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| Water on the Move, pastel, 11x14, workshop demo |
This past week I taught a new workshop I’ve developed called Up, Down & Around: Painting Skies, Water & Trees. I was real happy
with the format, and it was well received by a very enthusiastic group of
artists at SageBrushers Art Society in Bend, OR!
Following below are progression shots of some of my “warm up”
paintings that I did just prior to the workshop. For the actual demos painted
in the workshop, I talked through each step, addressing the why and how for
each step.
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| Clouds Dancing Over the High Desert, 8x10, oil |
For skies, comparing values at the base of dark clouds to values on the ground is critical (photos don’t usually give accurate information for this area!), as is comparing cloud edges to edges elsewhere in the landscape.
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| Power and Poetry on the Deschutes, 8x10, oil |
For water, paying close attention to color temperature shifts
between sky reflections on top of the water and what lies beneath, contributes to
a genuine capture of translucency and reflective light.
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| Sunlit Discombobulation, 8x10, pastel |
For trees, starting with the big shape without over-defining
edges (keep ‘em loose and vague!) and carving out negative space later is
important if you want to avoid a “stiff” tree.
I’ll be teaching this same workshop again this November in
Bridgewater, NJ (see below) and may also teach it at more venues in the future.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:
Landgrove, VT - 4-day PASTEL/OIL workshop (studio with some plein air, weather permitting)
Oct. 16, 17, 18 & 19, 2017 (Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs)
"Painting the Poetic Landscape"
InView Center for the Arts at the Landgrove Inn
132 Landgrove Road, Landgrove, VT 05148
Contact: Tom Checchia, vtinn@sover.net, 802-824-6673
$480
Bridgewater, NJ - 3-day PASTEL/OIL workshop
Nov. 3, 4 & 5, 2017 (Fri/Sat/Sun)
"Up, Down & Around: Painting Skies, Water & Trees"
York Art Studio
350 Grove St. #4, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
yorkartstudio@gmail.com
908-392-0998
$400
Contact: Barbara Jaenicke, barbarajaenicke@msn.com
Dahlonega, GA - 3-day PASTEL/OIL workshop
Jan. 25-27, 2018
"Landscape & Light"
The Art Loft
Contact: Anita Elder, aelder1@windstream.net, 706-429-6008
$485
Fresno, CA - 3-day PASTEL/OIL workshop
Feb. 15-17, 2018
"Composition Boot Camp"
A Sense of Place Fine Art Gallery
Contact: Ginny Burdick, gburdick@sti.net, 559-392-6775
$375
There's more!!! ... For FULL WORKSHOP SCHEDULE, go to www.barbarajaenicke.com.
My INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS are available at www.paintingthepoeticlandscape.com.
