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Charcoal Value Drawings

10/26/2022

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Observational Charcoal Drawing is one of the best ways to improve your accuracy and add to your understanding of value. 

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Painterly Pastel Pears

10/26/2022

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I enjoyed sharing my love of pastels with the Teen and Adult students this week.
I started each class with a demonstration.

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Drawing Birds

10/26/2022

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The Elementary Art class had a great time learning how to draw birds.

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Composition for Artist

10/26/2022

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Composition is the design of your painting. In the end, it is another tool you can use to convey your ideas. I was working with an art instructor once who told me to make sure that my dominant vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines all meet at my focal point. That is composition in its simplest form.   And I am a firm believer in following your instincts, but the following is some information on the technical side of the composition.   DaVinci was a firm believer in the math behind the composition, and who am I to question DaVinci?

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Charcoal and Pastel Value Animals

10/24/2022

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The Elementary Art Students really impressed me with their Animal Value Drawings this week. This was the most challenging lesson, combining what we had learned this month.    

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Beginners Oil Painting Supply List

10/22/2022

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Oil painting supplies can be expensive, but the quality can directly impact your work. For example, you can purchase a student pack of paintbrushes and frustrate yourself because you cannot produce the mark you want. Or you can invest in one or two good paintbrushes that you take excellent care of; they will produce for you continuously. The same goes for inexpensive painting surfaces – unless you apply an additional level of gesso, the inexpensive ones will soak up your paint.  


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O'KEEFFE INSPIRED PASTELS

10/14/2022

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The Elementary Art Students created O'Keeffe inspired pastel paintings.

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    Jamie Lightfoot is an oil painter and owner of Picket Fence Art Studio.

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