Here’s a little video explaining why Expressive Portraits is my favorite online art class at the Seattle Artist League.
Last quarter, participants studied how to sketch a face quickly, and how to add expressive descriptions of what makes a face not just accurate, but interesting. We looked at portraits by Alice Neel, Rembrandt, Lucian Freud, David Hockney, and we were also inspired by each other’s drawings! Special thanks to League artists Mimi Tochia Boothby, Alex Walker, Anne Walker, Georgia Ward-Collings, Alexia Cameron, and Katie-Jo Keppinger for sharing their portraits.
The next Friday night Expressive Portraits (in COLOR!) class starts June 26, 2020. You can join us from anywhere in the world! (Including the same room you’ve been sitting in for the last three months.) Click here to learn more.
Learn anywhere. Make anywhere. League where you are.
Above: A beautiful example of multi-layered blending by Sharon Kingston Blending The most common way to kill the vitality in a painting, blending is a smooth transition between two colors, painted when wet. This is difficult to do with acrylic because it dries so danged fast, so using a slow drying paint like Golden OPEN Acrylics might help. 3 Blending …
I’ll be sharing my drawings on Facebook. I’d love for you to share yours too. Maybe your posts will help us more people jumping in to join us. Post your pics to Facebook: SeattleArtLeague, or Instagram: SeattleArtLeague. #drawingaday #seattleartleague – or email them to me. I’d love to see what you create!
Hopper is known for his oil paintings, but he also made etchings… Hopper was not initially successful as an artist, so he made ends meet with freelance illustration work… Frank Rehn gave Hopper his first solo show in 1924. Hopper was 42. The Seattle Art Museum expected to receive Chop Suey after the death of …
Alice Neel: “My analyst said to me, ‘Why is it so important to be honest in art?’ I said, ‘It’s not so important, it’s just a privilege.’” – Quote provided by Suzanne Walker, BA, MA, PhD, BFD …From the upcoming lecture on Portraiture After Photography – part of our ongoing WTF Art History Lecture series with Suzanne Walker …
Why Expressive Portraits is my favorite online art class
Here’s a little video explaining why Expressive Portraits is my favorite online art class at the Seattle Artist League.
Last quarter, participants studied how to sketch a face quickly, and how to add expressive descriptions of what makes a face not just accurate, but interesting. We looked at portraits by Alice Neel, Rembrandt, Lucian Freud, David Hockney, and we were also inspired by each other’s drawings! Special thanks to League artists Mimi Tochia Boothby, Alex Walker, Anne Walker, Georgia Ward-Collings, Alexia Cameron, and Katie-Jo Keppinger for sharing their portraits.
The next Friday night Expressive Portraits (in COLOR!) class starts June 26, 2020. You can join us from anywhere in the world! (Including the same room you’ve been sitting in for the last three months.) Click here to learn more.
Learn anywhere. Make anywhere. League where you are.
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