Tuesday, April 7, 2015

HOMEWORK


 
 
After the second class, some students did homework.  The theme was palm trees by the ocean.  Each student made an interesting interpretation of the ocean and of palm trees.


Kathleen


Kathleen


 



David

Joy
 


Savithri

Sashin

 

Monday, March 16, 2015

FIRST CLASS, March 12, 2015



For this first class, students did quick sketches to portray the "personality" of trees. 
Students were reminded that in an Asian painting, the artist must feel  a connection between what he or she is seeing in nature and what he or she is feeling inside.  Mary added words to make the connection perfectly clear.




David
David
Susan (enhanced with drawing pen)

Susan






 
Susan (enhanced with drawing pen) 
Susan


Susan




 


 
Susan (enhanced with drawing pen)

Mary

Mary

Mary

Joy

Joy

Sashin

Sashin

Lynn

Savithri


Savithri





Wednesday, March 11, 2015

SIXTH CLASS, February 19, 2015

For this class, students took inspiration from Indian court painting, doing their own interpretations.



Mary

Lynn

Chung Li

Jan

Susan

Kathleen
K

Thursday, February 19, 2015

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

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

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.

k
Kathleen
Chunyi

Susan

Jan

Mary

Lynn

THIRD CLASS, January 29


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


Jan

Mary

 Mary

Mary

Monday, January 26, 2015

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