr. Wentz's classes. The oranges & 1 apple was when I did not attend one of the still life painting classes so I did my own in Vacaville, it was fun! The other 3 are from Mr. Wentz's Painting & Composition class.
Sorry about the bad images, it's cellphone pics!

Yes whoops, nudity is here. Hahaha...I love the nude body when I paint. Ya clothed figure is interesting to draw, but painting is amazing when it's the nude figure! I will only paint the nude figure. Here is the first hw assignment in Figure studies w/ Ernesto Nemesio in Fall 08'. I am pretty mad at myself because he was an amazing teacher but his style was very unlike my style. My paintings did not progress so much because of that, but I understood the figure more when I left that class. He was funny and I bet he thought I was a weirdo, I wanted to be more open in that class like in Wentz's class but the students were so boring. oops...hahah hope no one sees this from that class. Anyways, Ernesto was awesome, and his disheveled look was so freaking cool. And his talent was beyond words when it came to the figure. I miss him and Mr. Wentz as teachers. Those 2 teachers have both made great impacts in my painting experiences.

From the models of the Fall 08 Saturday with Ernesto Nemesio. I struggled, but I know I became a better painter.

This is a recent gouache painting I did of Ichigo. I gave it to Dennis for his birthday gift =)

Edit - Actually I take it back about the students in my Figure class. By the end of Ernesto Nemesio's class I made a few friends, and I was openly able to be the true person I usually am - open and free with my ideas and pretty upbeat! Happened a little bit too late though =P