At today’s meeting Loretta, Joanne, Diane, Tim, Marty,
Annie, Jeanne, Kristina, Charlie, Betsy, Dotty, Jeanie, Jerry, Dave, Tedd,
Eunice, John, Za, Sandy (new), and me Celeste
Today’s suggested table topic: lost and found edges …what
can you tell us about what you know about lost and found edges?
Celeste: It is said that nothing makes a painting look more
amateur than “all over hard edges”. In a
workshop with Eric Jacobsen he drug his thumb through something I had painted
to make it look more like light was bouncing around. Our eyes don’t see in the
same way that a camera does. I brought in a painting that I did at the recent
“Fine Art Saturday” session.
Dotty: it is a challenge to stop staring at objects while
we’re painting them! I have been painting indoors recently. A friend suggested
that I paint these two glass balls. I thought “what in the world am I going to
do with this”?! I added some other things for interest.
Jeanie: I am a studio painter and I do landscapes. Most of
my paintings are blurry. Intentionally blurry! I like almost all my edges to be
soft. I brought in two recent small paintings.
Jerry: I was thinking when did I first learn about lost and
found edges? Well, I think it was in life drawing class. One of my instructors
told me “You need to lose some of these edges!” I like what Eric Jacobsen shows
when he paints he is all about lost and found edges. He will paint a horizon
line that looks like Morse code! It’s a long line followed by some dashes
followed by another long line. I like what Paul Klee said “Drawing is like taking
a line for a walk”. I am going to be taking a trip to the Mohave desert. I will
see you all when I get back!
Dave: When I first started I did a lot of pencil drawings
and if we were to look at them now we would probably be looking at all hard
edges. I didn't know what I was doing then! I am a Richard Schmid disciple. He
is great at explaining how the eye sees and how to think about that when
designing your painting. Also another
person who is good at showing you how to mix up your edges is Craig Srebnik He
will break up some of his edges with a paper towel. Very effective. I am showing
two recent paintings. I have started writing on the back of my paintings …details
about what the paintings are about.
Tedd: I think about edges throughout the entire painting
process. I am showing you a painting I did of a female model.
Eunice: An effective way to unify is to connect the shadows.
You have to soften shadows. I am showing two recent paintings.
Diane: Last weekend I took Joanne Kollman’s one-day workshop
about limited palette. It was a real revelation for me! I am showing you the
chart that I did there. It was so helpful to learn about combinations and how
to cool and warm flesh tones. I also brought in a picture a recent drawing of
my grandchild. I am going to be doing a painting of her and this is my start
for that. (I used Marty’s calipers to measure for accuracy)!
Tim: I am showing this painting…the distance shows softer
edges, the foreground shows harder edges. I used a photo reference of a model
at Ft. Vancouver.
Marty: “Lost and found edges” imply that you have a plan! (Laughter)!
One time when I was painting along side Za I scraped my entire painting down.
She turned and said to me: “Marty, stop!
look at that paining it’s perfect!” (Laughter)!
Celeste recently told me “Marty, you’ve become a Fauvist”. I looked up what it
is to be a Fauvist… and I think maybe I am one! I got this book about Fauvism,
and it is true, these paintings speak to me. I am showing some recent paintings
. My grandchild wasn’t crazy about her portrait…maybe she doesn’t understand
Fauvism?! (Laughter)!
Annie: I like the Gurney Journey blog. He wrote that where
colors meet there is an intense color in between. I know when I am looking at
certain rhododendrons I see a halo type of bright color around the flower. (I
observe that…and paint it with my mind’s eye).
Jeanne: I have been
taking a life painting class. Recently we have been studying Fairfield Porter
paintings. This painting is one I have done “after” him. I like how all the
neutrals bring out the bright yellow.
Kristina: One time when I was painting with Jennifer Diehl –I
asked her, what is going on with this painting? She smeared this part of the teacup
and that very simple thing improved it immediately! I really needed to see that
to understand. I am also showing a painting I’ve done with a palette knife. I
was examining it to see if there are any lost edges-- I don’t think there are,
but, in fact, this painting is different….it really didn’t call for lost edges.
