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hanging with my idols

5February2022by k. 1 Comment

I am lucky because on any given day I could run into one of these gals at an event, a meeting or walking down the street. They are Mary and […]

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it’s granular

27January2022by k. Leave a comment

We are back at our weekly practice after a refreshing holiday break, and I tell ya — it feels great! I have a new attitude, more energy and some clever […]

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so the learning sticks

9December2020by k. 2 Comments

We worked in washes this week, with trees as our subject matter. We are learning about watercolor and gouache on Mondays, ink and watercolor on Tuesdays. We are warming up, […]

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I believe surprise is essential when you want to unlock your creative expression. Tonight, it was an elephant warm-up exercise. At first, it might be intimidating, but this one was fun. The rest of the evening we focused on the surfaces and structures of birch trees using water soluble graphite. We know how to handle the good stuff.
Our practice this week circled around pigment density, layering and adding other mediums. We got to know the work of Farah Nebeela Khan and her wizardly watercolors. Check her out @fnkdesigns and her Etsy shop. We practiced control, but we won't let it go to our heads! This is the good stuff.
Over the last couple of months, I've had the chance to work with the Art Club at Willmar High School. We created an image together in many different interpretations. 48 tiles, one crazy-fun painting. Acrylic and paper collage on canvas tiles, 96"x32" Ms. Canavan will hang it in their art room to inspire future projects. Collaboration is fun stuff!
Our drawing practice has been focusing on understanding form and volume lately. This week, our subject was cows, so we began by imagining the surface of the cow in our reference, then we made our drawing. More sooty smudges, but also more skills. This is the good stuff.
We started several paintings this week, using a variety of techniques. Wetting, dropping, floating, dabbing, blotting-all the things. We were slowed by drying time, but now we know our tools and materials just a bit better. We might finish them all. 😊 This is the good stuff.
Drawing = seeing + practice. Join us sometime!
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