[image_with_animation image_url=”11565″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Her work looks to me like a modern Morandi. The composition is static, the colors are either quiet or repetitive and controlled, the objects are worn and common. The minimalist arrangements present the objects as flat abstracted forms. Notice the soft edges and surface detail. This painting is sitting right on the surface of the linen.
[gallery ids=”11573,11571,11564,11561,11575,11576″ onclick=”link_no[gallery ids=”11567,11568,11569″ onclick=”link_no I’m teaching a Still Life class on Friday nights. Drawings, paintings, and mixed media welcome. In addition to drawing and painting and media mixing, you’ll be learning how to design, build, and light your own personal style of still life scenes. We’ll talk about how to develop interest, tension, and narrative, as well as exploring what types of scenes inspire you to produce your best work.
Some of the topics I’ve got planned:
Build a Box, Compositional Height, Light & Shadow, Big vs Small
Repetition & Variety
Experimental still lifes
Deconstruction, reconstruction of the picture
Theme
Sense of time
Narrative
Challenges and bragging rights
Thinking about joining this class? Don’t delay, we start this week! Click here to learn more.
I have two gap scholarships to give away. Interested? Click here.
If you’ve taken a class with us recently, you’ve probably exchanged emails with Connie Pierson, a 7-year League member, and our magical admin helper. Known affectionately as the “Brushstroke Queen”, we’re thrilled to display some of Pierson’s still lifes and interiors. “Internal Dialogue” is a selection of artworks that were mostly made during the pandemic, …
My email inbox has been slow lately. Everyone must be getting ready for the holiday. There is a pile of Christmas presents that need to get wrapped. They’re blocking the door of my apartment, and spilling into the recycling bin. It’s a delightful mess, all the little contained and uncontainable bits. I said goodbye to …
José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) was a Mexican printmaker who used calavera illustrations to make political satires and cultural critiques. He was particularly influential in the role of printmaking as a medium of social and political engagement. His popular satire was printed in inexpensive newspapers and periodicals, and was accessible to the lower classes. His prolific …
Jude Rae, Contemporary Still Life
[image_with_animation image_url=”11565″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Her work looks to me like a modern Morandi. The composition is static, the colors are either quiet or repetitive and controlled, the objects are worn and common. The minimalist arrangements present the objects as flat abstracted forms. Notice the soft edges and surface detail. This painting is sitting right on the surface of the linen.
Some of the topics I’ve got planned:
Thinking about joining this class? Don’t delay, we start this week! Click here to learn more.
I have two gap scholarships to give away. Interested? Click here.
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