tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18699377939751215652024-03-13T09:54:03.577-07:00Darrell Anderson's Paintings, Marker Drawings and PrintsDarrell Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11650340945479354744noreply@blogger.comBlogger466125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-63464658445504857832022-08-17T14:28:00.003-07:002022-08-22T12:20:37.596-07:00So What Can You Do With 3 Colors?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30MPjFmgvv4ezux4G61GxEd1DZIDrcim1LyMArqt0aHNz-UHMvPp4aKpaAWNrEFvDtYxD58gql5kU08RLinuqIJlDlBFEJinS5HafukDnhrOWOp8eUy-2bivPU5lEdNS6y84nnFRMUYbqP6SkFJVXzYwGUDfdHFj6QxvyZIFLCudhL5OmdOBiOAUg/s3972/IMG_2187.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="3972" data-original-width="1908" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30MPjFmgvv4ezux4G61GxEd1DZIDrcim1LyMArqt0aHNz-UHMvPp4aKpaAWNrEFvDtYxD58gql5kU08RLinuqIJlDlBFEJinS5HafukDnhrOWOp8eUy-2bivPU5lEdNS6y84nnFRMUYbqP6SkFJVXzYwGUDfdHFj6QxvyZIFLCudhL5OmdOBiOAUg/w285-h592/IMG_2187.heic" width="285" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">The Freedom Of Limitations.</span><p></p><div><span> Having once painted with 16 to 20 different oil colors on my palette and adhering to the belief that that was the best and only way to adequately mix color, for some reason I don't remember when or why I began to reduce the number of hues. Soon I was down to five and, for the last couple of years, down to three. Scott Christensen, Dawn Whitelaw, Tim Deibler, and James Richards, among others, influenced the move to a limited palette. </span><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>But does a limited palette mean limited choices? Once I would have said yes but now I'm convinced the initial idea of that meaning fewer choices is exactly the opposite. The false idea of limitation leads, in practice, to more creative and careful uses of what is available....maybe even more choice. Less is more and all that.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>So I went to the paint store the other day and tried to find color samples that would confound and confuse those three colors. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>My 'palette' was a piece of grocery sack colored card stock coated with warm toned shellac, two coats on each side. It's what I often sketch on. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>My colors are Titanium white, Cad </span>Yellow Light, Pyrol Red, and Thalo blue (red shade). The first two I use regularly but the blue can be Ultramarine blue, Prussian blue, Thalo blue or Paynes gray depending on the subject, the light or my whimsey.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I decided on a challenge. I went to the paint store and picked up samples that I thought might be fun. I brought home 21 colors to see if, using that short palette, I could match those paint chips. Here are the results:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWT5A3NSaDUMO64lNKWnlXRbXNr3b8n-IxfomXivgN7HDmDUwGV1WWDiikyv3iAt13xltRWM0TNWaPXlOU07Xyb6oJ8d2qsU0n-Z2XH0ioWpjknXxwfHz9edLWpnk_6oBKAFP5ZekBKawUXW6kbRbE2wIkiBZC-3JcgNNq5Y8H5FLJ4V0jax3PPOQ/s3024/IMG_2184.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2946" data-original-width="3024" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWT5A3NSaDUMO64lNKWnlXRbXNr3b8n-IxfomXivgN7HDmDUwGV1WWDiikyv3iAt13xltRWM0TNWaPXlOU07Xyb6oJ8d2qsU0n-Z2XH0ioWpjknXxwfHz9edLWpnk_6oBKAFP5ZekBKawUXW6kbRbE2wIkiBZC-3JcgNNq5Y8H5FLJ4V0jax3PPOQ/w373-h364/IMG_2184.heic" width="373" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The First Batch<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGqMkWhnD7VbYQwaemvLnVgknEPkOC2Hk31rIfKfN4t9mL_tW4pS53V-qxL8GRVwyGoMMqVVA2XXrmfm9hWWs7m2nvbHD1uo5IdKmJjCVhxu9_7EGl6Hqxe_GKjdQ7VVXIPoy7WKcOIi2HJDYys5ETECxjT5wnGccejrpqVzHFP3SPL7_CvfIS6b5/s3508/IMG_2185%202.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3508" data-original-width="3024" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGqMkWhnD7VbYQwaemvLnVgknEPkOC2Hk31rIfKfN4t9mL_tW4pS53V-qxL8GRVwyGoMMqVVA2XXrmfm9hWWs7m2nvbHD1uo5IdKmJjCVhxu9_7EGl6Hqxe_GKjdQ7VVXIPoy7WKcOIi2HJDYys5ETECxjT5wnGccejrpqVzHFP3SPL7_CvfIS6b5/w340-h394/IMG_2185%202.heic" width="340" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Second Batch<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><b><span style="color: #741b47;">The short of it is that matches were easy to get. </span></b> Some were eleven attempts and some were two but I always got there, and it didn't take much time. (If you are looking for the exact matches they are hard to see from the photos. The reflection off the paint changes things, but the matches are there.) <div><br /></div><div>Like when I go out painting, the first thing I did was to squeeze out the primaries and then mix the secondaries. On the pic of my paper palette above you can see the primaries, secondaries and my mixing attempts. I have tried it both ways when painting and having the mixed secondaries there always makes the final paintings go faster, plus they feel more interesting and colorful compared to mixing color as I go. </div><div><br /></div><div>Perhaps that speaks to having a broader palette in the first place yet mixing all hues from the primaries lets the colors sit together so much better. It's like having a party where everyone likes each other in the first place ... Avoids so many squabbles and disagreements.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for being here. I'll be back with some samples of work I've done with only 3 colors...</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div>Darrell Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11650340945479354744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-76248677318817926862022-04-25T08:33:00.002-07:002022-04-25T17:22:27.768-07:00'Gouache on the Fly' Demos<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEWuKrF7vsZuXs-n90GVRr-eZFec4MDPiDdi3v1r3a-LhRO40JnAalL_SLfsYwv1UIvwziH2XLKaARk1kVG_fGt2rIG2Ie20_p1HPMh3Ga-LYSUQJCi9ezAuUPU_aoPN2N0yXAWxqY8Qrntd-6CJa8tEdqqs9tzXFmpvnvD2nRXMaqYWX89XQpW2H/s2171/Page%20cover%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2171" data-original-width="1609" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEWuKrF7vsZuXs-n90GVRr-eZFec4MDPiDdi3v1r3a-LhRO40JnAalL_SLfsYwv1UIvwziH2XLKaARk1kVG_fGt2rIG2Ie20_p1HPMh3Ga-LYSUQJCi9ezAuUPU_aoPN2N0yXAWxqY8Qrntd-6CJa8tEdqqs9tzXFmpvnvD2nRXMaqYWX89XQpW2H/w474-h640/Page%20cover%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" width="474" /></a></div><p><br /></p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Last week we ended....</span></b><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> ...Gouache on the Fly</b>, my course in using watercolor instead of gouache to fill a very portable sketchbook. True, we also used white gouache and a little black, but most of the paintings were done using tubed watercolor like it was oil paint. We had a great time exploring this approach and here are the demos I did for those in the class but I thought you might enjoy them also. This is my third sketchbook done this way and I'm still enjoying the processs. Below are full page (8.5x11 inch) scans that begin in value studies and move on to full color.