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Tidbits: Yesterday a group of students and I met for lunch. It was a very nice time spent. Even though it hasn't been that long ago that most of us have seen each other, for me, it was like old home day. I was glad to see them, hear stories, see artwork, ask questions and learn news...with laughter. There is a lot to say about having a support group that not only is there for art feedback, but also for friendship. (I am sure there will be other luncheons). Thank you.
Take a Class...out of your comfort zone...
I have signed up for an art class. I feel every artist needs to take classes, especially those that pushes us out of our comfort zone. I am not a portrait painter, but that is the class I am going to be taking....so I am definitely going out of my comfort zone...way out there. The class is by Ted Nuttall. It will be for 5 days...9-4.
I have been practicing painting portraits...and by the looks of things, I am not a portrait painter and probably will never be one !!! Heaven help Ted Nuttall for having me as a student.
If by chance a magic wand gets passed over top of me and I can paint a few decent portraits, I will with the many compositions and subjects in my head that sprang up from the few I have practiced painting.
The below one is not finished. I haven't painted on it for about 2 weeks and I'm not sure I can finish it after this amount of time without it looking like 2 people have painted on it. Ted wants us to paint vertically with our watercolors, which isn't the way I paint with watercolors. Also, I am using Ted's color palette and I'm not use to those colors as my portrait colors...so those two things different for me has been interesting.
Get out there and do something that challenges you. Have Fun.
Tidbits: Yesterday a group of students and I met for lunch. It was a very nice time spent. Even though it hasn't been that long ago that most of us have seen each other, for me, it was like old home day. I was glad to see them, hear stories, see artwork, ask questions and learn news...with laughter. There is a lot to say about having a support group that not only is there for art feedback, but also for friendship. (I am sure there will be other luncheons). Thank you.
Take a Class...out of your comfort zone...
I have signed up for an art class. I feel every artist needs to take classes, especially those that pushes us out of our comfort zone. I am not a portrait painter, but that is the class I am going to be taking....so I am definitely going out of my comfort zone...way out there. The class is by Ted Nuttall. It will be for 5 days...9-4.
I have been practicing painting portraits...and by the looks of things, I am not a portrait painter and probably will never be one !!! Heaven help Ted Nuttall for having me as a student.
If by chance a magic wand gets passed over top of me and I can paint a few decent portraits, I will with the many compositions and subjects in my head that sprang up from the few I have practiced painting.
The below one is not finished. I haven't painted on it for about 2 weeks and I'm not sure I can finish it after this amount of time without it looking like 2 people have painted on it. Ted wants us to paint vertically with our watercolors, which isn't the way I paint with watercolors. Also, I am using Ted's color palette and I'm not use to those colors as my portrait colors...so those two things different for me has been interesting.
Get out there and do something that challenges you. Have Fun.
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