Summertime Paintings

La Hacienda, Difficulty = 2.5 (out of 3)
This was one of our first paintings at Corks and Canvas. There are great warm, bright colors to capture your attention and the reflections are a fun trick to learn. Though there are small details that need some extra time, the steps are simple and easy to follow.

Bikini Clothesline, Difficulty = 1.5 (out of 3)
This summertime painting is simple and fun. Change the colors of the bathing suits to match your favorite colors. Experiment with different patterns for the water or wherever. There's a lot of room for embellishment.

Beach Deck, Difficulty = 3 (out of 3)
While this has the highest difficulty level, it is only due to the extensive outlining that we will do at the end of the painting. There aren't many colors so don't be afraid. It's a great summertime piece.

Beach Time Paintings

Beach House Trio, Difficulty = 1
This is a cute summertime painting that will decorate you lake or beach house perfectly. The brushstrokes are sloppy and the colors few. Come and put your own spin on things.

Beach Umbrella 1, Difficulty = 2.5
This is a simple composition. The only challenge with this painting is deciding how large to make your umbrella stripes and keeping the perspective just right. The smaller your umbrella stripes the more of them you'll have to add so start large.

Beach Front Condos, Difficulty = 2.5
There is a lot of freedom for color change in this painting. Change the color of the condos to whatever you'd like. The violets in the ground shadows are a perfect compliment to the warm browns of the sand.

Banana Leaves, Difficulty = 2
This painting is loose and free flowing. The leaves are general and nonspecific making it easier to paint. Have fun!

Lynne Neuman Paintings

Beach Umbrella - A great piece to experiment with patterns. I would rank this painting a 2 only because of the time it takes to outline everything. It's not difficult, just time consuming...but FUN.

Trolley Car - This fancy thing is another patterned-filled painting. You should expect this piece to run the full 2 hr. 30min. Once again, the final outlining process is what makes this Neuman painting between a 2-3 in difficulty. Difficulty: 2.5

Sailboat - If you have a lake house or beachfront property, then this is a perfect piece for you. The colors are bold and energetic. Difficulty: 2

Pink Martini - Here is a variation on our first Neuman martini painting (seen below). The warm color scheme compliments all our Neuman paintings offered. There's plenty of pattern opportunities here so the hardest part of this painting will be when to tell yourself to stop. Expect this class to run the full 2.5 hrs. Difficulty: 2

Blue Martini - This is Corks & Canvas' premiere painting. When we first offered this painting back in October of '07 we had an amazing turnout and continue to. The patterns are simple to master and allow each painter artistis freedom. Try changing up the colors to incorporate you favorites! Difficulty: 2

Old Yeller - When we offered the Neuman yellow cat painting ( see below), we were immediately asked to offer a Neuman dog painting. This distinguished fella is much simpler than you'd expect. Change the colors on this dog to match colors in your own furry friend at home. Difficulty: 2.5

Yellow Cat - Who can say "no" to a face like that? This painting requires a little bit of drawing to get the right proportions of the cat's face but after that it's artistic freedom with the crazy patterns in the background. Have fun using your favorite colors! Difficulty: 2.5

Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria - Another terrific summer painting to add to your collection. This painting is one of the simplest Neuman creations because of the limited patterns. However, you may add as much pattern as you'd like to spruce up this maritime piece. Difficulty: 1.5