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"Queen Anne's Lace Lake" |
The following is the description of what we did in the fifth week of the spring term, 2022 for my "Watercolor from Start to Finish" class (my online Zoom class with the Art League School in Alexandria, VA).
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"Queen Anne's Lace Lake" |
The following is the description of what we did in the fifth week of the spring term, 2022 for my "Watercolor from Start to Finish" class (my online Zoom class with the Art League School in Alexandria, VA).
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In 2017 my husband and I visited the Netherlands. For me, it was to visit its world-class museums. We stayed in Amsterdam at the beginning and end of our two-week-long trip. I loved this charming city! Do you know it has the highest density of museums in a square mile in the world? It has even a museum of purses, which I had to stop by! People are easy-going and speak English better than us. You have to watch out for the bicyclists, though.
Admire the neat row of townhouses by a canal in the famous Jordaan
neighborhood of Amsterdam. In the foreground, red geraniums bloom in
planters hung over the bridge. A quintessential Amsterdam view in a
miniature! This is the second time that I painted this particular image and the painting sold right away in both occasions. Another reason why I love Amsterdam!
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"Sabrina at Dean Village, Edinburgh" |
The following is what we did in the fifth week of the spring term,
2022 in my "Watercolor Portraits" class (my online Zoom classes with the Art League School in
Alexandria, VA).
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"South Downs Fog" |
The following is the description of what we did in the fourth week of the spring term, 2022 for my "Watercolor from Start to Finish" class (my online Zoom class with the Art League School in Alexandria, VA).
At the end I tried the milky white gouache horizontal strokes on the fourth and third treelines to emulate fogs. You can try them too!
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"Female Portrait in Full Palette" |
The following is what we did in the third and fourth weeks of the spring term, 2022 in my "Watercolor Portraits" class (my online Zoom classes with the Art League School in Alexandria, VA).
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"Essential Skin Colors" |
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"Screen Shot I" |
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"Screen Shot II" |
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"Screen Shot III" |
"Sabrina at Dean Village, Edinburgh"
In
the image above , you can see the first layer of skin tones. It's very
pale, but still gives the impressions of three dimensionality
with the adroit use of the highlights (cobalt turquoise light and
cadmium yellow pale with a bit of cadmium red) and warm red (cadmium
red)/cool red (Helios purple). Something to think about!
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"Double Cherry Blossoms" |
The following is the description of what we did in the third week of the spring term, 2022 for my "Watercolor from Start to Finish" class (my online Zoom class with the Art League School in Alexandria, VA).
This week's lesson was about the edges through painting "Double Cherry Blossoms".
We drew the design, then we wetted the paper thoroughly and evenly. The success of the variegated wash depends on how you do this step; don't rush it.
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Mixing Greens |
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"Acadia Milky Way Reflections" |
The following is the description of what we did in the second week of the spring term, 2022 for my "Watercolor from Start to Finish" class (my online Zoom class with the Art League School in Alexandria, VA).
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"Victorian Lady in Sepia" |
The following is what we did in the second week of the spring term,
2022 in my "Watercolor Portraits" class (my online Zoom classes with the Art League School in
Alexandria, VA).
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"Victorian Lady in Sepia" Class Demo |
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The Medici Fountain (la fontaine Médicis) is a monumental fountain in the Luxembourg Garden in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. It was built in about 1630 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France and regent of King Louis VIII of France. It was moved to its present location and extensively rebuilt in 1864-66.
I visited the famous fountain in late
summer on an overcast day in 2019. In the painting I tried to capture the
magical serenity of the place with the pointillist style. Do you think I succeeded?
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"Santa Ana Mountains Wildflowers) |
The following is the description of what we did in the first week of the spring term, 2022 for my "Watercolor from Start to Finish" class (my online Zoom class with the Art League School in Alexandria, VA).
This week's lesson was about painting by numbers without numbers. This is how the beginners start out; one can do the most amazing things with this approach, so no reason to disdain it.
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"Kaena Point Sunset" |
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"Oregon Coast Sunset" |
The following is the description of what we did in the nineth week of the winter term, 2022 for my "Watercolor from Start to Finish" class (my online Zoom class with the Art League School in Alexandria, VA).
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Winter Shadows" |
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"Crocuses in Snow" |
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"Snowman and Red Barn" |
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"Starry Sky" |