PAINTING PINE TREES. September 15, 2016

In this, the first class of this session, students practiced painting a pine branch Asian style with a bamboo brush and black watercolor.  They went on to paint a group of pine trees from photos still using only black watercolor

Manohar

Michelle

Susan

HOMEWORK, August 11, 2016

Here are some paintings that Ashok and his wife did.

Ashok

Ashok

Ashok's wife.

SELF-PORTRAITS, August 11. 2016

In this class, students painted self-portraits by looking in a mirror.  We show the results below, along with a photo.  These are good likenesses, I would say.

Ashok

Ashok

Hemila

Hemila

Barbara

Barbara

Tiana

Tiana

Mary chose to paint a portrait of her daughter from a photo

HOMEWORK from August 4, 2016

Ashok

Hemila

NATURE PAST ITS PRIME, August 4, 2016

In this class, to begin with, students practiced creating neutral colors by mixing opposites on the color wheel.  They then  sketched and  painted  objects from nature such as a dead leaf and sunflower.  The project was to look carefully to see the interesting shapes and subtle colors.

Ashok

Hemila

A GREEN STILL LIFE< July 28, 2016

This week, students mixed up different greens from the paints in their limited palettes.  They then went on to paint a (mostly) green still life.

Barbara

Tiana

Kaleigh

Hemila

Ashok

HOMEWORK, July 28, 2016

Here are some paintings that students made this past week at home.

Ashok

Hemila

Hemila