Sandy: I have heard
about this group and this is my first time here (welcome Sandy)! I am a
watercolorist. I like to work on rice paper. I am showing a few of my
paintings. I am happy to hear this discussion!
John: I am also new: I learned so much last week I am back
again! I didn’t bring a painting this time but I will next time!
Charlie: I remember
meeting a cartoonist who used to talk about “line intensity”. It is the mind
that connects everything up… not the eye.
Betsy: I will think
about this subject …! I think I know instinctively to strengthen some things
and to soften and downplay others. I brought in two watercolors.
Joanne: The more you are aware of lost and found edges the
more it makes sense to you! With me, with landscape it is a constant thought
process about what is where. Sometimes when you see your painting later you
will agree that it “needs” something here or it needs something “taken out” there.
I brought in two paintings from two recent life sessions.
Za: I just love the topic of lost and found. It was when I
was in college that I first learned about lost and found. I didn't realize
until the last couple of years how super important all of that is. I find
painting to be a playful endeavor as well as a purposeful thing! I am showing
you a painting of a truck. The trees in
the background don’t matter much….but I will suggest the trees and put in
patterns and patchwork to support the main subject of the painting. It’s for
the sake of design. This painting is not about the tree in the background. I
like to lose the line (of the truck) and come back and grab it again!
Announcements:
Fine Art Saturdays at Studio One-Eleven at the Troy...find information on our Facebook page:
Joanne Kollman Color mixing one day workshops:
Joanne is in an exhibit an the Cannon Beach Gallery
The exhibition will open with a reception on Saturday,
February 27, 5pm – 7pm, and there will be a Sunday Morning light breakfast,
with mimosas, the following day, at which Juror Henk Pander has kindly agreed
to discuss his work and take questions.
Address:
1064 S. Hemlock
Cannon Beach, OR 97110
Za’s figure workshop
is filled up …but she has another one in May at Sequoia:
Za is participating in the Florida Lighthouse plein air
event. Others are going too-- Gretha Lindwood, Ned Mueller and others:
Jeanne Chamberlain is
participating in the southeast art walk March 5 and 6. She will be at filling
the blank. She would love to see you come out to her location (Fernie Brae)!
She will have 15 landscapes in this venue.
4035 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland, OR 97214
The “new” Sellwood Bridge is having a grand opening this
weekend. If it is nice perhaps some will paint there:
Kristina still has
work at the L Cena restaurant and she sold a painting there (applause)!
Eunice told us that Brenda
Boylan has an article about her trip to Cuba in Outdoor Painter ( but I
couldn’t find it). Send me the link if you see it!
Charlie tells us that
the March issue of Portland Monthly has articles in it about art. (About spaces
for art and interviews with the people involved.)
Congratulations Joanne Kollman, for winning the commission
to paint the 2015 Rose Festival Queen.
Reception/Unveiling March 6 1:30 at OSA
(If you want to submit to paint the next Rose Festival Queen,
Contact OSA)
Here is a message from Melody Sears: Dear Alla Prima Portland,
Below please find information regarding the call for artists to enter the Santa Fe Plein Air Festival. Entries will be accepted from January 3 until February 28. We'd be most grateful if you can help spread the word about this opportunity to your local artists.
Thank you!
Melody Sears
Communications Volunteer, PAPNM
Thank you!
Melody Sears
Communications Volunteer, PAPNM
Plein Air Artists: plan on joining us at the Santa Fe Plein Air Festival June 3-10, 2016. We had $20,000 in art sales at last year's Festival! We'll award over $17,000 in cash and merchandise this year!
The Call for Entries for the Santa Fe Plein Air Festival, sponsored by Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, begins January 3 and remains open until February 28, 2016. Entries must be submitted online through CaFÉ (www.callforentry.org), where an event prospectus and full calendar are available for viewing. Registration is available to all plein air artists, although PAPNM membership will be required for artists juried into the paint-outs and exhibitions.
For more information see www.papnm.org.
For more information see www.papnm.org.
That is it for today! thank you for coming and sharing your
ideas and your paintings! Next meeting March 3 --- suggested table topic:
SERIES ….have you done a “series”? Tell us about it...and if you haven't yet done a series...what might the subject matter be (of a
series) if you did do one?
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