14 x 11 Oil on Gesso Board
This is my effort from day two of the Qiang Huang workshop, and yes, I could not leave it alone. I went back into it, and I made somethings better.... So the biggest take away for me out of all the amazing material covered was to be more intellectual about the brushstroke. Set the loaded brush on the canvas, make the stroke, pick up the brush, and because you put so much thought into its placement before hand, you should not need to touch stroke again. LOL Over simplified, but now I need to start doing it.
That sounds like great advice! I sometimes feel like I start out "too intellectual' about my brush strokes, then things start falling apart and I go crazy brush. I would love to go to a painting workshop just to see how others solve the challenges in real time :)
ReplyDeleteKelly you would get so much out of good painting workshop, the last two were so inspiring and I had those wonderful Ah-Ha moments. I slao had a few Ah-Ha's in you glass workshop too. One had more to do with fighting my nature and being more expressive, I realized it when it followed through into another medium (glass). When I get my camera back, I will post pics about Kelly Crosser Alge's glass workshop. We had so much fun learning something so new and different! Can't wait to do it again! Here is Kelly's link to see the results of the workshop. http://modernancientglass.blogspot.com/2013/04/wonderful-news.html
ReplyDeleteThis is a real stunner, Gloria! I just love it! It's obvious you paid attention in class.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris, this one is cleaner than the first effort, (which I had since reworked) but still not what I should be doing!
DeleteTo learn how to make those marvelous brushstrokes is a wonderful reason to take Qiang Huang's workshop! It must've been wonderful to watch him demonstrate.
ReplyDeleteI would take his workshop again in a heartbeat, and I should. It will take me sometime to integrate all he was teaching. I took about 150 pictures so I could review the decisions he made along the way. Yes, as a visual learner, watching the process is everything to me and it was wonderful! Thanks Diana!
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