Big Fat Art weekend retreat with Jane Davies

I was so fortunate to be able to take 3 days and join the Big Fat Art workshop at the Northeast Art Workshops in Gloucester, MA with Jane Davies.  If you like to play with paint, make marks with wild abandon, experiment in a new and interesting ways I highly recommend taking one of Jane's online or in person workshops.  She's a fun, entertaining and incredibly talented teacher and artist. This workshop had us painting large and on the wall which I really enjoyed.  Recently, I have been working small (9x12") for her 100 Drawings on Cheap Paper online workshop so I found it liberating to get big! Her workshops fill up immediately so follow her website closely and see if you can get on her mailing list.  To sample her teaching style you can find many of her free YouTube videos online.

After Day One
Speed painting, shapes and lines

After Day Two
Veiling and transparent paint
More lines, shapes and texture

After Day Three

Finding those areas of interest

This is a work in progress and is far from finished.

I hope to find time to finish the pieces from this workshop in the next couple of weeks.  As I let them sit and even now as I write this, ideas are popping into my head as to what the next step will be.

Painting like this is all about bravery.  Brave to make new marks, brave to cover up and make drastic changes.  Having faith that new and more interesting things will happen.  

The whole process is incredibly scary to me.