I had the great opportunity to meet with the first graders at South School and ask them what they thought was important for their fellow students to remember. Their answers all revolved around the theme “Be Kind.” Each of the children placed their hand print on the lower section which became a field ofContinue reading “Mural for an Elementary School”
Category Archives: Color
More About Color Theory
In my early twenties I was taken back by learning that someone with whom I had attended High School was studying color theory for an entire year at his chosen university. I shook my head and could not comprehend that one could fill a whole year’s studies on color! Yellow and blue make green, right? How could there beContinue reading “More About Color Theory”
Colored Pencil Drawing Class
A Colored Pencil Drawing Class taught by Artist Penny Fregeau is scheduled to start at the Fortuna Fabric & Crafts store on Tuesday nights from 6:30-8:30 PM starting April 16th. The class will run for six weeks ending on May 28th. All skill levels are welcome. The cost of the class is $100 plus materials, whichContinue reading “Colored Pencil Drawing Class”
Color Theory Through Generations of Artists
When I first viewed the paintings of a local artist named Jim Faber in the 1990’s, I was impressed by the stunning beauty of his canvases. I knew he knew something that I didn’t know about painting, and so I asked him to teach me. What I soon found out was he had a greatContinue reading “Color Theory Through Generations of Artists”
Simply Flowers
A work in progress sits on the main easel in my studio beckoning me to invest more time and energy to make the floral still life look more convincing. It’s amazing how many hours can be poured into a work of art! Yet, I feel compelled to put aside other worthy projects to bring theContinue reading “Simply Flowers”
Good Painting Tools
Good tools make all the difference whether it is creating a painting our building a house! Today I received a new supply of paints, canvases, drawing paper and brushes. Just looking at blank canvases sets my imagination on high drive. The complete set of paint pictured above is the limited palette which I have usedContinue reading “Good Painting Tools”
Coloring Jesus
The first time I remember that art was a special part of my life was when I was a preschooler in my home church. Maybe that’s why faith and art for me are intricately linked. I loved my home church in Long Beach where I grew up. My dad, a marvelous craftsman, had made the cross inContinue reading “Coloring Jesus”
A Limited Palette Part 4 – My Favorites
We live in a world filled with color and light. All the marvelous colors in the world can be mixed by using a limited palette. It is important to make the distinction that when I refer to a limited palette I am using colored paint that, used together, can be mixed to create the whole spectrumContinue reading “A Limited Palette Part 4 – My Favorites”
A Limited Color Palette – Part 3 – The “Ish”
Learning and understanding color is made simple by the “ish.” Even my four-year-old granddaughter understands the concept. We learn to evaluate and describe any color by voicing it’s ingredients in order from greatest to least – and then add the ish. What is that color the army uses so frequently? Oh, it’s greenish-yellowish-reddish. Mix thoseContinue reading “A Limited Color Palette – Part 3 – The “Ish””
A Limited Color Palette Part 2 – No Black.
No Black? No. Black is the absence of color. And we live in a world filled with color and light. What we consider black is really very very dark color that appear to our eyes as black – dark green, dark purple, dark bluish-brownish-purple, etc. Painters will argue about this, but in a limited colorContinue reading “A Limited Color Palette Part 2 – No Black.”
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