</span><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiII5I6ONY8SaBJAd-akVYZ_UNoGFh4r2TDecOZpA-0wLJheO4cKIL-D64swh8d7Sj-J49a9RcDVESjPcvx0Td0h4oidsYv1j3Upqf1otOiVLt_te42N0IsMUiagOVp423Oa3xZSsEqzbQq6lblHx1bbT95zip1v5fLOUaO6P-4EcFWTT6ExZouOdis/s2137/Page%201%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="1582" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiII5I6ONY8SaBJAd-akVYZ_UNoGFh4r2TDecOZpA-0wLJheO4cKIL-D64swh8d7Sj-J49a9RcDVESjPcvx0Td0h4oidsYv1j3Upqf1otOiVLt_te42N0IsMUiagOVp423Oa3xZSsEqzbQq6lblHx1bbT95zip1v5fLOUaO6P-4EcFWTT6ExZouOdis/w474-h640/Page%201%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" width="474" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXB2z-djt3smIeG7avSsp05n13iN0CEUl9mQXZEMfIhQJSWULUbprnvDf7InjILGywN6vsYGBaprcNpNkFPbsQ19ZJ2Rq3l9DsvE5JnYyp9GSFmfbNmFnFhzSaBU6j0qsZONylWV5UP_0ejuo87LwKRj066ZWP85CxY56NaTTQrZZdUHua-qm0--H/s2137/Page%202%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="1582" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXB2z-djt3smIeG7avSsp05n13iN0CEUl9mQXZEMfIhQJSWULUbprnvDf7InjILGywN6vsYGBaprcNpNkFPbsQ19ZJ2Rq3l9DsvE5JnYyp9GSFmfbNmFnFhzSaBU6j0qsZONylWV5UP_0ejuo87LwKRj066ZWP85CxY56NaTTQrZZdUHua-qm0--H/w474-h640/Page%202%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" width="474" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZgMoP5qlnuIIAIdDZR3gJhiAKkcYVzSxaFJNTYQiltnizTe9KslfvlefWQ2sB9NeJyxnc_w853oes197VnZ1kO9Im36-CwKgz4eL8DcPNhKT902WTzlkCKoK-AKxoRI7ff0PKl4Tm3dmlK1-Am3IrtEq6v776eyuYY5Anxkl7ZptoCZDp1wbQ-wM/s2137/Page%203%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="1581" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZgMoP5qlnuIIAIdDZR3gJhiAKkcYVzSxaFJNTYQiltnizTe9KslfvlefWQ2sB9NeJyxnc_w853oes197VnZ1kO9Im36-CwKgz4eL8DcPNhKT902WTzlkCKoK-AKxoRI7ff0PKl4Tm3dmlK1-Am3IrtEq6v776eyuYY5Anxkl7ZptoCZDp1wbQ-wM/w474-h640/Page%203%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" width="474" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2R7cEyc1-8dJ4QE4GWXGIpXxt6BXD85sE7ceD1_lQ5zZn1O1k-8fTR8ffRW3EltVFyBmBxfdl0tuwFKENyw2B1NkTLYYd5AOU6aSHB_bS2BtD2TKe5sVK9c6PGbBUU0GV54yR6xhVk_p7B7jynQmttxcny1N6twj59H4bezEdnZvWMbyTmF1if_el/s2137/Page%204%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="2137" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2R7cEyc1-8dJ4QE4GWXGIpXxt6BXD85sE7ceD1_lQ5zZn1O1k-8fTR8ffRW3EltVFyBmBxfdl0tuwFKENyw2B1NkTLYYd5AOU6aSHB_bS2BtD2TKe5sVK9c6PGbBUU0GV54yR6xhVk_p7B7jynQmttxcny1N6twj59H4bezEdnZvWMbyTmF1if_el/w640-h474/Page%204%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Black and white gouache and one from a mix of two complements. There is some unintentional green on one rock on the vertical piece which was an accident.</span></div></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cVVe7gmow7ElJ5H9Jo7P1F9txJQ4aw1wyBFfgPn1u0OaHjOd-Y31bR_Xq8z-y8M9o4WhgnODaNcS4Jxz1tryKqBfE-gm8058DEkqGxVq81x2pARD-KmEHrEIpmYcrJCvkZWfBOA_Xbe_SvJz-7iWQGM66lE2FhYpG6IM4JUYFI9gRDO5eoomCR5p/s2137/Page%205%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="1582" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cVVe7gmow7ElJ5H9Jo7P1F9txJQ4aw1wyBFfgPn1u0OaHjOd-Y31bR_Xq8z-y8M9o4WhgnODaNcS4Jxz1tryKqBfE-gm8058DEkqGxVq81x2pARD-KmEHrEIpmYcrJCvkZWfBOA_Xbe_SvJz-7iWQGM66lE2FhYpG6IM4JUYFI9gRDO5eoomCR5p/w474-h640/Page%205%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" width="474" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The top one of the bridge is on a piece of watercolor paper; the bottom one is right on the sketchbook paper and is a value study done in a warm and cool color but not representative of the color in the scene, just the values.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvG-fEkjdyRnYTuV_YBX0wq0pZIMnewjJ846SHIYboZpYKV598I2jRC2Bitdn2y1k82cheT0xXipWSj5wZ0yqZikwo8FFWoXTpcG-oVZIi1yw-ZnXcfVDPDZyGzpjsUPAmbi8Ob5y3-sG8lGQVkiJOW4f-AXjlacbCYQjX7tqpF3f2tlcAMtPltzn/s2137/Page%206%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="1576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvG-fEkjdyRnYTuV_YBX0wq0pZIMnewjJ846SHIYboZpYKV598I2jRC2Bitdn2y1k82cheT0xXipWSj5wZ0yqZikwo8FFWoXTpcG-oVZIi1yw-ZnXcfVDPDZyGzpjsUPAmbi8Ob5y3-sG8lGQVkiJOW4f-AXjlacbCYQjX7tqpF3f2tlcAMtPltzn/w472-h640/Page%206%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehjgnt-0htvZ4CG_Op7iaii8E70hClVgi3BtOjU036Rvxzr261tz0vMaVC3fFxww-WDav7ImvOcHAYPKK4scPKHMwL-OY2TQT5MFPoQlAVuYEFe-D8OCHP7j8jw5pr8ZiVDoFqutnybdBtB1eeU_bV266jWDxm27G1M81uAugbZSu0peckMUpdGr_/s2137/Page%207%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="1576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehjgnt-0htvZ4CG_Op7iaii8E70hClVgi3BtOjU036Rvxzr261tz0vMaVC3fFxww-WDav7ImvOcHAYPKK4scPKHMwL-OY2TQT5MFPoQlAVuYEFe-D8OCHP7j8jw5pr8ZiVDoFqutnybdBtB1eeU_bV266jWDxm27G1M81uAugbZSu0peckMUpdGr_/w472-h640/Page%207%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" width="472" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sketches are out of order. Some were done earlier in the course than others and they were put in the sketchbook where I could find room. The top one is another warm and cool value study done with Alizarin Crimson and some sort of green I mixed. All are done on card stock of varying colors or watercolor paper.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYY35FgVvd52-WJj_2lIJ--obniM1KEleTHobsQ3LIrslINHTgTBQdS4qmdbIYCfr2-16kDuhKJkiUurBSKfaKZgMcXmN3do_Hijodr78Ye2JaPfJLZcxE4N337vKt1B5FOtK0rBxdQRyXDIc1aPHBIluL6mC1WvVK_eoQ6DtUPCLYReEadjoxRlf/s2137/Page%208%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="1576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYY35FgVvd52-WJj_2lIJ--obniM1KEleTHobsQ3LIrslINHTgTBQdS4qmdbIYCfr2-16kDuhKJkiUurBSKfaKZgMcXmN3do_Hijodr78Ye2JaPfJLZcxE4N337vKt1B5FOtK0rBxdQRyXDIc1aPHBIluL6mC1WvVK_eoQ6DtUPCLYReEadjoxRlf/w472-h640/Page%208%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" width="472" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Top one is another value study in warm and cool. Two colors plus white gouache sitting in our living room. Don't ask me where the fish came from....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kiD_CivhdIp3VcVhHqfud9K4GD8yjj2ti_IBHlowUWHLXdCwbES1p-Ojb-0syBov0kxGhCUP2HOjmg1PekdNw01FmxPWB4Q9tipBtxX_VPjKDHzJFrONaCezEwpZK1CX1u6VTUvNXCgTIWrCWLk4nNhqy2B4SuiIcZnRkISI89VwTJRpamkOSdIW/s2137/Page%209%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="1581" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kiD_CivhdIp3VcVhHqfud9K4GD8yjj2ti_IBHlowUWHLXdCwbES1p-Ojb-0syBov0kxGhCUP2HOjmg1PekdNw01FmxPWB4Q9tipBtxX_VPjKDHzJFrONaCezEwpZK1CX1u6VTUvNXCgTIWrCWLk4nNhqy2B4SuiIcZnRkISI89VwTJRpamkOSdIW/w474-h640/Page%209%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" width="474" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0bt63hejmP2_qdMK3kW6n9KJ44RZtPusm6oGayMGH0gtlqnq_Z127bvoj8ZoVGbBddE1AmI3Sv3uwq3xEsHo-OJzBpUc7bfyS4CLQWujP8tJSSD0Y-3Z7nNF8k8sV7LEZefTHaVoEyyo1HgHA0nXlrhJwblAn1XXScmw4IuvERcQT4-zNO3GMS6m/s2137/Page%2010%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="1581" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0bt63hejmP2_qdMK3kW6n9KJ44RZtPusm6oGayMGH0gtlqnq_Z127bvoj8ZoVGbBddE1AmI3Sv3uwq3xEsHo-OJzBpUc7bfyS4CLQWujP8tJSSD0Y-3Z7nNF8k8sV7LEZefTHaVoEyyo1HgHA0nXlrhJwblAn1XXScmw4IuvERcQT4-zNO3GMS6m/w474-h640/Page%2010%20gouache%20on%20fly.jpeg" width="474" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A redo of an earlier one with an emphasis on the watercolor transparency. