Caroline talked about creating a piece of art through assembling items with collage. She showed that you can use glue such as the basic PVA glue plastic tape or even clay to cover the basic shape. she also uses a thick card to make shapes as well as using bowls or even a balloon to … Read more
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‘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
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
Lost Edges in Paintings Using photographs from paintings by John Singer Sargent, Caroline showed the edges which melded into surrounding background colours. These lost edges create moods of mystery and creating distances. It makes images meld into the surrounding area. The surrounding hard edges will pop out bringing your attention to them. In Carolines demo … Read more
Caroline demonstrated how to use and get the most out of watercolour pencils. She picked quite a colourful portrait of an older lady. Looking carefully she decided which colour pencils were needed for the face, red being a strong colour and yellow a weaker one. Starting with the dark areas, she began to ‘layer’ the … Read more