Oil painting techniques are very important to master before the artist can be truely creative. It is a pleasure to see the develpoment of the paintings as well as the artists! Here are the latest student updates.
Debbie is working on her third ever painting and is creating great colors! Red is a hard color to keep pure and not go 'bubblegum' when white is added. Light bulb moment: The reflected light is actually giving off a BLUE light on the red petals!
Gerry is working on a commission of a family pet. This is his second painting after doing the first two required learning pieces. He has a photo that shows the details and shine of the black dog. He has since added more color to the cushion and eyes-the fur is very well done Gerry !
Anita is working on her own family portrait...this beautiful photo was taken by her husband a semi professional photographer among other things. Anita is finishing up the underpainting and dealing only with values. This will give her a strong foundation to apply color to- the darks will be darker, the lights will be more luminous.
Kasandra has discovered the joys of scrumbling; a beautiful blue was dry glazed over the grey/yellow ochre and white monchromatic resulting in very realistic water patterns. Finishing touches on the hair and a general look-over and Kasandra will have captured the childhood fun of her daughter!
Dorothy, our famous 'Queen of Tarts' has chosen her first oil painting scenery after a string of grandchild portraits! She's not afraid of anything! This is a big painting and Dorothy has to be careful in a stiff wind that she doesn't blow away! The monchromatic was in the grey tones and now she is getting around to the greens and using color therory. Her painting technique involves two to three layers of green... one dark, one medium amd one light.
Joan is putting on the finishing touches and by this week will have a rich chocolate brown/red background to showcase the Cala Lilly. The reds from her underpainting are peeking out throught the top oil paint layer of green and makes the colors very rich. A stunnning painting.
