Children with jack-o-lanterns study, graphite on yupo paper, Katie Jo Keppinger
Children with jack-o-lanterns, a sketch by Katie Jo Keppinger, in Thursday’s class for drawing and painting. I love Keppinger’s marks, bold and sensitive like Kathe Kollwitz, moody as Edvard Monk. This drawing uses a variety of edges and plenty of dark values and contrast to produce the sensation of glow. Organic circles, strong angles, and dynamic marks activate the composition. Beautiful.
Before I start talking about this painting, before I analyze it all over the up and down, telling you this thing and that thing about the colors and shapes, take a long moment to enjoy and experience this painting above by Susan Lichtman. I’m about to talk about it in a way that will prevent …
[image_with_animation image_url=”9773″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Draw a tool. Focus on negative space: the space around the object, not just the object itself. Artists’ choice to collage, trace, draw, cut, or integrate multimedia. Inspirations by Richard Diebenkorn and Jim Dine. Thank you for sharing your work! I love seeing these artworks online. People who post …
As a painter, trying my hand at printmaking was a little frustrating. Ink on paper is gorgeous even when I make mistakes, but there was something about every print that drove me nuts. So what is it that’s so frustrating about printmaking? I was talking to Nikki about this. She had a good idea: traditional …
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 …
Effects of Light: Children with jack-o-lanterns
Children with jack-o-lanterns, a sketch by Katie Jo Keppinger, in Thursday’s class for drawing and painting. I love Keppinger’s marks, bold and sensitive like Kathe Kollwitz, moody as Edvard Monk. This drawing uses a variety of edges and plenty of dark values and contrast to produce the sensation of glow. Organic circles, strong angles, and dynamic marks activate the composition. Beautiful.
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