Dear Karen,
I am going to start my Master Class again in January. I am looking for a place this week. I'll let you know the details, and I'd like to let the rest of the group know also.
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. I was sick with food poisoning.
Love,
Betsy
Monday, December 6, 2010
Assignment #7
Assignment #7
From Betsy Dillard Stroud's book "Painting from the Inside Out" we will paint a daring acrylic design from page 20 demonstration: the yellow line "Eat your heart out, Picasso" exercise.
"Set up your crowded still life by choosing overlapping objects.
Draw shapes using Cadmium Lemon Yellow with a no. 12 round brush.
Start painting the cloth with a 1-inch flat brush transparently.
Move from one shape to the next by changing the color and/or value every time you come to the yellow line.
Add final glazes and review Betsy's critique questions on page 24."
From Betsy Dillard Stroud's book "Painting from the Inside Out" we will paint a daring acrylic design from page 20 demonstration: the yellow line "Eat your heart out, Picasso" exercise.
"Set up your crowded still life by choosing overlapping objects.
Draw shapes using Cadmium Lemon Yellow with a no. 12 round brush.
Start painting the cloth with a 1-inch flat brush transparently.
Move from one shape to the next by changing the color and/or value every time you come to the yellow line.
Add final glazes and review Betsy's critique questions on page 24."
Assignment #6
Assignment - #6
From Betsy Dillard Stroud"s book "The Artist's Muse" Karen Riehm took the three stacks of cards out and shuffeled - and happily drew the next 3 cards for our group assignments!! Karen gets to pick next time!!
#1 Windows of Opportunity Card #7:
"Make your painting a combination of transparent, translucent and opaque passages.
A transparent pigment allows you to see completely through it.
A translucent pigment has a opaque added to it, and of course opaque means you can't see through it al all."
and/or
#2 Doors of Awareness Card #14:
"Do an abstract painting of a subject, making it realistic enough so a viewer could identify the subject, yet keeping it ambiguous."
and/or
#3 Circles of Growth Card #17:
"Do an unlimited-palette painting. Use at least twelve pigments.
To finish the painting, glaze a transparent wash of one color over some or all of the painting to pull together the composition."
From Betsy Dillard Stroud"s book "The Artist's Muse" Karen Riehm took the three stacks of cards out and shuffeled - and happily drew the next 3 cards for our group assignments!! Karen gets to pick next time!!
#1 Windows of Opportunity Card #7:
"Make your painting a combination of transparent, translucent and opaque passages.
A transparent pigment allows you to see completely through it.
A translucent pigment has a opaque added to it, and of course opaque means you can't see through it al all."
and/or
#2 Doors of Awareness Card #14:
"Do an abstract painting of a subject, making it realistic enough so a viewer could identify the subject, yet keeping it ambiguous."
and/or
#3 Circles of Growth Card #17:
"Do an unlimited-palette painting. Use at least twelve pigments.
To finish the painting, glaze a transparent wash of one color over some or all of the painting to pull together the composition."
Assignment #5
Assignment - #5
From the book "The Artist's Muse" Joy Horowitz took the three stacks of cards out and shuffled - and happily drew the next 3 cards for our group assignments!! Joy gets to pick the next person to draw next month!!
#1 Windows of Opportunity Card #8:
"Create a layer of graffiti with pearlescent ink as a base.
Paint one transparent layer of paint, using either one color or a color scheme, over this.
Draw and paint your subject on top."
and/or
#2 Doors of Awareness Card #7:
"Do a totally nonobjective painting using only geometric shapes.
If you wish, add numbers."
and/or
#3 Circles of Growth Card #6:
"Choose one color from your palette and do a monochromatic painting using as many
varieties of that color as you wish.
If your choose Blue, for example, you could use Phthalo Blue,
Ultramarine Blue and Cerulean Blue.
As for black, white and gray, remember you can add any of them to your
pigments or use them alone to balance you composition."
From the book "The Artist's Muse" Joy Horowitz took the three stacks of cards out and shuffled - and happily drew the next 3 cards for our group assignments!! Joy gets to pick the next person to draw next month!!
#1 Windows of Opportunity Card #8:
"Create a layer of graffiti with pearlescent ink as a base.
Paint one transparent layer of paint, using either one color or a color scheme, over this.
Draw and paint your subject on top."
and/or
#2 Doors of Awareness Card #7:
"Do a totally nonobjective painting using only geometric shapes.
If you wish, add numbers."
and/or
#3 Circles of Growth Card #6:
"Choose one color from your palette and do a monochromatic painting using as many
varieties of that color as you wish.
If your choose Blue, for example, you could use Phthalo Blue,
Ultramarine Blue and Cerulean Blue.
As for black, white and gray, remember you can add any of them to your
pigments or use them alone to balance you composition."
Assignment #4
Assignment - #4
From the book "The Artist's Muse" Pat Beans took the three stacks of cards out and shuffeled -
and happily drew the next 3 cards for our group assignments!! Pat gets to pick the next person to draw next month!!
#1 Windows of Opportunity Card #15:
"Texture your paper with matte medium, gesso and gel medium.
