The last week for this group of 3, and the first class to come close to completing two acrylic paintings over the 4 week course! Brilliant work everyone. I love the way each of you are developing the technique to show your own individual styles. Keep on painting over the summer if you can…….
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The 3 painters were very close to finishing their paintings when they started this morning. This can sometimes be a rather drawn out process, with lots and lots of tweaking. Its amazing how, when you put a tiny bit of colour on just one area of the painting, it can impact other areas, and sometimes this can go on and on, but that’s very normal. Ask any artist?!
By the end of the morning though, we had two completed and one ‘not sure if it’s finished’ paintings – beautiful work by all three. We also had some very promising beginnings of 3 new works, all working against the clock to get as much done before our last day next Monday.
Then there were some great starts on 3 new underpaintings.
Many thanks everyone for changing the day for me so I could meet my Sydney friends on the cruise ship!
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After a slow start on a chilly Monday, the brushes started flying furiously and by the end of the morning, all three students were nearing the completion of their paintings. A little more ink will be assisting in the finishing process of a couple of them, and I know, everyone’s looking forward to starting on their second paintings next week.
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The start of another 4 week course, this time with a smaller group of three. Everyone made a fantastic effort this morning, and finished well into, or just finishing, the lovely loose ink stage. These very different under-paintings are exactly on track and next week they’ll be moving onto the next stages of thicker and lighter paint. Keep up the great work everyone.
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This was the last morning of acrylics class for this group of cheerful artists and great progress was made throughout the course, with some wonderful achievements. Those paintings that didn’t quite get finished are so very close, and I look forward to seeing the final result.
Many thanks everyone for your hard work and enthusiasm over the four weeks. I hope you’re all feeling inspired to keep on painting!
The paintings below just need a few tweaks to complete
Finished – Two Proud Artists!
And even the start of two new paintings – all of the above started out just like these!
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Everyone struggled a bit this week but I do find this often happens at this stage of the painting, so hang in there and they will all come together next week. The beautiful paintings below are most definitely on track, and mostly very close to finishing. Apologies, some of the colours are a little exaggerated this week!
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Another session of hard work today, with everyone moving onto their thicker paint, and gradually lightening up their paintings. At the end of the morning we have 6 fantastic and very different masterpieces, some not too far from finishing, Great work everyone. Perhaps come armed with more photographs next week, just in case!
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Back into Gill’s studio for another exciting four weeks of Acrylic Painting for 6 keen artists. We have a nice mixture of beginners and more experienced students in this group. Being the first class, there’s always a lot of revving up, and instruction from me, and after some ‘exploring’ of the primary colours in the palettes, everyone was painting furiously. By the end of the morning the whole group had made an incredible start on their first paintings.
As you can see below, the class finished with everyone at a different stage of their ‘ink work’. The ink, applied with a stick, has allowed them to redraw, redefine, move objects, and add texture to their paintings. Some will go straight into thicker paint immediately next week (after revising their darks of course!) others will continue inking for a little longer…..
The two below are just about to start on the ink
A huge effort from everyone. I look forward to our continuing journey next Tuesday!
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This was the last week for this keen group, and considering 3 of them had never painted before, they produced some excellent paintings, as did the more experienced student.
All finished now after some extra hard work this morning
A few little light touches will be added onto these lovely tulips at home.
With so much wonderful ink-work, this one will take a little longer to pull together with the lighter layer, but it’s looking great, and I look forward to seeing the finished work.
This rather demanding subject matter has been given a nice delicate touch and is finished as well.
Well done and thanks everyone for the hard work. I know it is a lot to absorb over four weeks, and it’s been really rewarding to see the progress everyone has made. I hope you will all continue painting happily.
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Another week and here we are again with our 3rd class for this group, plus a catch up student from the previous Continuation Class. Everyone worked extremely hard again today, and are making great progress towards the completion of the paintings.
There is a lot of going back and forth from darks to lights during these end stages, but each step is a little closer to the end, and all these layers really do work together to give the painting lots of nice depth.
A lot of hard work was done on the composition of this one today and its most definitely getting closer to its completion.
This is very nearly finished – just lightening up the background and redefining the plant.
Lightening up lots of areas here, then maybe a little more ink to re-find some areas.
Really coming together – not long now before completion
A new painting started, and looking good already!
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