These works are a part of a series for Jane Davies' 100 Drawings online class. Each week we work on at least 10 (though I'm lucky if I get to 7) paintings. She gives the lesson on a pdf and on video. Discussion, observations and critiques happen on a private blog. It's hard not to compare my work to the many talented artists taking the course. We definitely are a mixed level group. The comments are thoughtful and inspiring. What Jane really wants us to do is observe our pieces; really see what is happening in the pieces as it relates to variation of size, color, texture, value, hue. Leave out the judgement or process as we observe and write about our work. That's not as easy as it sounds.
Variation! - just put it down and vary everything
Color, just color - it doesn't matter if it looks good or not
As we play and explore, creating more and more, we begin to see those subtleties of the work. The two pieces below are about color and stripes. I've added a lot of texture as that's what I was drawn to do. I haven't heard back from her if I strayed too much from the assignment but I don't really care. My intention is to do many more of these as it was a fun way to play with color. Mixing, creating texture and finding all those variations of value, tone and hue!
Stripes and Color
