I’m getting set to deliver work to the Maine farmland Trust Gallery, Belfast, Maine, for a show of artists that were in residence at the Fiore Art Center in Jefferson, Maine this past summer. There will be a closing reception in March.
My new Artwaves-MDI Figure Study class starts Jan. 5, 2017
https://artwavesmdi.com/event-registration/?ee=3309
Autumn morning, Town Hill, Maine
Quite a bit more drawing into this recently. One from my residency at the Fiore Art Center in Jefferson, Maine.
Jefferson Crpw, 12 x 18 inches, graphite and chalk on toned paper
Paper bag study, oil on paper
Fundamentals of Painting, Problem I
A new session of my painting class is under way.
At first glance this looks like the old fave, tonal wash paper bag study problem and in fact it is although with a very interesting refinement.
Start with a medium value all over your page. Use a 2″ brush. Get it even. Then without any measuring, sketching, mapping, outlining or drawing of any sort, start modelling the form as directly as you can manage. It’s like working with clay, just push and pull the forms into a rough structure then work to refine the light, push and pull the space.
Drop-ins welcome on Tuesday nights. Let’s paint.
Curremtly in the August 2016 Acadia National Park Centennial Exhibition at the Artemis Gallery in Northeast Harbor, Maine
Otter Point, Acadia National Point, 12 x 12, oil on linen