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Recent
Artwork
Last
year I decided it would be fun to take an art class
at my local community college. I wanted to take a
watercolor class, but the only Saturday class was
full with a long waiting list. Another offering was
a Rendering class and though I wasn't sure what to
expect, I signed up for it.
The
course description said, "Basic techniques in
sharp-focus drawing emphasizing paint media such as
watercolor and acrylics". I thought that sounded
pretty interesting. The syllabus proposed 4 class
projects and although we finished only three, it was
well worth it. I really enjoyed all the projects and
I learned some great techniques, mostly in colored
pencil. We didn't actually do any painting in watercolor
or acrylics, but I still learned a lot.
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Project
#1:
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Black Colored Pencil on white Coquille Board
11 x17"
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Compose a collage from high contrast,
good quality black and white photos, or laser Xerox
copies of photos, and use this as a reference for
a black and white, high contrast rendering, employing
a full range of values.
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" Animals are such agreeable
friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms"
-
George Eliot
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