Pathfinder
12x16"
Oil On Linen
Unframed
2024
Hello Everyone, and Happy Fall tidings! I am excited to share some of my new artworks with you and some opportunities to paint live with me on the internet.
Painting Roses & Skies, November 16 & 301-5 PM, EST. Online Class.
895
A Cloud withdrew from the Sky
Superior Glory be
But that Cloud and its Auxiliaries
Are forever lost to me
Had I but further scanned
Had I secured the Glow
In an Hermetic Memory
It had availed me now.
Never to pass the Angel
With a glance and a Bow
Till I am firm in Heaven
Is my intention now.
By Emily Dickinson
In this two-day class, we will be discussing the many applications of painting outdoor roses, and clouds and skies in the background of our paintings. Going over a brief history floral painting and cloud painting, we will discuss its many moods, which can lend to a portrait or still life, drawing out the psychological and spiritual aspects of each work. In addition, the mercurial nature of sunlight makes it possible for us to paint most freely, availing ourselves of various tonal shifts, complementary hues, and even textural modalities, all of which feed back into the original subject of a painting and serve to tie together and elevate and artwork that may be needing just a little bit more.
Before the class meets, it is recommended that you begin collecting your own treasure trove of outdoor rose gatden close-ups and “interesting skies.” These can be taken at sunsets, beaches, before/after storms, or indeed just any old day. Bring a camera with you often, even if it is just your phone, and start capturing the fleeting moments that spark your fancy.The class will take place over two separate days, November 16 & November 30. By spreading the class dates out like this, students will have ample time to work on their own pieces in between live sessions.The goal is to start a painting from scratch on the first day. We will be working from multiple rose references, effectively matching cloud references to aid in setting off the foreground.
Painting Birds & Butterflies in Flight, December 20 & 30
In this two-day class, we will use vivid colors and brushwork to capture the essence of birds and butterflies in flight. We will go in-depth into the many applications of brushwork and palette-knifing to create texture, movement, crisp detail, and atmosphere. Painting movement and getting the sense of believable flight will be key. Other topics such as drawing, anatomy, value, color harmony, and composition (or how a butterfly sits in the composition as a whole) will be discussed. For this reason, it is recommended that you bring a still-life painting or portrait in to class that you are willing to work further on. If this is not a possibility, you may start a new painting from scratch.
Teresa will be demonstrating her "sticker" method, in which she analyses paintings in her studio that are mid-way to being complete and adds compositionally helpful or narrative-driving flying objects to balance out her work. By adding birds and butterflies in flight, she will demonstrate how greater movement and color balance can be created, even late in the game, for all paintings. This method will allow you to work in a "stream of conscious" manner, intuitively placing things from your imagination successfully into your paintings, as though you were a fiction writer fixing a plot, and not a slave to nature.
Before the class meets, it is recommended that you begin collecting your own treasure trove of butterfly and bird in flight close-ups. Reference photos will also be provided for you to use during the class. The class will take place over two days, December 20 & December 30. By spreading the class dates out like this, students will have ample time to work on their pieces in between live instruction sessions.
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