Eric Waller Vegetable Garden, in progress, 24x36, acrylic on canvas, Patricia Bennett

Eric Waller Memorial Vegetable Garden, Patricia Bennett

Eric Waller Vegetable Garden, in progress, 24x36, acrylic on canvas, Patricia Bennett

It was a lovely day at the Mt. Washington Vegetable Garden.  The official name of the garden is the Eric Waller Vegetable Garden.

It is quite a garden.  You can see the harvest in the lower right hand corner of the painting.  Over 40 families help out with it, and it's inspiring to see what can come of community spirit under the expert guidance of Larry Kloze, Master Gardener.

No ducks yet.

But the ducks are ready to move in.

These ducks walk on two legs and full-grown are 30 inches tall.  The painting will be complete after I add the ducks...

Note: I just added the completed painting to this blog entry.

Mount Washington Vegetable Garden

MWGarden, in progress, 24x36, acrylic on canvas, Patricia Bennett

 Mount Washington has a wonderful Vegetable Garden, the Eric Waller Mt. Washington Vegetable Garden, and I got to paint the residents in action as they tended it today.  I painted one person, and the rest were done from photos.

MWGarden, beginning, 24x36, acrylic on canvas, Patricia Bennett

Back of Girl

11x14, Girl Back, in progress, acrylic on paper, Patricia Bennett

I started this yesterday at the model session at Zoll's.  Below is the preliminary sketch. 

Preliminary sketch for Girl Back, 5x7", graphite on paper, Patricia Bennett