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks for looking. Because this was an online course most of the images are fron photos. Normally this method is something I use almost entirely for field sketching. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Back soon!</b></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div>Darrell Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11650340945479354744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-34811451155926298092022-03-22T12:07:00.002-07:002022-03-22T12:10:24.933-07:00One Sketchbook, Fifty Paintings<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCrI9HsewYXcOjnghSpuPLiVgPga3S7c3aT0HhIvUcF4PPUi1J4RsQsendh4wJz1cVGU0bYOCmcZo9Hg1lIs2l2RF576RXf8d4ODeBJ8GxWcJ-4t-Xjj3FY_AQWDz0LJCE3l8rKsHeIv20mP6jk2srjPLGPJXw9f0PsNZX3CqYlBc6efPQIRfqzt7/s1581/Blakely%20Sloop.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1581" data-original-width="1191" height="535" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCrI9HsewYXcOjnghSpuPLiVgPga3S7c3aT0HhIvUcF4PPUi1J4RsQsendh4wJz1cVGU0bYOCmcZo9Hg1lIs2l2RF576RXf8d4ODeBJ8GxWcJ-4t-Xjj3FY_AQWDz0LJCE3l8rKsHeIv20mP6jk2srjPLGPJXw9f0PsNZX3CqYlBc6efPQIRfqzt7/w403-h535/Blakely Sloop.jpeg" width="403" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #990000;"><b>A Few From my 'Gouache on the Fly'....</b></span></p><p>....sketchbook. The Class begins on March 28th, 2022 through the Winslow Art Center (<a href="https://winslowartcenter.com/product/darrell-anderson-gouache-on-the-fly-developing-a-source-book-of-personal-artistic-inspiration-online-mondays-march-28-april-18-2022/" target="_blank">WAC click here</a>) A simple, quick, easily transportable, and inexpensive way to sketch your artistic ideas. Come join us!</p><p>Here are a few more sketches, all plein air....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvPH3p_Fi_X36HUrGgDw28wJxBS72XLxuhTXNyDmipCVo42PYpuHHR-BUFKurJ-CNQRZrMRFBe3c5C6ZaVVE8Hr_iXkinQTK_ZEUZKNMUHenystAvv3fYChkSG5o6zYHixXsiaWaqWJnue5FOrIeb7gwAHHEeF1vHWGhDlb4TH3_B36Y3SyaWcRRt/s1287/Hydranga.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="1287" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvPH3p_Fi_X36HUrGgDw28wJxBS72XLxuhTXNyDmipCVo42PYpuHHR-BUFKurJ-CNQRZrMRFBe3c5C6ZaVVE8Hr_iXkinQTK_ZEUZKNMUHenystAvv3fYChkSG5o6zYHixXsiaWaqWJnue5FOrIeb7gwAHHEeF1vHWGhDlb4TH3_B36Y3SyaWcRRt/w372-h334/Hydranga.jpeg" width="372" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hydrangea</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaKD762DGstQsVtULysOUVztQvX6_HFhOx6GLPosiRIo8FUmSops6JEjRcAQISA2rTDWK_sofN7tHTJ0PWQKiHxHV6jpFzwAIsyWxBcotWPAQhXyauGA8zyVpmrc9SzV2aWu2WRNYTapzvUOFffPzSzJVZFPbV8e7ygU6bYC1aDq0Q3459UAtbjho/s1626/Japanesse%20Garden.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1626" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaKD762DGstQsVtULysOUVztQvX6_HFhOx6GLPosiRIo8FUmSops6JEjRcAQISA2rTDWK_sofN7tHTJ0PWQKiHxHV6jpFzwAIsyWxBcotWPAQhXyauGA8zyVpmrc9SzV2aWu2WRNYTapzvUOFffPzSzJVZFPbV8e7ygU6bYC1aDq0Q3459UAtbjho/w461-h305/Japanesse Garden.jpeg" width="461" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Japanese Garden</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdj3ctwcmMNZ-O42c3FO4iTEwK1tn1ownouJ8ZUGdT7xI7dLB3m3j6_d8Q4J4pSM_-qBpme6vN-mAAQOtZS-Sdaj_XD0vVc8gJ_jqA88BQKrVFa4kX1VShyeDYKNi_xZJvfZ2N21Y-cgemt27LTe09E1Zej_h49y_MWFaABbxzTi8R6RfTLGw5awg1/s1831/Glacial%20Erratics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1831" data-original-width="1361" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdj3ctwcmMNZ-O42c3FO4iTEwK1tn1ownouJ8ZUGdT7xI7dLB3m3j6_d8Q4J4pSM_-qBpme6vN-mAAQOtZS-Sdaj_XD0vVc8gJ_jqA88BQKrVFa4kX1VShyeDYKNi_xZJvfZ2N21Y-cgemt27LTe09E1Zej_h49y_MWFaABbxzTi8R6RfTLGw5awg1/w352-h473/Glacial Erratics.jpeg" width="352" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Glacial Erratics</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div>Darrell Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11650340945479354744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-86969094806655848422022-03-17T14:09:00.008-07:002022-03-18T21:10:45.598-07:00"Gouache on the Fly" Course at Winslow Art Center<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sO3-XdtVECc91eMpJjHUuDAyn5rMM1h-Zql9QE5cMGNVn_PfGKEscbGTdIkbBUwf3IVslzlm2PgsKzIDvOW9ZGeFimeMDKABRIgt9zO8Zf_mr8tlr8jR2kCdtC8N6aoK-SCRou1g46On7GM2tV_yAHUV43F_rARZbkHHifFNoel83C1zxLTgU1Wx/s863/Yellow%20Lilies.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="759" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sO3-XdtVECc91eMpJjHUuDAyn5rMM1h-Zql9QE5cMGNVn_PfGKEscbGTdIkbBUwf3IVslzlm2PgsKzIDvOW9ZGeFimeMDKABRIgt9zO8Zf_mr8tlr8jR2kCdtC8N6aoK-SCRou1g46On7GM2tV_yAHUV43F_rARZbkHHifFNoel83C1zxLTgU1Wx/w444-h506/Yellow Lilies.jpeg" width="444" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b>I have painted in gouache for.....</b></span></p><p>.....many years, decades actually, but on and off. It is a marvelous medium, very forgiving and convenient. Compared to oil paint, some control is lost. It doesn't exactly dry in a value that's similar to the way you mixed it. It also goes matte, losing some of the color intensity from what it looks like in the liquid state. That sounds frustrating and it is....but it is compensated by its fast drying, allowing the ability to quickly make it lighter or darker and go right over the top. Sometimes it's important to accept something uncontrolled and new.</p><p>A few years ago I began a notebook of heavy weight card stock paper in several color tones as a foundation for sketching with gouache (gouache is basically watercolor with calcium carbonate added for opacity and body). With a small kit I could carry it around with me almost anywhere and do sketches quickly, close the notebook and walk away with dry paintings to use as a library, of sorts, of material for other paintings or personal exploration.</p><p>Missing for me was the transparency mixed with opacity effects so I began mixing in some watercolor. Soon the watercolor was the main medium but it was used with white gouache for the opacity part. Eventually I stopped carrying the colored gouache in favor of less expensive tubed watercolor. By using watercolor thinly in washes, but also thick like butter using straight paint or mixed with white gouache, I could realize the best of both worlds and that made it more fun and descriptive. </p><p><b><span style="color: #990000;">Beginning March 28th, 2022 I will be teaching a course in this technique through the Winslow Art Center online courses.</span></b> The notebook I will supply for free once you sign up and the other supplies you will need are inexpensive. It makes for a great travel medium and its speed allows for many more studies than other mediums. Once dry, they can be covered with a variety of media that makes them very impervious to being harmed and can be framed without glass.</p><p>Here is a page from one of my sketchbooks showing a painting right on the notebook paper and another pasted in using a different paper:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhvq4J4Vuu6Tz2RZnpJObhoYqG6x45-sr6qWy4yMfLfo_sUY5h4tUMCwZvTnQzv_CaxycPygzB4MXEk7AOwFqklsQozfaVhXBXCKPzIEFR9sOcY0-9rRoaxPFTQ9IW-XvHtCQkZ0NZfddaNDTLW2uo1Lwy3Nq_7A52YgKPg9i2e5IThN4KFZBLf6WE/s2030/Woodlands%20Driveway.