Art Bits : still life

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It is for me to keep in touch with my students and all others who create art and/or enjoy art....any medium.

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Showing posts with label still life. Show all posts

Monday, February 17, 2014

Views:...total 3,448....This week the views were from.....USA, Russia and China.

Note: Below are the paintings the Intermediate class did from their challenge photo. Aren't they impressive??!!! Just look at those reflections!!
They could use any medium, size, technique, composition or whatever !!

(Sorry...I had to crop several painting, as we hung them to display with blue tape and I needed to crop out the tape).

Original challenge photo

Rodney:

Acrylic

Doral:

Acrylic

Colette:

Watercolor

Watercolor & Ink

Kathy:

Watercolor

Diana:

Watercolor

Mary:

Watercolor

Maurean:

Watercolor

Pam:

Watercolor

John:

Watercolor

Alida:

Watercolor

Friday, February 1, 2013

Blog Views: US, Poland, Australia and South Korea.

Artwork: Two artist students...Liz and Colette... have offered their paintings for you to enjoy.

Colette:

Liz:

I offered each of my Intermediate artist/students to see if they could incorporate two objects into their artwork...a gold and silver Josh paper and a Chinese New Year Money Envelop. This one is Liz's mix-media.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Quote: "If Not Now...When?" (unknown).

Student Art:

Byrnie:
Brynie has another great painting for Show and Tell. This was done by observing the actual
artichoke .

Thanks !

Monday, October 1, 2012

Art Challenge:

Byrnie Bakly: This lady is a wonder, has had art in her life for many years and keeps the class in stitches. Her art challenge was to paint, draw and study the many positions she arranged her mannequin.

This is a watercolor still life by Byrnie. Thanks for sharing.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Art Challenge:

Karen Simpson: Karen's art challenge subject was a still life. Even though she had more for me to photo, she choose this very special pastel still life to share. She usually works in watercolor and acrylic, but her pastel is great.

I was impressed with her choice of having an avocado as a member of her still life. It's rough texture blended great with the smooth texture of the other fruit.
Thanks, Karen, for sharing.

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Welcome !!

Below are challenges my classes have done. Check out our results. If you find you need encouragement to do a challenge....try them. Good luck.

Check out the blog to see the results from the challenges.

New Art Challenge:

Copy Someones Artwork: Find an artist's artwork painted in the medium you use, and copy it as closely as you can. Great for observation, color mixing, values, composition, brush stokes etc. These copied paintings are for educational purposes only...you can not sign it, show it, sale it or giveaway saying it was your painting.

Complementary Color Scheme. There are five, but our class choose the complementary colors of blue and orange.

Balance.....no limits to what you decide on...you can stack objects, things, colors etc as your subject....with their balance about ready to tumble. Any media.

(Just suggestions:...coffee cups off balance about ready to tumble, books, balls etc).

Put those thinking caps on.

Repeat Object

The challenge is to choose an object or idea and paint it everyday. Ideas were...a flower, an animal. still life, trees, lemon, buildings etc. Here are some thoughts:

* A quick study...maybe only 30 min...whatever you have time for.

* Painting small....gives freedom to experiment more, takes less time and uses less supplies.

* Paint often...greatly improves your ability and keeps you involved.

* Mix it up. One time paint it in watercolor...next time maybe draw it...next time mix media ???

* Keep your work area available...so what if your art supplies take up your dinning room table !

* Keep yourself on track...a routine. Try to paint everyday or maybe every Tuesday or at night. It is so easy to let yourself down by making excuses. Just do it...but don't kick yourself if all of your good

intentions don't work out...you will only further sabotage yourself.

* Save all of your artwork...they will teach you more each time you view them. View them often, or hang on a wall you see often and view for a few weeks. You will be surprised how much better it looks than you thought or you'll see what to change so it will look more like you want.

*Enjoy.

*Contribute to this blog...student of mine or not. All are welcome....any medium.

*Email me your thoughts, ideas and photos of your artwork and I will post on this blog.

Quiz: Some of the quiz questions come from the art store, Central Art Supply, in Medford, Oregon. Thank you.