Well I went off to Leitrim, to the totally charming Lissagarvan Studio; two pleasant days of sketching and painting with the careful, attentive and delightful teachers, Audrey and Cathy Reynolds.
The first day we did miniature sketches in the morning of a still group of natural materials: quite an interesting exercise because of the small scale. Later we painted a still-life all in tones of one colour, blue: a challenge, sometimes a frustrating one, but full of interest! Every student produced something quite different.
Here's my effort, showing first the group and then the finished painting.
As for my efforts to copy a nude in oils, they didn't turn out well at all: the first one I scrubbed out in frustration, the second attempt turned into a bleary mudpie of bland colours, wrong angles and mushy paint.
But oil is a very forgiving medium and I am resolved to prop the offending daub up on my easel and bash away at it at least until the drawing is right or near it. Watch this space!
The first day we did miniature sketches in the morning of a still group of natural materials: quite an interesting exercise because of the small scale. Later we painted a still-life all in tones of one colour, blue: a challenge, sometimes a frustrating one, but full of interest! Every student produced something quite different.
Here's my effort, showing first the group and then the finished painting.
As for my efforts to copy a nude in oils, they didn't turn out well at all: the first one I scrubbed out in frustration, the second attempt turned into a bleary mudpie of bland colours, wrong angles and mushy paint.
But oil is a very forgiving medium and I am resolved to prop the offending daub up on my easel and bash away at it at least until the drawing is right or near it. Watch this space!
Sounds like fun. I like your treatment of the blue glass jar in front.
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