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="1469" height="535" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhvq4J4Vuu6Tz2RZnpJObhoYqG6x45-sr6qWy4yMfLfo_sUY5h4tUMCwZvTnQzv_CaxycPygzB4MXEk7AOwFqklsQozfaVhXBXCKPzIEFR9sOcY0-9rRoaxPFTQ9IW-XvHtCQkZ0NZfddaNDTLW2uo1Lwy3Nq_7A52YgKPg9i2e5IThN4KFZBLf6WE/w387-h535/Woodlands Driveway.jpeg" width="387" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Both of these paintings use a combination of transparent and opaque effects as well as warm and cool, dark and light, soft and hard edges and various textural paint effects. I like nothing more than sitting down in any old spot and painting these satisfying pieces.<div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #990000;">The course</span></b> is 4 weeks long for three hours each meeting day. When you are finished you will have a notebook full of your artistic excursions. We will do weekly optional critiques, I'll do frequent demos and we will explore lots of compositional experiments. <b><span style="color: #990000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> Please join us.</span></b> The class size is limited so come join us at the: <b> <a href="https://winslowartcenter.com/product/darrell-anderson-gouache-on-the-fly-developing-a-source-book-of-personal-artistic-inspiration-online-mondays-march-28-april-18-2022/" target="_blank">Winslow Art Center</a> </b>.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMxhdTTg9yN65AIQcv0p1mmhBjNDHkwqpEVyz841-ZIwZmc7TUm_Cxksn8nQ5akRqL-GhctjnOnvomEnMDiDWeLeZ2L059r8fqr2-F6C-lDpogUePGGTltl9g4d3qJ3sVRhORB--7MEdep_h_0W6l_TpkqXTQMy137CZmc3BrcnDljrxit6nwe9sH/s1348/Driftlogs.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="1348" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMxhdTTg9yN65AIQcv0p1mmhBjNDHkwqpEVyz841-ZIwZmc7TUm_Cxksn8nQ5akRqL-GhctjnOnvomEnMDiDWeLeZ2L059r8fqr2-F6C-lDpogUePGGTltl9g4d3qJ3sVRhORB--7MEdep_h_0W6l_TpkqXTQMy137CZmc3BrcnDljrxit6nwe9sH/w329-h211/Driftlogs.jpeg" width="329" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black and white gouache with a couple spots that show through to the paper for color.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div>Darrell Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11650340945479354744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-77834848846189442572022-02-13T19:51:00.004-08:002022-02-14T07:00:44.393-08:00<p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b> Marker Class Demos...the journey to a painting.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzwx-WO36KWbR4TWBUub_cIdy5Cpj2EJg5QdDRcNpw7Wel1mHIyJwXuJIl3NY2iF0tWz1rbgBcVN-Nu05iND2vQkIWDpHZ6Xi69hG946vZjIMRb4ErU_TICQDED6SBEd_14QOKeiA_krV6rAojjlQvY3ECkHxP0V4N11Y3pHyqgLftqk0P58LL-EGp=s3051" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3051" data-original-width="2793" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzwx-WO36KWbR4TWBUub_cIdy5Cpj2EJg5QdDRcNpw7Wel1mHIyJwXuJIl3NY2iF0tWz1rbgBcVN-Nu05iND2vQkIWDpHZ6Xi69hG946vZjIMRb4ErU_TICQDED6SBEd_14QOKeiA_krV6rAojjlQvY3ECkHxP0V4N11Y3pHyqgLftqk0P58LL-EGp=w583-h636" width="583" /></a></span></div><p><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Currently,</b> <b>I have an on-line class in....</b></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: medium;">.... Drawing with Valued Markers, one of the best ways I know to sketch in the field and obtain the most information while exploring compositional ideas. Our course ends tomorrow and I'm interested in finding out if this group, like most of my class groups, thinks it has been helpful. The online experience has been different from teaching this in person so I'm looking to hear their feedback and ideas.</span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is the still life setup:</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHJG48fYBySvIKj3sMW_AN47HI-amH6kF6jVtE7r81uvGWrNrrC0l9EJCnnc_kp-rau9XCRMBUfciW5wcBMlPrzpcOr4cGijW57eJd-NN0N_ys4O7qfaoJyNta715KDOx_-BpScow_Zrn2L2rQt6XOEZ-kS_o3YyzEvTg7BPvCZunnGLN1qy9t9Z8l=s3399" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3399" data-original-width="2890" height="401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHJG48fYBySvIKj3sMW_AN47HI-amH6kF6jVtE7r81uvGWrNrrC0l9EJCnnc_kp-rau9XCRMBUfciW5wcBMlPrzpcOr4cGijW57eJd-NN0N_ys4O7qfaoJyNta715KDOx_-BpScow_Zrn2L2rQt6XOEZ-kS_o3YyzEvTg7BPvCZunnGLN1qy9t9Z8l=w341-h401" width="341" /></a></span></div><span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">You can see that the lighting changed a bit between the time I took the photo of the setup and actually doing the painting in gouache. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Here are two class demos.</b> One is using 3 markers of differing values and a Sharpie pen, letting the white of the paper fill in another value, white or no value. The other is done on toned paper using the same values as the drawing on white paper but adding white gouache in varying thicknesses for the lighter notes.</span></p><p style="color: #990000;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7Hg_ucvosvceDBJQRfJ5h83NJrqnewGI4ZMx9Ffn7TpIV2Vggq2YpB4u8p60Q161bkBBTQpVWhtpXxDqLs0OPqji6-S5zRYkdATAX33ltwmCS92S_AqsZ2oXivqzFoECUMn2sEE0FTISFPIsIdpH-bsqg-4T6IDaMbeX0ZeHh0TmKNh1JI8-3bLJ7=s357" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="357" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7Hg_ucvosvceDBJQRfJ5h83NJrqnewGI4ZMx9Ffn7TpIV2Vggq2YpB4u8p60Q161bkBBTQpVWhtpXxDqLs0OPqji6-S5zRYkdATAX33ltwmCS92S_AqsZ2oXivqzFoECUMn2sEE0FTISFPIsIdpH-bsqg-4T6IDaMbeX0ZeHh0TmKNh1JI8-3bLJ7=w461-h441" width="461" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="color: #990000;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJXP6ENOKWTaWW2ZLBtLLXleTMGFBy2HwI3ijZQB8ALmxwP1mxcMbt0HxHaXdwPUVkMYyXxggOc9jxC_EyJfnibT0yYBmH7ytJJlZtimd64-BuvmvUjRvjkpUj_Q0fktqfAtjMThl2Js2k4ukbr-CSNUeQQkYh5B-x-w_ijGmuBaAxXibazCc6kIOl=s425" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="328" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJXP6ENOKWTaWW2ZLBtLLXleTMGFBy2HwI3ijZQB8ALmxwP1mxcMbt0HxHaXdwPUVkMYyXxggOc9jxC_EyJfnibT0yYBmH7ytJJlZtimd64-BuvmvUjRvjkpUj_Q0fktqfAtjMThl2Js2k4ukbr-CSNUeQQkYh5B-x-w_ijGmuBaAxXibazCc6kIOl=w361-h467" width="361" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Both of these versions give helpful ideas about composition, limited values and detail that are very helpful in the creation of paintings. The one I did is 11" square (image area) on paper that was toned like a kraft grocery bag. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Thanks for stopping by. </b> If you keep coming I will likely start posting more often....and I have a studio of stuff that hasn't seen the light of day. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh yeah. My book is available again. Check the Pages above.</span></p><p style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Keep Drawing!!</b></span></p><br /></span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div>Darrell Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11650340945479354744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-17003598557850852452020-11-10T12:27:00.005-08:002020-11-13T09:16:39.968-08:00Once Again...