Tag: gesture

Sunday Morning Painting Class

Posted on by capeannpainter
There will be no class on Mother’s Day May 9th
Classes will resume May 16th at  St Peter’s Square Parking lot 6:30 am 
20 Minute Painting Starts Sunday Morning Painting Class
20 Minute Painting Starts
and these are the paintings we did.  left 1,2,3:  Paul Frontiero.  center on clipboard:  Liz Bish.  next:  Debbie Clarke demo of a gesture painting reflecting my response to the color and feel of the morning. on right:  Tom Amend.  Last week painter Jeff Weaver stopped by and noted everyone was painting a different view.  This past Sunday we all faced the backlit hill with sun rising behind.  3/4 of the way through the class I introduced pthalo green into each of the students’ palette, showing them the cool/warm possibilities.  
“Cripple Cove gesture” Copyright Debbie Clarke oil on canvas 12″x16″5/2/10

Liz wanted to know what I would do next to my painting.  Nothing.  maybe I will sign it.  The gesture is a completely different ‘scene’ than the one I started with.  When I started to paint I did not know what was interesting about what I was observing.  I made one spot of color against another.  between conversations with students I painted and then ‘wham’ the dark shape pressing down on the center of the picture plane against the house caught my eye.

For more information On the
Sunday Morning Painting Class Contact Deb Clarke at: elli01930@yahoo.com
http://www.debbieclarke.blogspot.com/
Http://www.FrontieroGallery.com