The weeks fly by and the assignments pile up. As I work on the final assignment, I’m trying to understand what I’ve gotten out of this workshop. For me, with an illustrator background and spending more recent years enjoying the rush of plein air – I see how too readily I make compromises to meet a deadlineContinue reading “More assignments from 13 Problems”
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Another week, another assignment
Drapery, knife only, minimum size 16×20, using no more than 6 color tones and simplify! (and the 2 darkest areas aren’t quite so black in reality.) I’m thinking about pursuing an intentionally wrong color.
13 Problems
I jumped at the chance to take a 13 week painting workshop with Boston’s one and only George Nick this winter and am now halfway through the program. Nick, who turns 90 next year, spent many years teaching painting at Mass Art and taught my painting teachers. He studied with Edwin Dickinson. It was timeContinue reading “13 Problems”
Clementines in Gouache
Happy Holidays to all
Holiday Art Fairs and StoveFactory Open Studios
Beacon Hill Holiday Fine Art and Craft Sale: November 19 & 20, 10am – 5pm at Hill House Firehouse on Mt Vernon St off Charles St. Beacon Hill MA wintercraftflyer2016: December 1 & 2, 9am – 5pm, Winter Arts & Crafts Fair, MIT Charlestown Open Studios: December 3 & 4, at StoveFactory Studios, 523 Medford St.Continue reading “Holiday Art Fairs and StoveFactory Open Studios”
Annual autumnal still life
Thanks Eve for the gourds. It’s transitioning time from landscape to still life. 6×6 oil on linen
Another bit of Vermont
Gouache on paper/painting before snacking.
Vermont Doodles
It’s been a restorative long weekend with fresh air and apples just off the tree. Even a surprise visit from Phil’s Vancouver sis but the oils never made it out of the car. I did doodle with gouache. This is Alfie.