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZqmAw4IlU9lzsnryu2A4OHFVvx9yVihuXwPiUs_Y2q1EEOHuwj4c-U97YUvGS78_mg6KK8IzYppxCCzB-p4H98D81AmUV-xXRLnMWgAVjmgcSrjoqowMN5FmqvrJ4K6uTUsnbT3me8k/s2048/Lumber+Mill+Bridge%252C+16x16+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZqmAw4IlU9lzsnryu2A4OHFVvx9yVihuXwPiUs_Y2q1EEOHuwj4c-U97YUvGS78_mg6KK8IzYppxCCzB-p4H98D81AmUV-xXRLnMWgAVjmgcSrjoqowMN5FmqvrJ4K6uTUsnbT3me8k/w640-h640/Lumber+Mill+Bridge%252C+16x16+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">'Passages' 16x16 Oil Plein Air</span></b><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>I Haven't Posted On......</b></span></p><p>....this blog, my website, FB or Instagram in well over a year. Nothing. It has felt good but it may be time to return. </p><p>I needed some time off and some creative privacy, I guess. I kept painting, studying and even taught a few courses but I was tired of media. Still am, but decided it was time to share again and see if I could change the terms of engagement. No, I don't yet know what that means other than not taking it seriously, despite what the online marketers recommend.</p><p>In the interim a few changes I hadn't expected crept in. Being trained mostly by Sergei Bongart's teaching assistants I once used a color palette of up to 18 hues. Over the years that number shrank slowly until around 2005 it was down to 9 colors, a split primary palette with a couple 'kickers'. It is interesting and significant that the number kept going down. I'm now at 3 tubes of color plus white. I keep a standard primary palette of a red, a yellow and a blue in differing temperatures and saturations. I will switch out one or more of those hues when I think it's appropriate or when I want a challenge or just to see what happens. The number still stays at three colors.</p><p>Both of these <b><i>plein air</i></b> pieces use the same palette except for the blues, one done with Ultramarine Blue and the other Prussian Blue ('Passages', 16x16 PB and 'Morning in the Gardens', 10x20 UB at Battle Point Park). I'm really rather amazed at the variety of colors that can be achieved and the subsequent color harmony.</p><p>A couple of things that sort of happened at the same time in terms of materials also helped re-enthuse me to paint and explore. 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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Two Outstanding Artists Coming To Bainbridge!!</span></b><br />
<u>This is a banner month</u> as the art of <b><span style="color: #741b47;">William F. Reese</span></b> will be featured at the <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Roby-King Gallery</span></b> here in Winslow. While Bill died almost a decade ago, his influence on artists is still greatly felt and appreciated. A powerhouse of an artist, William Reese was fully fluent in sculpture, painting in all media, drawing and printmaking. For artists to be able to stand in front of one of his paintings is like getting an advanced study lesson in technique, composition and creative inspiration.<br />
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In August most of the gallery will be taken over by his work as well as the work of Mary Balcomb, author of definitive books on several artists including William F. Reese and Nicholai Fechin. Standing in for Bill on opening night, next Friday, August 2nd, 2019 will be <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Fran Reese</span></b>, devoted partner/wife of all his years, and for Mary, her daughter <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Amis Balcomb</span></b>.<br />
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Don't miss seeing Bill's work or meeting Fran and Amis! This opportunity won't happen again soon...<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">AND THEN!!</span></b>, if that is not enough, <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Sonny Apinchipong</span></b> will be here at the end of August to teach a three day workshop, do a demo and participate in the <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Winslow Paint Out</span></b>.<br />
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Sonny was a teaching assistant for <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Sergei Bongart </span></b>(as was Bill Reese) and went on to work for Disney and Don Bluth studios doing the backgrounds for some of some of the major hits of the last thirty years. I remember seeing the original paintings he did for Lion King and feeling so proud that I had learned to paint from him. <br />
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While I have studied with many talented people, it was Sonny who taught me how to have the right attitude about what I do. He has a light-hearted amusement about painting that I try to emulate (and still trying). He can throw a painting that didn't quite succeed into the forest with such glee. If you can make his workshop do it. You will learn a great deal about moving paint around. Sign up at the <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Winslow Art Center</span></b>.<br />
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The complexity of the forest is simplified to graphic shapes to help give some drama to the flowers.<br />
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Three blues (Ultramarine, Pthalo, Cerulean Hue), two yellows (Cad Yel Pale, Alizarin Yellow) Cad Orange, three reds (Cad Red, Indian Red, and Rose Madder deep) and, although I don't usually use it but did selectively and very limited in this one, raw umber. Three brushes: a nondescript 3/4" flat, a rigger and a very cheap Simply Simmons 1/2" flat watercolor brush I swiped from my gouache kit. Most of it was with the last one. Done on a gessoed hardboard, 12x24.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Last Wednesday....</span></b><br />
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This is an oil painting done on birch panel and needed very little in the way of retouching when I got home. Just some picking out the fluff of the poplar cotton and seeds as they floated down on me and the paint. I didn't need to do much redesigning of the scene either. It's nice when things go easily.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">There Have Been Three Practices.....</span></b><br />
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Drawing with Valued Markers, from the morning I accidentally picked a marker up and tried it, has opened my eyes and instructed the hand. Using just three marker values and white (or sometimes toned) paper has made it so easy for me to quickly create form and study composition. And cheap!<br />
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Yesterday I started out the door with my paints but didn't feel the urge to use them once I got to Eagle Harbor. Since I have a <b><span style="color: #741b47;">marker workshop</span></b> coming up (see below) I thought I needed to hone my skills a bit...and I was too tired to haul out the paint.<br />
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That's another thing I like about them. A sketchbook and very few tools are needed to catch a mood, a place or and effect of light.<br />
