Getting ready for the Redondo Beach Art Group’s big show in August. Originally it was held in October in the local power station on the upper turbine floor. Last year we converted a disused restaurant for the 3-day event. A lot of work! Here’s some pictures being considered for the show.
Hosted a great workshop on Saturday 12th April with the Mid Valley Art League in Temple City. The theme was “Using Photography to Make Better Paintings.”
I discussed some of the technical aspects of lenses and distortion, working without flash, ISO, shutter speeds and printing out b+w plus color prints to start the painting. Do a freehand thumbnail to get the hang of the image to edit and make your own.
Try drawing on the final paper or canvas with a paintbrush, and not a pencil!
Interpreting the shadows used to make the photo is especially important as the print is made with 3 color inks and black.
I am doing a demonstration in pastel tonight for the Corona Art Association. Again the subject will be the interpretation of color from a photo.
Hosted a great workshop on Saturday 12th April with the Mid Valley Art League in Temple City. The theme was “Using Photography to Make Better Paintings.”
I discussed some of the technical aspects of lenses and distortion, working without flash, ISO, shutter speeds and printing out b+w plus color prints to start the painting. Do a freehand thumbnail to get the hang of the image to edit and make your own.
Try drawing on the final paper or canvas with a paintbrush, and not a pencil!
Interpreting the shadows used to make the photo is especially important as the print is made with 3 color inks and black.
I am doing a demonstration in pastel tonight for the Corona Art Association. Again the subject will be the interpretation of color from a photo.
I’ve been out painting in the snow, and on the beaches south of LA airport. I’m going to post 2 paintings soon.
Next week I start teaching at the Palos Verdes Art Center on Tuesday night. It’s a beginning painting class. All media. And I’ll bring acrylics, oils, watercolor and pastels if you are not sure which to pick.
Currently I’ve also been very involved with the Redondo HS Auditorium. We have had non-stop shows in since early December, and the new stage manager, Monty, is just getting acclimatized.
Saralyn Lowenstein invited me to give a pastel painting demo to the Mid-Valley Art League in Arcadia, (in the Los Angeles area.) It was a simple Christmas theme still life. I started out will a basic charcoal drawing and gradually added in colour, emphasizing tonal value, relative warm and cool colours, then stressed highlights. It was a wickedly wet evening and I appreciated the very warm reception from the members. Mark Wood took the photographs and we raffled off the painting at the end of the demo.