Okay, now it’s your turn to be the jury… you pick.
This is, for some of us, the hardest part of a plein air event, so I’m turning it over to you.
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This is, for some of us, the hardest part of a plein air event, so I’m turning it over to you.
This painting of the VIC’s Barnum Brook Trail was purchased by a gentleman from Vermont several years ago. He surprised me by taking my workshop this year. I drove from Paul Smiths to Saranac Lake, NY, in a morose mood. Here is the gulch where Kari Ganoung Ruiz parked and painted; here is the cemetery …
Becky Bense. Remember our post about Frixion pens? This was done with one. Critique ought not be a question of likes and dislikes. It involves analyzing a painting in terms of formal elements of design, which include: Focal point Line Value Color Balance Shape and form Texture Rhythm and movement I’ve expanded on these ideas …
Best Buds, 11X14, oil on canvasboard, $1087 framed includes shipping and handling in continental US. On Friday I wrote about a painting I’d been carrying around in the hope of finishing, only to realize that it was already done. That provoked an outpouring of emails. Most of us have had the opposite experience, where we …
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When someone disregards all the voices telling them they can’t do something, and they challenge themselves with hard work and dedication, they ought to be encouraged. Beth Carr Linda DeLorey I’m up at Schoodic Institute teaching my Sea & Sky workshop. We’ve had four days of fog, but my students have responded beautifully, working hard and …
What techniques have you devised to make online learning more effective? Sometimes it rains, by Carol L. Douglas Yesterday, I taught my second class by Zoom. I found a format which I thought would work better than my usual one-on-one teaching model. This was a variation on the paint-and-sip model (minus the wine; it was …
Asking a respected peer for an opinion is good, but sometimes we’re stuck fixing our problems without help. That’s where knowing how to self-critique comes in. Tom Sawyer’s Fence, by Carol L. Douglas, oil on canvasboard. Yesterday I got a text message from a peer that read, “Working on a commission and can’t figure out …
Ditch it, says a business consultant. We artists could learn something from him. Blizzard, by Carol L. Douglas. We all want to be outside, so my students painted out the windows yesterday. I’ve done that a few times myself! One of my students just came back from wintering in Australia. We’ve been practicing formal analysis …
Imagine if we visited the Sistine Chapel looking for things to criticize instead of enjoying it for what it is. Kaaterskill Falls, by Carol L. Douglas Anyone who has ever taught teenagers knows they are simultaneously hypercritical and thin-skinned. They must be taught to be constructive and humble. A few years ago, there was a …
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