Thursday, 8 July 2010

DEWAR DOES HER SECOND PORTRAIT



Dewar paints her second portrait.Dewar is getting very good at doing portraits,and she was afraid in the beginning, now she is a lot more confident.

STELLA PAINTS HER DOG



Stella has finish a painting of her dog, She did a good job, he looks very nice, cheers Stella

Saturday, 3 July 2010

KATE FINISH HER FIRST PORTRAIT



Kate has finish her first portrait, the assignment was to do a portrait of a person that we love very much, she really love her horse very much,so she choose to do her horse, and we all love the portrait that she did of Boo(The horse name).

EVELYN DOES A NICE LANDSCAPE



Evelyn has done this nice landscape, an interpretation from the painter j.Mann, Good work Evelyn

DENISE FINISH HER STILL LIVE



Denise finish with her lemon and apple, very good work Denise, both fruits are done very well.

Tuesday, 29 June 2010

LAURA FINISH HER SECOND PAINTING


Laura finish her second painting with an interpretation of the painter J.Mann, excellent work , difficult painting to do, but Laura push-it to the maximum, Cheers Laura.

BARB PAINTS A GIRAFFE


Barb paints a nice giraffe , she looks so cute, good work Barb congratulation.

Saturday, 26 June 2010

BONITA FINISH HER SECOND PAINTING


Bonita,after a long period for recovering after a health problem, came back with a great spirit and she finish this painting, copy o Edward  Hooper,she did a marvelous job, congratulation Bonita.

Saturday, 12 June 2010

EVELYN PAINTS A CHICKEN


Evelyn paints a chicken, I love this chicken, it has a very strong personality, Great work Evelyn

STELLA FINISH HER FIRST PORTRAIT



Stella did her first portrait,a beautiful young girl, she did a good job , congratulation Stella.

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

JILL PAINTS A MONASTERY IN FRANCE


Jill paints an interpretation of K. Macpherson . a field of lavender and a monastery  in France, good job Jill

BARB PAINTS A SCENE OF THE COUNTY



Barb paints the lake, road, and sky with clouds , clouds are not easy, non the less she finish it well.

Wednesday, 2 June 2010

MARY FINISH HER FIRST PORTRAIT


Mary has finished her first portrait, and she did  a great job,The resemblance is good and I like the Tie .Congratulation Mary 

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

KATE PAINTS A SCOUTER


Kate does a warm and beautiful painting of a scouter, copy of the artist Terry Miura, Kate you did this painting in a very natural way , i didn't have to correct you at all. keep going that way ,no fears.Cheers kate

LAURA FINISH HER FIRST PAINTING


Laura finish her first painting, copy of our dear friend Vicente Herrero. Beautiful colors ,laura you did very well, plus i like that you are not afraid of trying harder paintings. Congratulation

EVELYN PAINTS A SELF PORTRAIT


Evelyn did her first self portrait . it was not easy, to paint oneself is not an easy job, she did it and it looks very much like her, Bravo Evelyn

Thursday, 20 May 2010

BARB PAINTS THE MEDITERRANEAN


Barb paint this seascape a copy from the Spanish  painter Vicente Herrero . The rocks were a bit complicated , but Barb has brought the hall thing together very nicely.

Monday, 17 May 2010

MARY FINISH A STILL LIFE WITH OLIVES


Mary did a good job interpreting a painting from J.Collins, beautiful reflexions,nice shapes and a good color. Congratulation Mary

Monday, 10 May 2010

BERNICE DOES ONE MORE LANDSCAPE

Bernice does an interpretation o a painting by B.Bauer , nice greens and blues .Good work Bernice

MACKENZIE DOES A STILL LIFE


 Mackenzie does his first still live with apple and pear, good work on the forms, and the values, nice soft colors.

KATE PAINTS THE MOON IN THE FALL



Kate has done a beautiful landscape interpreting a painting of Clyde Aspervig. Very nice reflexions on the water , and a good value on the moon. Great work Kate , congratulation

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

GLENDA DOES HER FIRST PAINTING


Glenda did her first painting, she did an interpretation of J.Mann. Complicated painting but Glenda did a great job.Congratulation. Ah, she also learn how to hold the brushes properly.

Wednesday, 28 April 2010

DEWAR DOES HER FIRST PORTRAIT





What an excellent job Dewar has done in her first portrait. Congratulation Dewar, you did it, and you didn't believe that you could do it.

BARB FINISH AN OTHER CITYSCAPE


Barb has done this cityscape copy from J. Mann.Well done Barb.

MACKENZIE DOES A LANDSCAPE


Mackenzie has done a landscape , copy from the Artist Vicente Herrero. Those cactus were hard to make.

Tuesday, 20 April 2010

JILL FINISH HER FIRST NUDE



Jill finish her first nude, first she painted her in black and white trying to get the values right , and then with layers of glazing, she put in the colors. Very good work Jill ,congratulation

JANET DOES HER FIRST PORTRAIT






Janet did her first portrait.very successfully, this exercise always make students very afraid ,almost to the point of dropping the exercise,but after they get going, the gain confidence and finish it very nice. Congratulation Janet for such a nice work.

BARB PAITS SOME BOATS


Barb paints some Mexican boats, This is not a copy or interpretation of any artist,she did it on her own, and she did an excellent job, beautiful colors and good work on the aging of the boats. rock on Barb

CAROLYNE FINISH A DELI CAFE PAINTING

  

Carolyne did a theme of the street and a Deli, copy from the artist Terry Miura , The lady was a man in Terry's painting , Carolyne change it and she put a young lady . good work Carolyne.

DENNIS DOES A WATER FALL PAINTING


Dennis dis this interpretation of a painting by j. Lipking , lots of movement in the water, well done Dennis

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

MACKENZIE HAS DONE HIS FIRST PORTRAIT
















 Mackenzie does his first portrait, |I think he did a very good job, Mackenzie the next one will be better

Wednesday, 7 April 2010

STELLA FINISH HER FIRST LANDSCAPE


Stella finish her first painting, this time a copy of  the artist Vicente Herrero. Good work Stella

STELLA APPLE AND LEMON


Stella also did her first still live, good for you Stella.

KATE PAINTS AN APPLE AND A PEAR


Kate did her first still live . This is an exercise all the students have to do , here you learn about form, shadows and light. Good work Kate

Thursday, 1 April 2010

DEWAR DOES AN INTERPRETATION OF SOROLLA

Dewar did her second interpretation, this time she did it from the Spanish artist Sorolla. Dewar you are slowly but sure getting there

Tuesday, 30 March 2010

BERNICE PAINTS A WATER FALL


Bernice has been working on this difficult painting for a few weeks, an interpretation of a work by Jeremy Lipking.I like the shadows and the ligth on the water, good work Bernice

Friday, 26 March 2010

KATE FINISH HER URBAN SCAPE


Kate did an interpretation of J.mann's painting .Nice shadow of the man, good work in general kate.