Thursday, June 19, 2014

Class is out...



Diane Culhane's online workshop, “Paint Your Garden” that is.  Currently I am working on some assignments that I made up for myself and I will share them upon completion :-)

However, to catch up on what has been going on… I have been working toward my goal of freer expression in this medium, and I have been having fun taking chances, letting go and enjoying the characteristics of the paint. 

One of last week’s assignments was a continuation of creating mostly visual texture by way of frottage, blown blots and splattering - fun and messy.  The different techniques Diane has been teaching build on themselves; the layering, the techniques of masking and sgraffito (love sgraffito) combine with the newer ones and, voilĂ , a menu of texturing options.

Here are the vignettes:

Masking is key.



The triangles at the bottom appeal to me...

 
A fav -  because of the semi-opaque layers and the dots (!)


This one is different.  I sort of followed the paint.

I love it when I can hardly wait to get into my studio and begin :-)

1 comment:

  1. These are all wonderful Darlene. I wish the class was still going on. I signed up late. Oh well. She is a great teacher and I will take another from her given the chance!

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