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Here is another from the same day:<br />
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That<b><span style="color: #741b47;"> Marker Workshop is on May 18th</span></b>, about a week away. Because I like to share this technique I'd love to see you there. Find out about it by going to the Winslow Art Center website <a href="https://www.winslowartcenter.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Hope to see you. </span></b><b><span style="color: #741b47;"> (If you can't come, check out my book on it in the tabs above.)</span></b><br />
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More on those other two practices to improving your art in later posts.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking!</span></b><br />
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These were painted about a week apart in response to having the Spring colors begin to show, the winter colors quickly fading.<br />
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There is such vibrance in the landscape as the greens start to poke through, and even the winter colors seem more intense and vital before that green appears. My intention is always to spend every day exploring and painting the landscape but the reality of Spring is also that there is a lot that needs doing. There never is enough time or energy for all of it.<br />
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'At the Head of the Harbor' (top) is 10x12 and 'Port Blakely Spring' is 11x14. This second one was interesting for the challenge in all the doo-dads of the ground litter. The only way I found to make it work was to eliminate about seventy-five percent of the stuff, just hinting at what was on the forest floor. Hopefully the viewer fills in the 'stuff' from their own experience in a forest.<br />
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Maybe I'll go back again and explore the changes and colors...tomorrow is supposed to be cloudy. That would be interesting.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;"> So There are a Lot of Things....</span></b><br />
......I don't understand, but today's 'stumper' is one I've heard other artists mention. It's this: How are there days when absolutely nothing works (and it may go on for a week or more) and other days when the whole painting process is easy and satisfying with half the work? <br />
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Last Thursday was one of those days. In the morning I painted the portrait below. In the afternoon, after a great 'Nancy lunch' (picture the French countryside with a table set outdoors, wine, fresh home made soup, music and more, plus great art friends laughing and clowning around). We all began clearing the table but I shouted 'Stop!', ran to the car for a larger panel and painted. Others drew. <br />
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After about 90 minutes I had to leave but had gotten most of this finished. It was easy. There was no painting angst. Like the portrait of the morning, my hand just took over and did it. It felt like I was just an involved spectator. <br />
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So how does that happen? And why can't I do that every day? Is it some sort of mind set or did the leaves in my tea suddenly align? I'm thinking that, when it happens, I've been able to get out of my own way, not tripping over my own artistic feet. I just want to know the mental trickery to have it happen more often.<br />
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<i>If you are an artist or musician, do you also have those kinds of days?</i><br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">This is my friend Alec the Model Maker.</span></b> He works with architects, creating scale models of their buildings so clients can get a better feel for the structures. He is an artist in his own right. We are going to do a larger painting inside his shop while he works on his models.<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71);"><b>I'll be back.... and don't forget! Marker Drawing workshop on May 18th! Go to the Winslow Art Center to sign up.</b></span></span><br />
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My 'Ruler' is something I find in the scene that I can use as an anchor and guide to make things much easier to draw accurately. This one was done at a peanut roaster in the area, <span style="color: #741b47;"><b>CB's Nuts</b></span>. <br />
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I first decide what the most difficult thing will be to draw, in this case the bicycle. The first line, however, was the track the garage door runs in. The placement of this line is done by visualizing on the page what the resulting drawing will look like and then putting it down with some care. If you look closely at the bicycle you'll see where the line goes through the hand grip and handle bars and lower down through the frame. Likely, without my pointing it out you didn't see it because subsequent lines and value tones make those 'errors' unnoticeable.<br />
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Then came the outside railing and the bicycle. From that point it was much easier to line up all the other objects by seeing how they compared to the bicycle. Where exactly was that table top? Even with the bell on the handle bars. Where is that scale? Directly above the axle of the front wheel.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Every So Often I Get in a Total Artistic Funk.....</span></b><br />
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On one of those 'funk weeks' I began a Tuesday morning by having breakfast at Whole Foods. The table I was at was maybe 15 feet from this checkout and after mentally battling the <i><b>out of tune chorus</b></i> for as long as I could stand I pulled out the pens and did this quick sketch. <br />
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I began with what I felt was the hardest part, the checkout person, looking for something I could visually grab on to. That 'V' right behind her head where her pony tail was tied was the spot. After all, anyone can draw a 'V'. Then the top of her head and down her bangs, then on to the pony tail itself.....and I can't tell you what came next.<br />
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Ok, says the chorus, now reduced to a duet, but 'you just got lucky'. So, for a slap down on the duet, on the ferry to home I did these two charmers. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">'Oksana' 16x20....</span></b><br />
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I'm posting it because I'm teaching a class called <b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Intuitive Painting</span></i></b> that starts this coming Tuesday, March 5th at the <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Winslow Art Center</span></b>. It is filling up but still has a place or two.<br />
