Henri Matisse, Woman beside the Water Collioure, 1905
Henri Matisse paints Amélie again, this time as a “Woman in a (different) Kimono” 1906-ish
Brushstrokes
I’ve heard from several students that Brushstrokes is one of the best classes they’ve ever taken. I offer it once a year, and there’s a class starting next week. There are still a few spots if you’d like to jump in on Thursdays 6-10pm. Not a night person? No problem. I do the lesson at the beginning of class, so you can get all of the lesson info and still get to bed early. You can even email me pictures of your work in the morning, and get feedback.
I’ll be sharing my drawings on Facebook. I’d love for you to share yours too. Maybe we’ll get some people jumping in to join us. Post your pics on the Seattle Artist League‘s Facebook, or Instagram at SeattleArtLeague. #drawingaday #seattleartleague
Exercise your creativity This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for 20 minutes and see what happens. TITTYNOPE n. – a small quantity of …
“Almost everyone can remember in grade school art class placing a sheet of paper over the face of a coin or some other textured object and rubbing it with a crayon. I employed this same method – known as frottage – to create the following portraits. For Beckett’s likeness, I had embossed plates made of …
Madame Matisse and the blue and white kimono
Henri Matisse, Woman beside the Water Collioure, 1905
Henri Matisse paints Amélie again, this time as a “Woman in a (different) Kimono” 1906-ish
Brushstrokes
I’ve heard from several students that Brushstrokes is one of the best classes they’ve ever taken. I offer it once a year, and there’s a class starting next week. There are still a few spots if you’d like to jump in on Thursdays 6-10pm. Not a night person? No problem. I do the lesson at the beginning of class, so you can get all of the lesson info and still get to bed early. You can even email me pictures of your work in the morning, and get feedback.
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