Hi, Creightoners!
Shirley and I have just returned from FLAX after our
gathering with some really cool syringe and tip sets that we found there and as
soon as I finish this I am going to squirt paint all over, all afternoon!
Our meeting was quick today.
There were seven of us and only five of us had work. The experiment was #10-Use only wet washes.
Janie, who we hadn’t seen in awhile, shared her Moroccan
blue boat that she had painted as a gift for a friend. It as lovely, and what a great gift!! She also shared a scene from Bruges, Belgium
and we were captured by her trees which she did with sponging with a sea
sponge. She had one of unfinished trees
that was promising.
Pam had two pieces.
One was a sunset in her little sketchbook. Soft and dreamy. The other was of pampas grass and she really
captured the sense of wind blowing the grass.
She was challenged by working fast and enjoyed it. She pulled out a surprise “wet on wet” beautiful silk scarf she made!
Carmel did a scene of forest and lake in blues, greens and
purples and there was one little spot where she used a bit of color from her
palette that was a lovely soft neutral.
This brought up a quick discussion of those little spots, puddles, colors
on our palettes. They are often a combination
of the colors we are using for a painting and therefore make the perfect
neutral/shadow colors. Between us we
called it “palette mud”, “mother puddle”, or even the dirty water as “mother
water”.
Shirley didn’t bring a piece because it is in process…a 3D
version of a Muni bus. We get to see it
next week!
Peg worked very wet and “drew” with water. A forest scene with the path of a dragonfly
in the air. She used Winsor Blue, green
shade for sky which she thinks is the perfect sky color for a clear day. She was reminded in the process to BE
PATIENT! She also reflected on the
example piece and how it was carefully developed and not too rushed.
Joanie did a big persimmon with the fruits that Carmel
brought last week and she “made up” the #2415 experiment with Agrostemma seed
pods in purples with a yellow-green background and washing off color with her
water bottle and made a big mess all over her painting table.
Pam went to the Legion of Honor to see the Houghton Hall
exhibit and thought it was worthwhile.
There were 3 portraits by John Singer Sargent, plus landscapes and charcoal
sketches. There was art in many forms
there and if you go on Saturday or Sunday and are there at 4 pm you can listen
to a free pipe organ concert.
The field trip to the Academy of Sciences is scheduled for
Tuesday, November, 18 from 10-12. More
information elsewhere in the blog.
There is also an exhibit of botanicals at the Arboretum
Library.
Next experiment is # 15-Express a mood.
Until next week,