Thursday, January 8, 2009
Audrey Dulmes Pastel Demo at AC Art Association Monday 1/5/09 meeting
Audrey Dulmes gave a pastel demo using soft Unison pastels on Wallis sanded pastel paper. She painted a field in France from her last trip. She likes to pleine aire paint. Here's a link to some of her pictures and information about her, http://www.leagueofmilwaukeeartists.com/audrey_dulmes.htm . She also does oils.
She started with sanded pastel paper that had a red wash on it since she was doing an outdoor scene with lots of greens in it. She started with the sky, then worked around the painting starting with the darkest colors and biggest shapes to end up with the lightest colors and smallest shapes. She used a piece of styrofoam to blend the sky. Trees and green foliage started out with a dark purple. Probably used about 20 different pastel sticks. Mostly finished in less than 2 hours.
She likes to use Unison, schminke, sennelier and rembrandt pastels. She wears an apron her easle is not 90 degree vertical but tilted back maybe 25-30 degrees. She had an aluminum trough to catch the dust and wore an apron. She uses winsor and newton barrier cream. She uses the Heilman's pastel box, http://www.heilmandesigns.com/ , which is good for pleinaire and traveling. You can attach it to a tripod and also attach an easle to it? She carriers her pastels (chalk) in her carryon.
She started with sanded pastel paper that had a red wash on it since she was doing an outdoor scene with lots of greens in it. She started with the sky, then worked around the painting starting with the darkest colors and biggest shapes to end up with the lightest colors and smallest shapes. She used a piece of styrofoam to blend the sky. Trees and green foliage started out with a dark purple. Probably used about 20 different pastel sticks. Mostly finished in less than 2 hours.
She likes to use Unison, schminke, sennelier and rembrandt pastels. She wears an apron her easle is not 90 degree vertical but tilted back maybe 25-30 degrees. She had an aluminum trough to catch the dust and wore an apron. She uses winsor and newton barrier cream. She uses the Heilman's pastel box, http://www.heilmandesigns.com/ , which is good for pleinaire and traveling. You can attach it to a tripod and also attach an easle to it? She carriers her pastels (chalk) in her carryon.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Tom Nachreiner 2008 Workshops
Got a postcard giving the dates of his workshops for 2008 which you can also find at http://www.tomnachreiner.com/workshops3.html . He gave a demo last year at the milwaukee sketch club - see April 8, 2008 post.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Duane Keiser & 2 pastel sketches
Here's 2 pastel sketches. I've been thinking on an article about Duane Keiser in the Oct 2008 issue of the Artist's magazine, http://www.artistsnetwork.com/magazines/ .
He's credited with starting a painting a day movement. See http://duanekeiser.blogspot.com/ .
I like the way that he says that "magic happens not without diligence" He learned his work ethic from his artist teacher Raymond Berry http://faculty.rmc.edu/rberry/public_html/bio1.html at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA. Basically "think of art as blue collar work....Sometimes you don't feel inspired and painting just feels like digging ditches. Highway workers don't tell their boss that I don't feel like paving a road today and if they can work in 100 degree heat, we can get to an easel." I think to learn or improve at anything you need to practice. It's like lifting weights. When you first start you can only lift a little but the more you practice the more you can lift.
About.com's Painting A Day: 31 Ideas for January & January Painting Project
About.com has 31 painting ideas for January http://painting.about.com/od/inspiration/tp/painting-a-day-ideas-january.htm?
The January painting project (due Jan 29) is Single Color & Its complementary http://painting.about.com/od/submissiongallery/ig/Painting-Project-Comp-Color/Painting-Project--Comp-Colors.htm
The January painting project (due Jan 29) is Single Color & Its complementary http://painting.about.com/od/submissiongallery/ig/Painting-Project-Comp-Color/Painting-Project--Comp-Colors.htm
Thursday, January 1, 2009
MAM Milwaukee Art Museum
Went to MAM, Milwaukee Art Museum, http://www.mam.org/ today.
Played with their Act/React Interactive Art Featured Exhibit http://www.mam.org/act/index.htm
Haven't been to MAM for a long time. They have a underground parking garage that is heated to the same temperature as a house. Can buy a $20 parking pass good for 5 times.
Enjoyed Catesby, Audubon and the Discovery of a New World that is here until 3/22/09. Also JoAnna Poehlmann's, Drawn to Nature exhibit. http://66.162.233.131/ent/articles/poehlmann.html Not much info about her on the web. Very exquisite, excellent draftsmanship & ties in well with the Discovery of a New World exhibit. Also enjoyed the museums permanent collections.
Played with their Act/React Interactive Art Featured Exhibit http://www.mam.org/act/index.htm
Haven't been to MAM for a long time. They have a underground parking garage that is heated to the same temperature as a house. Can buy a $20 parking pass good for 5 times.
Enjoyed Catesby, Audubon and the Discovery of a New World that is here until 3/22/09. Also JoAnna Poehlmann's, Drawn to Nature exhibit. http://66.162.233.131/ent/articles/poehlmann.html Not much info about her on the web. Very exquisite, excellent draftsmanship & ties in well with the Discovery of a New World exhibit. Also enjoyed the museums permanent collections.
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