PAINTING LEAVES, LINES AND FORM, September 10, 2015

In this first class, students painted leaves using a limited palette of ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.  The first painting emphasized line, the second painting emphasized form. 



1. Kathleen

2. Cebelle



3. Keiko

4. Reba

5. Reba

6. Antolanela



7. Polar Bear



8. Polar Bear

9. Michelle

10. Michelle

11. Masako



12. Elena

13. Elena

14. Masako

15. Cybelle



PAINTING A TURNER August 20, 2015

After doing an exercise to experiment with water and to practice layering colors, students used reproductions of  W.M.F. Turner's oil paintings to make their own versions of "Turner's".

Debbie

Keiko (exercise)

Kathleen (exercise)

Debbie (exercise)

Kathleen

Genev

Keiko

Roxanne

URBAN LANDSCAPES August 13, 2015

In this class, students used photos to paint views of downtown San Jose from a high point of view.  In preparing for this project, we looked at the works of Dong Kingman, Jacob Lawrence and Wayne Thiebaud.

Keiko

Kathleen

WHITE PINES LAKE IN COLOR July 30, 2015

In this third class of this session, students returned to the subject of White Pines Lake.  The first class project was to paint a landscape in black and white.  Now, returning to the same scene, students used color, emphasizing texture and contrast.

Mary

Debbie

Roxanne

Kathleen



Genev

Keiko

SEVERAL APPROACHES TO SUNFLOWERS Watercolor class July 23, 2015

Students painted one sunflower in different ways:  outlining with drawing pen, wetting the paper, drawing with paint and filling in with color.

Genev

Genev (finished work)

Mary

Mary (second work inspired by sunflower exercise)

Debbie

Roxanne

Keiko

Kathleen

BLACK AND WHITE SCENES OF NATURE July 16 2015



In this class, students worked from black and white photos to paint scenes of a lake, trees, and bushes.  By using only black paint, students focused on sharp contrast and texture.  The results show some interesting representations of light.

Debbie

Kathleen

Genev

Roxanne

Keiko

Mary

SELF PORTRAITS, Watercolor Class, June 11, 2015

For this class, students used a mirror to paint a self portrait.  Students were thinking about the colors of flesh and the way shadows fall on faces.

Manuek

Ginger

Susan's granddaughter

Neeta

Keiko

Mary

Sharon