I thought I would share with you what we did in my
Recently I have been giving instructions on how to use watercolors. Watercolors have been my favorite medium to use for many years .
We played around with painting tones so my students
could get use to the different brushes and get a feel for working with transparent layers.
Usually I love to have the first project be a still life. We also tackle a difficult subject-glass. Here I have a very simple still life of an apple and my favorite glass pitcher. I find it fun to use green and red subject matters (complementary colors)
I kept a photo log of my painting as we went along.
Sorry- it is quite a dark photoThen I add some blue tones to set the background.
I am slowly adding more layers of color.
Almost done...
A little work to define the highlights
And it's finished...
My wonderful students
Look how hard they are concentrating!
Each are beginning to develop their own style.
Don't worry ...they said I could put them in my blog!
Yeah...I am pretty crazy about my kiddos!
Yes... it is a small class!
The joys of teaching in a private school
Oh ...someone asked why the green glass pitcher is so special to me...
I bought it years ago while I was a student at Marietta College.
My husband did inspections in parts of West Virginia and one day we stopped into
Blenko Glass Factory. Had a tour and I have been crazy about hand blown glass ever since that day!
That's all for today!
Snow is on the way so keep warm and I hope to see you soon!
Hugs
Mary
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