Thursday, April 27, 2017

Intermediate Watercolor 4/27/17 Getting some distance

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Rule number one: Disobey all rules, except this one. The study of composition for painters is a territory littered with rules. We are cons...
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Beginning Watercolor Homework 4/26/18 Seeing Layers: The Role of Value

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Begin by making a value scale. A strip of 140# watercolor paper about 3" x 8" will work well. 1) Paint the whole str...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Beginning Homework 4/19/17 Seeing in Layers

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For this week's homework we'll use only two images. I'd like you to paint both of them. Start by identifying the major shapes. ...
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Intermediate Homework 4/19/17 Separating Shapes in Space

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It was really fun watching everyone paint this afternoon! A new batch of photos seemed to ignite our confidence. I get the idea that the won...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

Intermediate Watercolor Homework 4/13/17 Abstracting the landscape: Shape first, then NO texture

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Really. No texture. How important is the detail? Working from the notion that the best way to find out if something needs to be in the pi...
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Beginning Watercolor Homework 4/13/17 The sky in context

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The sky is a very forgiving subject. The variety of shapes and colors that can occur in the sky is so broad, you rarely need to correct what...
Friday, March 17, 2017

SAI and Intermediate Homework 3/15/17 Figure/Color

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We all made plenty of studies of the model on Wednesday that will serve well for an extension of figure work. Pick a couple to use for the p...