Saturday, February 16, 2013

Egg basket



In the style of Delaporte: challenge # 35


There is a photo posted there ( here ) from the master Henry Horace Roland Delaporte.

Artists from all over use it as a reference to practice their medium of choice.

Since I am taking a class in acrylics, that seemed like a good choice.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

2nd class -- backgrounds



Well, the backgrounds are finished.

Can't wait till next week's class to see what we add to them!

(And Renate ... you are right, my favorite is still watercolor!)

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

My art room has been a guest room



My art has taken a back seat to family in the guest room --- an advantage of living in Florida while everyone else is up north. But yesterday I started an acrylic class with Meike Aton. You can see her work here ... 

Step one is to take a primed canvas and use gesso to create your background.  My tool was Meike's bent butter knife -- I have a feeling I will be raiding my silverware drawer!

 As we waited for the gesso to dry, we did color wheels with acrylic as watercolor , then a second color wheel where I gooped it on (is "gooped" a proper painting term?)

( Actually I am quite sure the gooping part was my own addition, but that paint just cries out for playing with the surface and texture. )


My purple did turn out a bit like a Michigan winter sky. Never quite gets dark at night, just growls.   Makes me happy once more to be in Florida!

Curiously, Meike suggests that we not wash our brushes between colors, but instead brush them off on a separate canvas which will at some point become a background for another painting. So far I am not seeing any form emerge, but it will be interesting to watch this process.

I see a trip to Michaels in my future as all my acrylic brushes and supplies are back in Michigan.  But joy of joy, the Walmart beachside carries painters canvas and gesso so I am good to start a couple more canvases.