ART CLASS OAKRUN APRIL 27TH

YES I AM PROUD  OF  THESE  STUDENTS. I AM PROUD THAT  WAS  ABLE TO CHOOSE  SOMETHING THEY WANTED  TO DO AND   WERE  ABLE  TO ACHIEVE WHAT  THEY HAVE  .

I WILL PROBABLY BEABLE TO FINISH THIS  TOMORROW. THIS  IS  PASTEL .

PALETTE  KNIFE  IN ACRYLIC  OR  OIL IS  REALLY  TEMPTING ME. YET  I SO ENJOYED  WHAT  I WAS  ABLE  TO DO  WITH THE   OIL  AND THE  GERNIUMS.

MONDAY 26TH OF MAY

OVER  24  HOURS  WITHOUT  INTERNET. I AM WAY TOO ADDICTED  TO THIS  THING CALLED  INTERNET MAIL  AND  INFORMATION ABILITY.

IT  WAS A  MODEM... PROBLEM ... THE  CABLE  PEOPLE  CAME AND  FIXED THE  PROBLEM.

I DID  CLEAN  HOUSE AND   DRAW  ALOT  YESTERDAY.

BUT I ALSO PAINTED . THIS  IS  AN OIL  ON BOARD.  PLUS  I STARTED   ONE  IN PALETTE  KNIFE.  IT  IS  FOR A  CLASS TOMORROW. THE  IDEA  OF THE  LESSON IS  THA T SHAPE...THAT  OBJECTS  MAKE  THAT  TELLS  THE  VIEWER WHAT  OBJECT THE ARTIST   IS   TRYING  TO DEPICT. I CALL IT  THE  CALLIGRAPHY  THAT  OBJECTS  MAKES.

FRIDAY APRIL 23

I AM TO ENTER  THREE PAINTINGS IN THE  UPCOMING  OAG . I WOULD  LIKE TO ENTER  THIS  ONE  AS  WELL AS  AS THIS  ONE.

I DO LIKE  COLOR.

FRAMING  WILL BE  SUCH A  CHALLENGE.

WED . CHOICES

CHOICES  TODAY.

I GOT  SO MUCH DONE  YESTERDAY.  FROM THE  CAR  TO THE  DOCTOR  AND  EVEN TAUGHT  AN ART  CLASS.  OAKRUN  ARTCLASS  PRODUCED  SOME  NICE  PAINTINGS. MOST STUDENTS WERE  PAINTING WITH  PASTEL.

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MY DEMONSTRATION WAS  ABOUT DARK, MIDTONE, AND  LIGHT ,,,LARGE  SHAPES  ,,,, THEN REFINING WITH  LIGHT.

YESTERDAY  AFTERNOON, I ENDED  MY DAY PAINTING  MORE  ON THIS ACRYLIC PALETTE  KNIFE.

I WILL TEACH A  PALETTE  KNIFE  PAINTING CLASS  IN AUGUST  AT THE  MASTER  THE  POSSIBILITIES  CLASS ROOM

TO BE  TRUTHFUL, I AM COPYING  A  PAINTING BY ANOTHER  ARTIST,

I AM QUITE  TAKEN  WITH Barbara JASKIEWICZ-SOCEWICZ  PAINTINGSI NEVER  COPY POINT BY POINT.. BUT  HER  COMPOSITION IS  ESSENTIALLY THIS. I LOVE  HER  PALETTE KNIFE  PEOPLE. AND  I PLAN TO TRY MY OWN  PHOTOS.I SEE IN THIS  RENDERING, THAT  I NEED TO TONE  DOWN THE  FLOERS  IN THE  BACKGROUND AS  WELL AS  MAKE  THE  VASES  SMALLER.

TUESDAY APRIL 20

THIS  WILL BE  MY DEMONSTRATION THIS  WEEK AT  OAKRUN. I AM DOING THIS  ON A PIECE  OF  WALLACE  PAPER THAT I USED  IN ANOTHER  PICTURE  I DECIDED  I DID NOT  LIKE. IT  WAS  A  COURT  HOUSE ... HENCE  THE  STRANGE  OBJECT  .

NAME  OF THIS  PAINTING????... HMM HELP...

WRITE  TO DROSTY@AOL.COM  WITH  YOUR  SUGGESTION.

SUNDAY

PASTEL PORTRAIT CLASS  AT THE  MASTER THE  POSSIBILITIES  

GOD  JOB , ARLEEN

MARCELLA  GOT THE  EYES  AND THE  AHHHS!!!

RICHARD LEWIS THE  THIRD... PENCIL DRAWINGS  FOR  NEXT  CLASS AT  MTP.

PORTRAIT PAINTING CLASS

I WANTED  TO PUT   ANOTHER  STUDEN'S  WORK  ON MY BLOG PAGE.

THE  STUDENTS  WERE  GIVEN BLACK SAND  PAPER VERY FINE GRIT. THE  MAIN PART  OF THE LESSON DELT  WITH  CREATING  THE  ROUNDMESS OF THE  FACE USING  COLOR.  THE  CLOSEST AREA IS THE  LIGHTEST. DEEPER DARKER  COLORS   PUSH AWAY FROM THE  VIEWER.

THURSDAY PORTRAIT CLASS MTP OTOW

I ASSIGNED STUDENTS TO TRY TO  GET A LIKENESS OF  TOM SELLECK.  MY REASON  IS THAT  HE  SEEMS TO  HAVE  SUCH RECOGNIZABLE   FEATURESS. 

ONE MORE

COMPLETED  PAINTING

APRIL 13 OAKRUN DEMONSTRATION

THIS PAINTING  WAS  DRAWN ON A  LUAN  PLYWOOD  BOARD GESSO COVERED AND  SANDED  . I DREW THE  PICTURE  WITH  CONTE PASTEL PENCIL. I "FIXED" THE  DRAWING  WITH  SPRAY. AND  THEN BEGAN TO BRUSH IN THE  DARKS  WITH  BURNT UMBER. I PAINTED THE  SKIN AND  ARMS WITH  A  BRUSH.  THEN , WITH A  PALETTE  KNIFE  I STARTED THE  DARK GREENS   IN THE BACKGROUND , FOLLOWED  BY THE  FLOWERS. TOMORROW  , I WILL WORK  ON  THE  NEXT  PHASE.

JUDY  FROM OAKRUN PAINTED THIS  TODAY,

ART THIS MONTH

YES  , THIS  IS  A MILK CAN.. I  HAD  A  GOOD  TIME  TAKING  MY PHOTOS  TO PAINT  THIS  FLORIDA  SCENE OF  BEACH  AND  BIRDS. THIS  IS  FOR  KATHY AND  LUKE  MULLEN.