class critique

The class critique was really great. I got to see what people were doing and to hear some opinions of my work. I was really flattered because a lot of people liked my underpaintings (which I didn't think were that great at first lol) but it lets me know that I'm on the right track :)
As much as i admire the expressionist painting style I am really a die hard naturalistic painter. Maybe one day i will pull away from this obsession but as mark put it " you just have to get it out of your system."
Hopefully I can pull together a body of work that will do this :)
Mark suggested that I paint a ton of portraits. My only challenge now is to figure out how to make them interesting and how to put my mark on this art form that has been done numerous times.
So, with luck, i go forward!

angelo asti makes beautiful portraits. but doesn't this lady look a little like Sargents lady agnew??? omg