[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.
Hatching (making parallel marks) and crosshatching (making parallel marks overlapped with parallel marks) are some of the most valuable tools for adding value, contour, movement, energy, and texture to a drawing. For materials, a sharp pencil or pen on smooth paper works great. Old fashioned pen and ink is made for this. If you’re new …
Welcome to Day 18 of this 30 Day Creative Challenge! Richard Tuttle made a series of playful abstract minimalist drawings. Sometimes there would be only a few small lines on the paper. What’s the most minimal drawing you can make and still have it be interesting to you? Try making a series and post your …
Today we models in a changing interior, as the models moved between poses. I drew with my vine charcoal taped to a 4′ dowel so I could stand back and still reach the paper. The stick was a physical luxury so I didn’t have to reach high and low to reach the expanses of my …
To the doctors and nurses on the frontlines, and to the essential workers such as grocery store cashiers, mail carriers, social workers, bus drivers, and many, many others who have been showing up for us day after never ending day through this draining pandemic, thank you.
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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