Spider Mum
13x17in
mixed water-media on rag paper.
Different for me I know.
This is a workshop painting and is still
not finished. I may have to do some tweaking
after I have time to look at it.
Artist Note.
It was an exciting and very busy day.
The instructors are
two award winning sisters
who have a mission to free
artists from the constrains of
the traditional, and introduce
new methods to achieve
creative fulfillment.
Their motto is
COURAGE LOOKS GOOD!
Today, the first of two days out of four,
were with
Nancy Frost Begin
(Click her link at bottom)
The painting above was worked on top
of an old painting which we had varnished.
I went freely into it with
great inspiration after watching Nancy's
amazing demo using gouache.
She applied it in a certain way and then
moved some around with various tools
allowing random areas of the original
painting to show through.
This created beautiful abstract areas.
My flower would look dorky on a regular
background, but I feel this method
provided some oomph!
Tomorrow we try another exciting method
involving tempera paint and permanent black ink.
Check out Nancy's amazing work
And how much fun are you having. So neat to keep learning, isn't it. Love it all!
ReplyDeleteJust checked out Nancy Frost Begin's work. How unique. Looking forward to seeing what gets incorporated into your work. Thank you for sharing and love, your Spider Mum.
ReplyDeleteThis is so stunning! I loved studying it!
ReplyDeleteHi Jullie! This is just my cup of tea! How exciting, your couldn't paint a dorky flower if you tried :)
ReplyDeleteI know things sometimes look different in person, but I think this is very successful!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors, a wonderful workshop!
ReplyDeleteI love how you try new things and do it successfully.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly different. I took a peek through the Nancy Frost link and was reminded of Gustav Klimpt
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredible workshop piece, Julie! I did visit her website...fascinating work, thanks for sharing this! I can't wait to see more of what you do during the workshop...& see what you end up incorporating into your current work! Wowsa!
ReplyDeleteStunning, I love it! Is Nancy's sister Susan there too? Tell her I said hello. I did her workshop at Crealde last October, and your name came in up our conversation and I couldn't believe she new you, and was going to teach a workshop in your neck of the woods! Small world.
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning. Sounds like you're having fun and so brave to take on a major workdshop and the 30 in 30 at the same time.
ReplyDeletewow! looks and sounds exciting!
ReplyDeleteI love the look of this, sounds like a great workshop, I checked out Nancy's work via your link and thought it so different.
ReplyDeleteWhatever you did to get the background on this piece, it looks great! Love the flower with it.
ReplyDeleteWow! This is VERY cool!!! :)
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