Paint your subject over this layer or turn this piece into an abstract painting about texture"
and/or
#2 Doors of Awareness Card #13:
"Combine a tree, a word and a number or numbers.
Try to make the tree like no tree you've ever seen."
and/or
#3 Circles of Growth Card #23:
"Do a painting like Velasquez: Use Ivory Black, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna and a touch of Cobalt Blue."
From the book "The Artist's Muse" Pat Beans took the three stacks of cards out and shuffeled -
and happily drew the next 3 cards for our group assignments!! Pat gets to pick the next person to draw next month!!
#1 Windows of Opportunity Card #15:
"Texture your paper with matte medium, gesso and gel medium.
Paint your subject over this layer or turn this piece into an abstract painting about texture"
and/or
#2 Doors of Awareness Card #13:
"Combine a tree, a word and a number or numbers.
Try to make the tree like no tree you've ever seen."
and/or
#3 Circles of Growth Card #23:
"Do a painting like Velasquez: Use Ivory Black, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna and a touch of Cobalt Blue."
Assignment #3
Assignment - #3
From the book "The Artist's Muse" Liz Ramsey took the three stacks of cards out and shuffeled - and happily drew the next 3 cards for our group assignments!! Liz gets to pick the next person to draw next month!!
#1 Windows of Opportunity Card #19:
"Wet your paper thoroughly and draw freely with Caran D'Ache water-soluble crayons, Savoir Faire aquasticks, Cretacolor water-soluble pencils and any other drawing tools you wish. You may do this on wet or dry paper. Select your color scheme after this step, then draw and paint your subject over this agitated surface. Juxtapose flat neutral areas to offset colored areas."
and/or
#2 Doors of Awareness Card #25:
"Tear up and cut black, white and gray subjects from magazines and newspapers. Glue them onto a piece of mat board, leaving some of the mat board showing. Then translate the collage into a finished, full-color painting using a color scheme from the CIRCLE OF GROWTH deck."
and/or
#3 Circles of Growth Card #22:
"Use one fully saturated color, one dull color (neutralized with black or the color's complement) and one pale color."
From the book "The Artist's Muse" Liz Ramsey took the three stacks of cards out and shuffeled - and happily drew the next 3 cards for our group assignments!! Liz gets to pick the next person to draw next month!!
#1 Windows of Opportunity Card #19:
"Wet your paper thoroughly and draw freely with Caran D'Ache water-soluble crayons, Savoir Faire aquasticks, Cretacolor water-soluble pencils and any other drawing tools you wish. You may do this on wet or dry paper. Select your color scheme after this step, then draw and paint your subject over this agitated surface. Juxtapose flat neutral areas to offset colored areas."
and/or
#2 Doors of Awareness Card #25:
"Tear up and cut black, white and gray subjects from magazines and newspapers. Glue them onto a piece of mat board, leaving some of the mat board showing. Then translate the collage into a finished, full-color painting using a color scheme from the CIRCLE OF GROWTH deck."
and/or
#3 Circles of Growth Card #22:
"Use one fully saturated color, one dull color (neutralized with black or the color's complement) and one pale color."
Assignment #2
Assignment - #2
From the book "The Artist's Muse" Carole Hillsbery took the three stacks of cards out and shuffeled -
and happily drew the next 3 cards for our group assignments!! Carole gets to pick the next person to draw next month!!
#1 Windows of Opportunity Card #25:
"Coat your hot-pressed paper with a layer of Permanent White gouache that has the consistency of cream. Let it dry.
Paint over this with thick, almost undiluted watercolor. After it dries, lift out lights and areas using water and a tissue.
(Make sure you change tissues each time you blot.) Glaze over blotted areas or repaint them thickly."
and/or
#2 Doors of Awareness Card #18:
"Do a completely nonobjective painting using only brushstrokes and/or lines."
and/or
#3 Circles of Growth Card #14:
"Choose your favorite color and make a painting out of it. Use different values and hues of the same color.
Also incorporate the color you like the least or one you haven't tried before.
Reverse the process: Make the dominant color the pigment you like the least and add a smidgen of your favorite color."
From the book "The Artist's Muse" Carole Hillsbery took the three stacks of cards out and shuffeled -
and happily drew the next 3 cards for our group assignments!! Carole gets to pick the next person to draw next month!!
#1 Windows of Opportunity Card #25:
"Coat your hot-pressed paper with a layer of Permanent White gouache that has the consistency of cream. Let it dry.
Paint over this with thick, almost undiluted watercolor. After it dries, lift out lights and areas using water and a tissue.
(Make sure you change tissues each time you blot.) Glaze over blotted areas or repaint them thickly."
and/or
#2 Doors of Awareness Card #18:
"Do a completely nonobjective painting using only brushstrokes and/or lines."
and/or
#3 Circles of Growth Card #14:
"Choose your favorite color and make a painting out of it. Use different values and hues of the same color.
Also incorporate the color you like the least or one you haven't tried before.
Reverse the process: Make the dominant color the pigment you like the least and add a smidgen of your favorite color."
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