On the right is Hala. Hala has been a professional illustrator for ten years. (See her website -
http://www.artbyhala.com/) She is getting a master's degree now and I'm serving as her adviser. She is very talented and it is a joy watching her swallow new ideas and new techniques whole.
They are painting quick. Each one paints several oil sketches each session, working on tracing paper to warm up. I hope to post some of their work soon.
The goal is to bring their subjects to life, whether they be bread, fruit, cloth, metal, leather or flowers. Once they can do this, they can paint figures that will be full of life.