term 4: creating figure compositions- dates :25th october- 13 december
Seeing the Degas exhibition in Melbourne recently gave me new respect for how he built figure compositions. ( that and his amazing use of space) Building a composition using figures from different sources is a great exercise in looking for rhythms , comparative proportions, making negative spaces work, creating space and depth and relationship.The figures have […]
portrait workshop
l Mary Finlay Sherry Wang Pam Bell We had some excellent work coming from our recent portrait workshop. Each person approached their subject in a different way, some with grisaille and added colour glazes, some with limited palette and some a combination of both. Well done everyone
PRIVATE LESSONS
I am now taking private lessons in my Grey Lynn studio I can tailor a lesson plan for all ages (currently I have a 14 year old and a 10 year old) By listening to you describe what your main interests are and what you have been hankering to paint,I can make these a personally […]
AUGUST 13th and 14th 2016 PORTRAIT WORKSHOP
We are having a two day intensive portrait workshop over the weekend of 13tyh and 14th of August. Some will be working in the grisaille tonal method and others will do a limited palette work. Either way I am happy for you to treat the portrait anyway you want. In these workshops I do a […]
My work has taken a new direction lately
A change of scale from large canvases to smaller more considered works. They are quieter paintings, with fewer bravura brushstrokes. The gesture more contained and internal. The mood is quieter and more contemplative. Instead of layering paint I am now using thick textures and then knocking them back with a palette knife while they are […]
SPAIN TRIP
Following in the steps of the Moors in Spain September 2016 In September Lester and I will be following in the steps of the invading Moors in Spain. Arriving in Madrid and then wending our way down to Malaga, Granada, Rhona, Seville Cordoba then a week in Faro. We are staying on what they […]
Moving my Art Class to my studio in Grey Lynn
In July this year I decided to move our class to my studio. Years of dealing with the politics of communal spaces eventually wore thin and I realised that we had a lovely space in my studio big enough for us all to share. We will work largely from easels in an “Atelier” style environment, […]
term three: Shadow work
we will carry on with some figure work in term 3. the cast shadows we discovered in the last term added an interesting dimension to the compositions , I thought, and so after a bit of consideration I decided it might be interesting to pursue that idea . i went through my photo files […]
life work
This term we did some figure work with our model Brad, looking through the lens of tone. Using tone to show the way light falls on the body and describes the form. Painting from life is a very different experience than working from photos .The camera doesnt pick up the nuances of colour and tone that […]