Finally I can give you a little taste of the Colin Page workshop I attended. I actually couldn't put in to words why I signed up but it was just the rejuvenating experience I hoped it would be. During the two weeks we were in Maine I painted 27 pieces.....most, however, were small 5x7 studies, some I'm sharing today. Quite a few I took photos of and then erased as I needed the painting boards.
Day One was value study so we did black and white landscape pieces. The one above was about 6x10. Monochromatic paintings are far more interesting, I think, than you would expect them to be. There is a painter in Seattle that wanders the streets painting Burnt Umber scenes that are knockouts. Sometimes he'll add just a note or two of color to add a bit of a zing.....it works.
Day Two, dodging the raindrops, we focused on quick broadly stated color studies with very limited detail as you see below.
On the Third Day the task was to push color as far as we felt comfortable.....OK, now we're talking....this is where I live:
Four studies were done on one 11x14 board, like something I used to do. When first learning about painting I would take 1/2 inch masking tape and section a 20x24 canvas into 12 smaller areas and commit to painting all twelve in one day. The best part was taking off the tape at the end of the day and seeing all those vignettes of the previous few hours. Like little simplified photos.
Tomorrow I'll post some paintings I did after the workshop ended.
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