Last night the painting group at work met. They are instructed sessions with a demo in the beginning, then people work on their own stuff. There are some very good artists in the room. As always I LOVE seeing what everyone is working on.
The class is open to everyone here, but was specifically geared as stress reduction for journalists.
It's a wonderful concept. even though I do my own thing, I love listening to the teacher and I still always learn something, even if it is a new way of saying something, or saying something in a way I never thought of before.
Like clouds have sides. Which is true, they absolutely do, but I have never thought of them like that. Perspective, mass, edges, and form yes- but sides...! Now that will be in my head every time I paint clouds, and they will be better because of it.
People work from photos, but I don't want to do that. So last night I got some beautiful coral pink daisies and I painted them.
PITA was a pain in the ass and she lost the wood bit that holds the drawer in when she is closed.
I don't know how anyone takes these French easels outside.
I think the painting is 9x12. Oil of course.
It's a 2 hour study, and I don't care about it beyond that.
The class is open to everyone here, but was specifically geared as stress reduction for journalists.
It's a wonderful concept. even though I do my own thing, I love listening to the teacher and I still always learn something, even if it is a new way of saying something, or saying something in a way I never thought of before.
Like clouds have sides. Which is true, they absolutely do, but I have never thought of them like that. Perspective, mass, edges, and form yes- but sides...! Now that will be in my head every time I paint clouds, and they will be better because of it.
People work from photos, but I don't want to do that. So last night I got some beautiful coral pink daisies and I painted them.
PITA was a pain in the ass and she lost the wood bit that holds the drawer in when she is closed.
I don't know how anyone takes these French easels outside.
I think the painting is 9x12. Oil of course.
It's a 2 hour study, and I don't care about it beyond that.
I have a large empty drawer at my desk and I left the painting in there to dry.
My desk has a very subtle fragrance of oil paint now..... likely one of those things that I can detect but no one else can (I hope...)... in any case it will be gone by Monday. It is very faint so I'm not worried about it. And I'm running my air purifier. (The scent is not toxic, it is just the oil in the paint.)
These daisies look like they could be picked right off the canvas. Very NICE.
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