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.

 

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