In fact, we had no class today.
Remember the question "if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"
Well then, in that same spirit, what is the answer to the question "if it's a class day, and there are no students, does the instructor still do a demonstration?"
Of course he does.
Here's a landscape demonstration from today, totally imagined, 25"x20".
This photo is a more correct version of the painting.
Hahaaa...Nice one...I will say that this one definitely makes a sound. Well done my friend.
ReplyDeleteIf I were in your class looking at your painting I would shamelessly be begging to know what color you used in your sky-
ReplyDeleteDear Shameless----Ultramarine, ivory black, mixed white, pyrrolo vermillion, on a transparent red oxide ground. Okay? The real start is nowhere near as contrasty as this photo...it's much, much softer.
DeleteAnd don't think you were all alone in your studio, your blog followers are always peering over your shoulder admiring every brush stroke.
ReplyDeleteI am always amazed at how much detail is put into your block-ins. Blades of grass already scratched into the foreground.
That was you behind me! Did you see La Thangue's chickens, mentioned in my comment on your blog?
DeleteI certainly did! Thanks for the comment and the chickens. I seem to be blogging for you personally but I can't complain about the quality. Maybe I should post more frequently.
DeleteAlways happy to put in my two cents. If I judged my posts by the number of commenters, I'd be institutionalized by now. Two in a hundred viewers bother to comment. I'm considering just making a word doc instead, just for myself, to remind me what I've been thinking about. You, and another five or six, keep me posting.
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