It's officially autumn! Between last week's cold snap, falling leaves and changing colors, there's no denying it. So we embraced it, as you can tell from our paintings. Even the light in Sara's summer garden seems to foreshadow the season to come.
Abla's landscape is unmistakably seasonal, with changing leaves and a crisp fall sky.
As is Ellen's golf course. The wet-in-wet technique is perfect for capturing the changing colors.
Hector is painting the season, too, but at a much closer scale. Here he examines a single leaf....
... and here's a lovely textural study of bark, using complimentary colors to great effect.
Mohammed's foreground flowers are beautifully delicate. They look like classical botanical illustrations, don't they?
From flowers to fruit, our next two paintings look like they were consciously designed as a diptych. Madeleine and Bill paint a pomegranate, both inside and out. The colors are a perfect match, too!
Susan continues the fruit diptych theme. Here, she makes good use of the fruits of her apple-picking outing.
And here is Susan's finished painting from last week, describing the aftermath of the typhoon in the Philippines, one year later. There are four stories of four towns, told in both words and pictures. This will be displayed in an exhibition at the University of Chicago later this month.
Kristen is back, with one of the cleverest takes on the color matching exercise we've seen. Look closely at the edges of the magazine pieces. She's imperceptibly extended the collage, with spot-on colors.
And that's not all. Here are more of Kristen's vivid color exercises, exploring complimentary colors both side-by-side and by blending.
Speaking of colors, we missed photographing Oscar's giant leaf and three-way fruit exercises. All of his paintings were distinguished by a skilled use of color, especially in the softly glowing shadows. We're hoping to get the photos next week—you'll really want to see them!
Still on the subject of color, Ken continues work on his cityscape series. And even the typically drab skyscrapers seem like they are changing colors, don't they?
Things are not what they appear in Vivian's latest painting, either. This lovely composition could be so many things—a mid-century modern fabric, stylized tomatoes, glowing orbs—but you'll never guess their humble origins. Keep watching to see what a real artist can see in gum-stippled table bottoms.
Even Elaine's stone and brick facade is full of color as the distinctive autumn light throws the carvings into high relief.
Artist of the Day. Surprisingly enough, there was none. Apparently, we were too busy painting and talking to remember to stock the library table. But stay tuned—there are still so many artists to read and talk about, we're sure the table won't be empty for long.
Our schedule. Doesn't it seem like we just got back from summer break? Well, we only have one more class before the end of the term. But there's good news, too! We won't be taking a break this time. We'll resume straightaway on October 25 with a new session, so you won't have a chance to miss us at all!
Finally, just a reminder that October is Artists Month in Chicago (and, for all we know, around the world). It seems quite appropriate, doesn't it? Like the season, artists add color and beauty to our world. So be sure to celebrate! Visit a gallery or museum, admire a painting, collect some art. Thank an artist for making your life a little more beautiful. And, most of all, go out and make some art of your own!
See you next week.
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