A cool and grey day greeted us today. Probably why we were small in number, but those of us who came, definitely came to paint. You'll notice that we had two themes going—faraway places and close-to-us people. Here, for instance, Ellen paints a rainy day in Paris. It certainly looks more inviting than the grey, rainy day outside our window.
Marva's back and, as always, can be relied on to take us on a virtual vacation with her incredible landscapes, like this one.
We love painting water, don't we? Tony paints a cold grey day on Lake Michigan. This elegantly simple seascape is very Monet-like in that this scene is obviously oft-observed and well-loved. The painting aims to show it in a particular weather condition—and succeeds admirably.
Susan revisits an old painting to add some of her new colors. This is a omnibus style painting commemorating Phillipine hero Dr. Jose Rizal's visit to America.... particularly Chicago. It includes clips from his diary and letters, historical scenes and information about Dr. Rizal. Zoom in and look closely.
Vivian continues our "people" theme. Based on her sketch of a life model, the painting contrasts flatly sculpted skin with wonderfully textured hair.
Elaine finishes her dual portrait. The sketchy background and clothing contrasts with the more closely painted faces, causing the eye to zero in on her subjects.
Sara is also painting a dual portrait. We love watching this come to life as she adds color, then takes it away, then adds more. The resulting layers of transparent color softly model the faces.
Ken's abstract is richly patterned and active. Notice how he uses the bits of blue to create focus against the golden background... or is it the foreground? It doesn't matter though, as our eyes keep moving back and forth.
Our newest addition, Carlina, is hardly a newbie, as you can see. We love her take on the beginning exercises, from the off-side plaid...
...to the triadic color wheel....
... to a stacked exploration of tints, tones, and shades.
And, as if that weren't enough, here are some of Carlina's prior works. She's painted primarily in acrylics, but we think she'll have no trouble moving to watercolors. Just look at the landscape and floral below
That's it for today! See you next week.
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