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The conditions for this painting were difficult. The light behind her hit me in the eyes causing a glare in both my face and across the canvas. The more paint I put on the worse it became. Once the canvas was covered I actually couldn't tell what color or value I was mixing. I was doing it by the seat of my pants. I assumed it would be an absolute failure once I got it into good light and could see.<br />
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Well, it seems OK, and reminded me of all the times that when it was the last pose of a model or when the sun was rapidly setting or during a night painting that many painters go into 'automatic mode', painting like a whirlwind and just trusting to gut instinct. So often the best things happen when we are forced to get our rational minds out of the process and allow our intuition to take over. Somehow it works.<br />
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Perhaps we make painting too much of a intellectual thing, not trusting to all our years of training, doubting our own guidance system.<br />
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I haven't taught this kind of a course before so I'm giving it all I have to see if increasing the ability to use intuition can improve and strengthen our art. Perhaps getting all our internal 'stuff' out of the way will be a good thing. By the way, <i>Art and Fear</i> is a good book to start the wheels moving about all kinds of art things, including intuition and trust. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">One day last Spring.....</span></b><br />
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Well, you are looking at it. We live in/near a temperate rainforest. There is a lot of green. Sixty to one hundred foot walls of the stuff. So this became my 'Walls of Green' challenge.<br />
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No unusual premixed tube colors, just your normal red, yellow and blue in warm and cool versions of each, so the mixing had to be inventively done. I don't remember doing any pre-drawing on this one. Seat of the pants all the way.<br />
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Here is the first version of this that was headed for the scrape pile but I let it sit for a couple months in the corner of my studio staring at me like our cat in that irritating way when she wants to be fed:<br />
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Eventually I thought that it was too much in my face, demanding of attention. I changed it to make a softer painting with a greater feeling of distance in it. It still may not have arrived. I'm actually posting it because when things get posted prematurely I tend to get upset and will arrive at a solution much faster than if I just sit around with it staring at me in the studio. Besides, now at least you can see the crows. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Noelle needed exercise.....</span></b><br />
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The difficult part was that the sun was moving fast and those shadows were on a stampede to be somewhere other than where I had first seen them. Great fun. Nice summer day. The dogs had a great time.<br />
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...an admitted fascination. I'm not sure what the attraction is but I know there is no limit to the shapes, detail, color, movement, sense of adventure and unique people there. This one is the Port Townsend yard where boats from up and down the west coast can be found. This time there were more than usual from Alaska getting all cleaned up.<br />
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I was there with my good friend Mick Davidson and we spent the first half hour just wandering around looking for ideas. The possibilities were all over but when I saw this scene I felt intrigued and, though I felt it too complicated to pull off very well, I walked back there with my shellacked birch panel and dove in.<br />
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It took a bit but I finally figured out what my attraction was. It was the sense of space and depth, from the temporary stairs and scaffolding back into the distant hill and sky. I felt expansive looking at it. Here is how it went in my head. If I look to the sweet spots (divide the canvas in thirds and look to where the lines cross) for possible focal points, this is what it looks like:<br />
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The colorful buoys and the detail of equipment was the obvious spot, but there was another one in that upright structure in the background boat. The buoys won. Not much else attractive in the other two circles.</div>
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Then I wondered about eye travel through the piece until I noticed that the stair structure was similar in size and construction with that thing on the back boat. My eyes kept going around the scene and pausing briefly at each of those areas....but still anchored on the buoys.</div>
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This took about two hours, so after a bowl of soup with Mick I went looking for another. I liked the intense backlight in this one, although I almost went blind doing it. One of the workers stopped by and told me that this boat was derelict and going to be cut up. Too bad I don't remember the name, so I titled it <b><span style="color: #741b47;">"Her Last Stand" 10x15</span></b>. You figure out the composition. Because of the sun this was seat of the pants painting.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Ever Since Reading 'Wind in the Willows'....</span></b><br />
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Two weeks in a row the weather and my schedule were in alignment. 'The Shipyard' is only a small portion of the whole yard, yet I like hanging around these slices of working boats, shipwrights, fishermen, sailors, live-aboards, and the curious. I painted it between about 11 and 2. I figured I was done for the day but so many people stopped to ask if I was painting the 'Lady Washington' I decided better do it.<br />
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This was the only other sized panel I had. The rigging above what you see became considerably more complicated so it was easy to justify not doing it. What a beautiful boat. The rigging drove me crazy. There was more there but it would have made the painting look more like a spaghetti plate than a glorious ship if I had included it all....even with the rest of it chopped off.<br />
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The previous week I did the 'Annihilator' and talked to a lot of people. Everyone has a story they want heard. So I listened and didn't paint so much. Still, the painting turned out fine but I'll save you the story of the lost dog, the other painter who did the Annihilator, the electrician who suddenly lost his memory and the woman with no place to live. It was a full day.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Playing around....</span></b><br />
