Judy Alexander 
Emily Jolly took the class today and discussed color, how to describe it and the different ways to produce it. She stated that if you have six basic colors you could mix all other colors from this. The six basic colors are cad red hue,(warm) permanent rose,(cool) ultramarine, blue(warm), Windsor blue green hue(cool), CAD, yellow … Read more
Caroline started her discussion talking about different types of pens and how to approach line drawing with them. In discussing the pens we are referring to the different types of ink formulations that they use. Caroline talked more on fountain pens and dip pens but there are others such as ballpoint pens, gel pens, roller … Read more
Caroline Instructed us with layering effects while painting a Portrait. She stated that painting a portrait working dark to light and drawing out the face first was one of John Singer Sergeant techniques. She proceeded to mix the paints ahead of time. She doesn’t use Brown but uses hookers‘s green deep and yellow for a nice … Read more
Caroline started the class teaching the use of colored pencils. She stated that cheap inexpensive pencils do not work well when using colored pencils for a full picture. The best pencils have a high pigment content. You need to use a thick cartridge paper with tooth which can take the rubbing in that occurs using … Read more
Caroline‘s lecture today was on glazing. Glazing is the layering of transparent mediums in order to affect change in the color of the original piece. It was used during the renaissance, especially using sepia in up to 40 thin layers. Impressionist did not glaze. Carolyn stated that acrylic glazing mediums are used along with other … Read more
Water-based oils are a relatively recent development. In the past oils were made with and cleaned with turpentine and regular oils. Some artists had difficulty with the fumes from the solvents and thus the innovation of water-based oils was welcomed. Caroline mentioned that there were three water-based oil brands that she uses, although this is … Read more
the 2025 Dupont Art exhibition was a resounding success. We exceeded the football from previous years and sold 12 paintings along with over 450 pounds sold at our shop People kept saying that it was so difficult to choose a winner as the level of expertise of our members was exemplary. In spite of this, … Read more
Painting with Pallet Knives. Painting with pallet knives can give an interesting textural effect to your painting.The knives come in different shapes and sizes. There are short square ones which tend to be good for using on roofs and shingles shapes as well as various flowers and grasses. The smaller diamond shaped ones have the … Read more
Caroline chose a large sheet of water colour paper and liberally applied water to the surface, the subject was a beautiful forest scene with reflections in a lake. With a mid sized pointed brush, for the background the Quink was diluted and as it hit the paper burst into the damp surface, some of the … Read more
BRUSHES used in ART Caroline gave us an excellent education on various types of brushes used for art. She divided them into oil/acrylic/encaustic which use syththetic or hog brushes (encaustic) and the softer synthetic or synthetic/squirrel or Sable brushes for watercolour. Prior to starting she had a number of tips for us. Generally, watercolour brushes … Read more