Hi, TACers!
Pam was back and it sounded like her trip was amazing-swimming
with sharks and sea turtles!
Kay's next studio session starts April 24th and
goes to June and she will do her last 3 week session at Fort Mason April
13,20,27. If you are interested you will
need to sign up ASAP!!!
36 - Select Unique Subject Matter
This week we started with…
JANIE and her “Clockwork Orange”. She was combining clocks and parts of citrus
fruits but was just part way. It was
looking good. She also shared several
pieces where she did more exploring with salt and her crumpled paper piece
which was non-representational with lovely colors.
PAM painted what was right in front of her, her paint brushes
and brush cleaning cloth. There was lots
of white, great colors and she made really good straight lines for her brush
handles. When we asked how she did it
she said it had been a good day. Her
metal was good, too. She used neutral
tine which brought up a discussion about what neutral tine is and the best
brand. Neutral tint is supposed to
change a hue to a shade (darken a color).
Shirley said Winsor Newton is the most neutral.
AVELINA solved her bubble dilemma! They were amazing. She used watered frisket and a pen nib to get
thin lines. There were lots more steps
but I didn’t get good notes so you can ask her next time you see her. She also did a pile of sock monkeys reflected
in a mirror and it even showed the bevel in the edge of the mirror. Her THIRD
was a grouping of bags/purses that she saw in Miami. They were crazy, fun and bright! She used colored pencil to add some
interesting texture.
MARJORIE reworked last week’s piece. He greatly enhanced the color to very good
effect-on both sides. She added side#2
to her “fortune cookie” series. It was a great example of following and
accident. “Oh, gosh yes!” she said and she would work with crimpled paper
again.
PAM shared a scene from the Napo River in Ecuador. It was the view from her room.
SHIRLEY is working on her Japanese fabric series and is
moving from replicating to adding her own expression.
MARY is going for the Sanchez Art Center’s 50/50 again so
she won’t be coming for a while. She
decided to confront her disappointment of
not being accepted last year with her amazing bug and button
series. Go Mary!!!
Marjorie will be “down under” until mid April and Pam will
be travelling , too. We’ll miss them!
Next week is 41 - Light Foreground, Dark Background.
Looking forward to seeing y’all next week. If you haven’t been in awhile, COME!!!
Joanie, rhymes with macaroni.