Warm days in the studio for some beginnings

When the allure of the pool and the guilt of the weeds aren't keeping me elsewhere . . .

Still working on this one, but have now started some more . . .

 The somewhat overdue wedding present . . . enjoying the light and shadow of this dusk at Glenelg and trying not to make it too cheesy . . .

 And the beginnings of a bit of a collection I think of adolescence/adolescents: I'm wanting to play around a bit with the paradox of confidence and diffidence that seems to make this age so awkward and so exciting.  I do like the opposites in portrait composition I think for these adolescent pieces, either completely 'straight up', staring out at the viewer, or almost completely hidden/looking/walking away (these I'll be playing with next I think).