Harald hosted a well attended plein air that involved another tasty pot luck luncheon.
Plein Air at Marilyn’s with a pot luck lunch to top it off.
Colour with Purpose Workshop by Courtney LeBaron
Our exercise was first to challenge ourselves by making a grid with a limited colour palette using one or two colours with black and white. Then, using the Notanizer App or one of the images she provided, we were to create a piece with a “star colour”. Courtney provided us all with an excellent handout […]
Lynn Saunders was the winner of our Spring Challenge for 2025, entitled April Showers – May Flowers. We combined the day with a delicious potluck luncheon.
We were to create a painting using Alizarin Crimson, Cobalt Blue, Cadmium yellow, and white or the transparent equals e.g. quinacridone colours, in the style of the Impressionists. Here are the excellent creations:
Another critique by Rich Williams covered topics such as composition, hard and soft edges, breaking the rules, etc.
Doug Swinton did a workshop on “Setting Yourself Up for Success: The Art of Pre-Painting Preparation.”
We learned the essential steps to prepare for a successful painting, from planning composition and selecting colours, to choosing the right surface and setting a clear intention. He covered the key elements that make the painting process smoother. Plus, we learned the art of knowing when to stop – so we don’t overwork our piece.
Our monthly critique by Rich Williams had an excellent response of many lovely paintings – some of which needed very little critique.
More “Facing the Group” results. This was obviously a popular workshop with the many excellent portraits.
At the “Facing” the Group workshop led by Diane Williams, we created a 5×7 portrait of a member of our Nanaimo Group of Artists. Several black and white images of selected “vectorized” faces……
(photo edits) were provided and we transferred these to canvas panels that were also provided. We used our powers of observation, our choice of materials and our artistic eyes to create portraits that reflected the light variations shown by the values in the black and white images. Reproductions were available showing coloured portraits, although many […]
Vi, Lynn, Pam and Laurie provided samples of art they had done with Yupo paper along with giving instructions and demonstrations. At another table, Marilyn explained some techniques in using foil.
