Once again I was very lucky with my demonstrations for my students this week and completed a few paintings that worked very well.
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| #1010 - Yellow-rumped Warbler #2 - 5 x 7 watercolour |
Ed wanted to work on a piece that had more detail and to have a more realistic painting. This piece involved using finer brushes and a nib pen for the smallest lines. Because of the detail Ed didn't get his painting finished during the class but he was doing a super job. I hope he brings his painting next time and I hope he will let me take a photo.
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| #1011 - A Quiet Place - 5 x 7 watercolour |
"A Quiet Place" was a very lucky painting. A few weeks ago my student, Heather, and I worked on a scene from the Creston Valley. Heather had problems with a few elements of her piece so I grabbed a discarded piece of paper to show her how to make some corrections. The trees on the hill in the middle ground were painted first to demonstrate how to blend them together and set them down on the hill. Then, I quickly painted some evergreens to one side so I could show her how to lift the dark colour to make bushes in front of the trees. While she was making these adjustments on her painting, I just sort of doodled in the rest of the scene. I really liked the finished painting which is why I say it was lucky.
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| #1006 - Erickson Orchards - 7 x 10 watercolour |
This is my painting of the valley scene that Heather and I were working on and you can see the locations that involved the demonstrations. Again, I hope to be able to get photos of her painting at her next lesson.
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You did these all in the same afternoon?? All so beautiful. I love the composition, well of all of them really. Your details and brilliant green leaves in the first are gorgeous :) The distant hills and sky in the second catch my eye, and your talent with atmosphere shines in the third piece! Love them all!
ReplyDeleteThanks you Sheila. No each painting was done on a separate day. My current students are all taking private two hour classes, usually every two weeks. We work on specific techniques and try to do a painting each class although they don't often finish in class. Glad you like the paintings. Have a great night.
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ReplyDeleteSure wish my doodles turned out like this. You have a great command of greens. Nice job on all three, right now I can't pick a favorite.
THIS doodle turned out well but, sadly, it doesn't happen often. I rarely use purchased greens as I prefer the variety of mixing them - never the same twice. Glad you like these. Thanks Nelvia!
DeleteDo you usually finish your demo in class or later? These are all great...both the compositions and the colors.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joan. I usually finish the demos later although most of them are more than 3/4 done during the class. I use the finished painting for that student's next class to show them ways they can adjust their own painting and demonstrate single techniques on a separate piece of paper. That is how "A Quiet Place" happened.
DeleteLove these, Val. Beautiful job with "Quiet Place" and it's atmospheric perspective. And lucky students to have you. I would bet you have fun!.
ReplyDeleteThanks Laurie. I am not sure that we have 'fun' but they seem to enjoy the learning and I enjoy the teaching.
DeleteLovely post, Val, and your warbler is delightful!
ReplyDeleteThanks Win. I am quite happy with the Warbler. I have booked a table during Birdfest to, hopefully, sell some of the bird paintings that I had planned to display at the Chamber - keeping my fingers crossed!
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