Water Color Crayons are Amazing

Wednesday was a great class! Our model, Joshua, had such an energetic vibe and everyone's drawings and paintings really got it. We used watercolor crayon only and thanks to Susan Maakestad's instruction on Tues. night, I was able to pass some techniques along. Interesting marks, line quality and subtle washes all from one little stick of color!

Watercolor Workshop

A friend and I are taking a watercolor workshop at The Memphis College of Art from SUSAN MAAKESTAD.We are using watercolor crayons, a material that has been sitting around in my studio for a while, but one that I have never been able to figure out on my own. Learned a lot on Tuesday and looking forward to the next class.

spring break

This week has been Spring Break at Flicker Street Studio. I have been working in my studio, visiting with family and friends, as well as updating the website and planning new courses. There are a lot of fun and interesting things in the hopper for summer!

Figure Drawing and Painting

Wednesday, March 3 was the first figure drawing and painting class at Flicker Street Studio. For many students the class was their first encounter with a live model. The pace of the class was intense. We started off with a series of gesture drawings.This gave everyone an opportunity to get used to the figure in the space. The students used a water soluable graphite crayon, a new material for everyone so there was an element of surprise and lack of control. We moved to two longer poses using a monochromatic color scheme. For a first day, the paintings were very strong!

Wall of Paintings

Final recap for the first session at Flicker Street.