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Here are two paintings in which I felt like playing around with the idea of just beginning in one spot on a painting with my best shot at the right color on the first stroke and then keep going. No scraping, no drawing, just one stroke next to another....with some more paint piled on top if needed. Some knife work. Some soft brush work. Some color pushes.<br />
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In the first one I began with the shadowed side of the teapot, the shadow it cast on the cloth and the cast shadow on the lemon. On the second it was the light side of the teapot and the dark reddish and green cloth that led over and behind the the flower vase. <br />
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Short post. I spent the day painting plein air and am 'talked' out. Today is summer solstice. It's going on nine o'clock and is still brighter than many winter days. This has been happening for billions of years. Here we are.<br />
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....periodically fix lunch and invite other painters over for the day. They are all excellent cooks and for some reason they ask me over to these European style luncheons, sitting outside, drinking wine, eating good food and exchanging painting tips. How lucky am I?<br />
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When I arrived this bike was parked in the lawn and, since I have never painted one, it was an obvious choice. It was both challenging and fun to work out to a semi-successful finish. Much I like but, like usual, 'if I had it to do over again' I think I might have used some softer edges in places.<br />
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Probably influencing this writing is that I'm listening to a podcast from a very successful gallery owner on the topic of creating a consistent body of work. It gets to the question of what an artist is trying to say. It may not be a verbal 'say'; it can also be a visual one.<br />
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Some paintings, like this one, are for pure fun and experimentation....but at the same time I'm always asking the question of how it could be better and speak more clearly. How could it appeal to a broad audience without being a cliche or too gimmicky?<br />
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I think it would speak louder if some edges were subdued, letting the eye go more toward the bike. The changes would be small and the color wouldn't have to be altered much. That bush on the left has choppy strokes, for example, that draw the eye If I give it a try I'll post this again and let you see what happened.<br />
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Until then, Thanks for Looking.....and if you have a minute post a comment and tell me your opinion.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">....."Armchair PleinAir"</span>, </b>because while they are based on pieces I did standing outside at the easel they are studio re-dos of what I had originally intended. <br />
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You all know that painting outdoors is fraught with all kinds of things that make it difficult to do your best work. The original studies for these stretch from the <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Queen Charlotte</span></b> islands (a grizzly showed up and things ended early) to <b><span style="color: #741b47;">Maine</span></b> (a squall came galloping in dumping buckets of rain on the fun). Each of them were incomplete for some good reason (lack of energy and/or inspiration originally sank two of them).<br />
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I thought it would be a good thing if I repainted them but doing it while focusing on my first concept, sacrificing anything that didn't contribute to that being fulfilled.<br />
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These are all on 8x8 birch plywood coated with two coats of shellac. As the coating dries in 20 minutes or less, they are quick to prepare...and I kind of like the wood tone showing through. They are all acrylic and were done this winter sitting in a comfortable chair, usually in one go. I still learned a lot. Mostly I learned that maintaining a clear concept, while reining in all those other great ideas that don't contribute, makes for much stronger paintings. You all probably knew that....<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking.....back soon.</span></b><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please make comments by going to my blog at:http://darrellanderson.blogspot.com/</div>Darrell Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11650340945479354744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869937793975121565.post-70841396669468331092018-04-30T21:34:00.000-07:002018-04-30T21:34:10.644-07:00Reflecting on Hangzhou, 12x16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">More Than Twenty Years Ago....</span></b><br />
....and about this time of year, a group of artists journeyed to China to study in Hangzhou at a leading Chinese art school. I was lucky enough to be part of the trip. <br />
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At that time China was just opening up to the world and many of the revolutionary effects of the Red Guard were still visible.....or weren't visible, having been destroyed. Wandering around town I almost walked into the local military headquarters complete with tanks, lots of uniformed gun toting guards and full armament. In the morning some very patriotic message driven music was played over the loud speakers for our wake up call. This happened around 4:30 AM. No shower because of no even slightly warmish water. <br />
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Breakfast was at 6:30 so we had a couple of hours to go paint or draw across the street in the park by a large lake in the center of town. We had company as tai chi groups were doing their exercises. The street sweepers were also out. Picture small groups of women of modest means sweeping the streets using brooms they had just made from tied together twigs.<br />
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Below is a very quick study I did in those early hours and there was something about it I liked and hoped to revisit as a more completed work one day. That day came about four months ago when I ran across it.....so working from the sketch and my memory the painting above is what I got.<br />
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I wouldn't have posted this at all but a member of that trip, Marilyn Webberley, commented on my last FB post and hearing from her brought back good memories of the trip. I don't remember everyone who was along but Millard Davidson, Robert Moore, Bye Bitney, Linda Tippets, Diane McClary, and Scott Switzer are painters on that trip that I know are still swinging a brush. Make a comment if you are one of the others so I can add you....<br />
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Loved meeting the Chinese students and seeing their work, much of which we have hanging in the house today. We also laughed a whole lot....about the most ridiculous things.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Thanks for looking.</span></b><br />
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