Updates for the week

Wow, did this week go ever so quickly.  Students basically painted the week away!  Artists are doing a wealth of projects and learning a little technique at the same time.  This week, we focused in on mixing paint colors and figuring out how to make shades and tints.  It's a time consuming process, a lot of trial and error, but I think they've got it.  It's sometimes a magical experience, and sometimes a frustrating one.  Never-the-less, students should be ready to work on their own painting projects next week.  The theme:  Chaos vs. Order.

I can't wait to see the results.  In the meantime here are a view lovely examples of the week.  Great work artists! Keep it coming, it's amazing what you are doing!

Red Value Scale -- nice values!

This artist has already begun her Chaos vs. Order piece. 

The artist here, is really focusing on what they want.

Chaos vs. Order in one. I can't wait to see how the rest of this comes out.

This artist has a lot of different techniques going on:  Splatter, blending, hard edge.

The feeling of this seascape seems peaceful.  The yellow reflection on the bright blue water uses nice contrast.

Sometimes a focal point becomes extremely important.  See how the artist created a decorative sun in the middle of your paper to draw in the viewers?

A beautiful experimentation with color mixing.  It almost looks like icing.

More splatter.  Good values.

This artist has almost completed the practice painting.  We can already sense a mood because of the barren trees and ruby read sky.

Great practice applications of dry brush and splatter.  The bright yellow really contrasts with the coolness of the blue.

An artist at work!

Is there a theme with these seascapes?  Are we dreaming for warmer days full of sunshine at the beach?  I think so, we're all done with winter days around here.