A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of taking a 2 day workshop with George Scribner. Very impressive resume and I have been gawking at his Disney paintings for months for his bold, plein-airish brush work and full rich colors. George is a wonderful guide into uncomplicated and painless painting. Check out the transformation of my paintings in such a short period of time. What I heard from him was (1) VALUES (2) use the biggest brush possible for as long as possible and (3) utilize a limited palette (of which I had never attempted).
Assignment 1: monotone sketch, looking for values and bold shapes.
9x12 masonite, gessoed and then grey toned. Water soluble oil, not a big fan from my first use - takes a lot of water to get them "working", they don't seem to be able to clean from out of your brushes and 2wks later they are still wet.
Assignment 2: paint still life with full color palette, 9x12 split, smaller space, larger brush
Assignment 3: 9x12 split, limited palettes: left: cad yellow, cad red and ultramarine. Rt side: yellow ochre, alizarin and ultramarine. I loved the limited palette and the amount of colors we can pull from them
Linda and The Art Room were great, creative hosts - the best I have experienced AND we got fed lunch both days!
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