Monterey Students paint Pet Portaits

Towards the end of the summer program at Monterey Centre in Oak Bay BC a few weeks back; I taught a workshop on Pet Portraits in watercolour.  The students produced some fabulous work.  Most impressive, I must say...I will include a Smile box in this blog if I can of their work.(sorry it didn't work  I'll forward it on facebook look for "Happy Tails"...update...see Smile box below...click on the picture within the smilebox...
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This is the piece I did in the class as a demonstration piece.  Her eyes appears to be saying "Hold still a little longer and ..."

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Cat Portrait for Monterey students

Towards the end of the summer program at Monterey Centre in Oak Bay BC a few weeks back; I taught a workshop on Pet Portraits in watercolour.  The students produced some fabulous work.  Most impressive, I must say...I will include a Smile box in this blog if I can of their work.(sorry it didn't work  I'll forward it on facebook look for "Happy Tails"...update...see Smile box below...click on the picture within the smilebox...
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This is the piece I did in the class as a demonstration piece.  Her eyes appears to be saying "Hold still a little longer and ..."

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Sidney Fine Art Show

I just got the news, my piece: Lost and Alone has been accepted into the Sidney Fine Arts Show...how exciting...I entered, completely not expecting to get into the show. I cannot believe it...I am so thrilled! 

 

From their site:

The Sidney Fine Art Show is a world-class juried art show featuring work by artists primarily from around B.C.

Presented by the Community Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula, this Show is for serious artists and patrons of the arts. The first Show in 2003 was an outstanding success and each year the Show has attracted thousands of visitors to the town of Sidney.

Gossamer & Lace

In just two weeks I will be teaching another group of students how to paint "Teacups and Lace"...the course starts September 15th and goes to the end of October every Thursday from 12:30 to 3 pm.  I painted this painting to put on display at the Monterey Centre to promote the course...hopefully we will fill all 18 seats. 
Gossamer & lace started out with the set up of the still life with one of my husband's teacups from his collection. I photographed it and sketched the drawing onto 300 lb Fine Art paper. 

The initial layers of paint are many thin glazes, using Aureolin, Opera Pink; Manganese Blue, Quin Gold, and Quin Burnt Scarlet.  The darks (greys from my pallete) were layered to create the shadows and the final details (indigo and quin burnt scarlet) were added to create dimension. Thoughts?