[image_with_animation image_url=”7866″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Connectivity Report, System 1
New work by Claire Putney
Watercolor, burned maps and text on paper
Don’t miss this show, Leaguers!
Reception 1st Thursday, Feb 1, 5:00-9:00
Showing through February
CORE Gallery
117 Prefontaine Pl S, Seattle, WA 98104
https://www.coregallery.org/
Do you like these unusual effects? Claire Putney is teaching Alternative Drawing for all levels, a 4 week afternoon class at the League, in which students learn how to make pigments out of plants and minerals, how to initiate oxidation effects, and how to burn, emboss, and work inky patterns into very, very, unconventional layered drawings. She even has tricks for how to stretch and prepare the rag paper. Fun class.
A Kolinsky is a member of the Siberian weasel family with tail hairs that are nice for brushes. The casual word used for Kolinsky is sable. There are actually several natural sources for “sable”, and Kolinsky is one of them. This is what a Kolinsky looks like. Isn’t he cute? Sable brushes used to be the highest quality brushes for …
Laia was a groundbreaking female artist in a male-dominated era. Born in Cyzicus (present-day Turkey) in the 1st century BCE, she earned her place in history with her exceptional portraits of women, a rarity at that time. Pliny the Elder praised her quick and high-quality work, noting she could crush her male peers in both …
Today’s challenge is to draw using a disposable fork. This may at first seem odd and awkward, but if you think about it, a fork offers instant parallel crosshatch marks, saving you the time and trouble of drawing each line individually! Efficient. For this exercise, I recommend you avoid relying on outlines to describe the …
Sometimes people send me personal emails in response to my V. Notes. Sometimes those emails include interesting artwork that relates to my post. In response to yesterday’s post about the sumi painter Pan Gongkai, I received an email from Jodi Waltier, a League textiles instructor, including artwork for her upcoming show. Hey Ruthie, … am …
Claire Putney’s new drawings at CORE
[image_with_animation image_url=”7866″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Connectivity Report, System 1
New work by Claire Putney
Watercolor, burned maps and text on paper
Don’t miss this show, Leaguers!
Reception 1st Thursday, Feb 1, 5:00-9:00
Showing through February
CORE Gallery
117 Prefontaine Pl S, Seattle, WA 98104
https://www.coregallery.org/
Do you like these unusual effects? Claire Putney is teaching Alternative Drawing for all levels, a 4 week afternoon class at the League, in which students learn how to make pigments out of plants and minerals, how to initiate oxidation effects, and how to burn, emboss, and work inky patterns into very, very, unconventional layered drawings. She even has tricks for how to stretch and prepare the rag paper. Fun class.
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