FIFTH CLASS, February 12, 2015

To celebrate Valentine's Day, each student created a portrait of a loved one from a photo.

Jan

Kathleen

Kathleen





Susan

Susan

FOURTH CLASS, February 5. 2015

For this class, the subject was fruit trees in flower in the spring.  Students concentrated on bringing out the softness of the blossoms, and making them stand out against the background.

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Kathleen

Chunyi

Susan

Jan

Mary

Lynn

THIRD CLASS, January 29

For this class, students created compositions with materials from nature.

Jan

Mary

 Mary

Mary

SECOND CLASS, January 22, 2015

This was a class to experiment with color and form abstractly.  Students did a series of exercises.  First they painted dabs of color which they let run together.  When this dried, they put a geometric shape on top of the first layer to create a sense of space.

Jan



Susan

Kathleen

Then they painted dabs which did not run together.  They added  lines to connect the patches of paint.

Susan

Kathleen

Mary

Jan

For the last exercise, each student took an example of a painting by the outsider artist J.B. Murray and did an interpretation of his work.

Mary

Jan

Susan

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST CLASS, January 15, 2015

For this first class, students painted a view from a window.  The challenge was to create the effect of fog by blurring the background images.

Kathleen

Lynn

Mary

Susan

Chunyi Li

 

 

 

 

 

SIXTH WATERCOLOR CLASS, December 18, 2014

On a Christmas theme, students did a still life of poinsettias with a Christmas ornament.

Lynn

Sakura

Ginger

Kathleen

FIFTH WATERCOLOR CLASS, December 11, 2014

For this class, students did self portraits.

Ginger

 Sakyra