For the month of November I participated in classes with East coast artist Chris Kolupski ( see www.chriskolupski.com) . His pre-recorded video classes are separate projects sent out weekly throughout the month. At the end of each week there is a Zoom meet up where Chris reviews and critiques the pictures of our paintings we email to him. Classes are… Read more →
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Bargue class Finals September 2022
So they are about done with me… My last Bargue Plate is Homer and then my last assignment is doing a Black & White portrait photo. Here’s my completed Homer, mine on the right. Final project is not a Bargue plate but a photo of my choice. My final drawing is of my husband 🙂 So class completed 10/10/22 Wow… Read more →
Bargue Drawings July 2022
I am so excited to get my first full head Bargue drawing… it’s nice to be finally working on what I had made a goal to be working on. My goal with taking this class is to get more comfortable with including human forms in my paintings and I think I see the light at the end of the tunnel.… Read more →
What’s on my Easel… June 2022
I had started a large ( large for me) painting for some friends and their new house. I haven’t done a painting this size in years ( please don’t make me tell you how many ). It’s oil on canvas 18×24. Sure hope they are happy with it, they know I’m working on it for them. Read more →
Bargue Drawings June 2022
June has another profile but with much more texture. Middle of June I got my new assignment and found that that plate had two views of the same “mask” . So, this is the one not assigned and I’m now finishing the one assigned. The reason I wanted to do both is because I wanted to do both angles, they… Read more →
Bargue Class April 2022
Finally the reason I’m taking this class… I’m drawing a face! This plate is of Nero as a child. So April starts faces. 2nd assignment for April. This one had more shading to model the fave further. May’s assignment , I needed a month on this one I had too much going on. My new assignment will take a month… Read more →
Bargue Class 2022
My classes continue…. February…. This was my second February assignment , I called it “The Strong Arm” I had a hard time with the shading with this one and I have the same issue with my next assignment too. This assignment took me most of March…. it’s the shading I was struggling with. I also had set this up to… Read more →
What’s on my Easel Jan thru April 2022
Wow, 2022! And the month as flown by. Yep, I painted my favorite Starbucks cup . I call these Morning Coffee and Evening Coffee and I’m hanging them in my Kitchen. This cup was given to me by my little sister when Starbucks first got poplar and I have used it pretty much daily for years now. So it made… Read more →
What’s on my Easel in Nov & Dec
Been concentrating on 2 classes right now, my Bargue drawings (to improve my drawing & my eye for composition) and my oil painting on-line classes. The drawing classes are on Zoom every 2 weeks with New World School of Art & my painting is from websites DrawMixPaint.com with Mark Carder & You tube videos of Paul Foxton. It’s really been… Read more →
Bargue Classes 2021 Continued
Nov 15,2021 class – another foot and more extensive shading. My drawing is on the right. Nov 29th assignment. Not totally happy with this one, I only had 1 week instead of 2. I also am working on doing more “sight” sizing instead of relying on measuring. Dec 6th assignment, didn’t complete in 2 weeks. Finally finished Dec 24th. This… Read more →