I posted so lte last week so am posting this again to Paint Party Friday this week.
This week I took Susan Ploughe’s three day workshop called “Waterways”. If you are a member of The Venice Art Center in Venice Florida, you have a treat in store! I understand Susan Ploughe will doing a workshop soon in your location.
This week I took Susan Ploughe’s three day workshop called “Waterways”. If you are a member of The Venice Art Center in Venice Florida, you have a treat in store! I understand Susan Ploughe will doing a workshop soon in your location.
In our workshop we
went through written information, photos of various types of water and
paintings by other artist of lakes, streams, waterfalls, the ocean, reflections
and still clear waters. Susan also did a short demo for each type before we began our own paintings. She printed
out four or five examples for us to pick from and to use as references. In the three days we did six
paintings each. It was not important that you finished a whole painting
but that you tried out the technique that helped the viewer recognize the type
of water setting you were trying to describe.
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I always enjoy
Susan’s workshops because she makes learning and improving my skills both fun
and inspiring. She makes me feel that I am getting better, and shows me
alternative ways to get there. I like the fact that if I am not
understanding a certain concept she will pull out an extra surface and
demonstrate what she was advocating. She will not paint on your canvas
unless she asks you first, and always suggests that you change it afterward to your own
stroke, so that it is “all yours”. Susan is a nationally awarded painter
with The Oil Painters of America and has paintings exhibited in galleries and
in magazine articles. We are so lucky to have her teaching classes and
workshops on a regular basis at the Mainstreet Art Centre in Lake Zurich, IL.
You can see Susan
Ploughe’s website at http://susanploughe.com/
I will be posting to Paint Party Friday(late!), Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
My waterfall study done from a copyright free photo
12" x 9" oil on canvas board.
My Waves Study from a painting by Ivan Aivazovsky
12" x 9" oil on canvas board
My Calm Shallow Water Study from copyright free photo
9" x 12" oil on canvas board
My Reflections Study from Copyright Free Photo
8" x 10" on canvas sheet
My Shadows, Ripples, Reflections Study from Copyright Free Photo
8" x 10" oil on canvas sheet
My Mountain/Lake Reflections Study
8" x 10" oil on canvas sheet
Have a great week.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Gloria