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| Just a jar painted week 2 of an oil painting class |
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This is week two of an oil painting class I am taking at the
Flint Institute of Art and just wanted to share the process. The class is formal classic painting and so
far I am loving it. Class started this
week with a short lecture on thumb nail sketching, before we were turned loose
to paint a still-life. There was a
lovely well lit still-life waiting to for us, that I sat and stared at for
about 20 minutes while everyone else was already putting paint down. Just past the set up was an off white jar set
not part of the set up on another table.
My eyes just kept going to that jar as if it was calling me. So I made a few quick sketches of it at the
bottom of my canvas paper and just decided it was what I wanted to paint. After
a while the instructor came over, took a deep breath and said “ok I can work
with this” and gave me some suggestions.
The story here is
be true to yourself and still be wiling to learn. I know this is going to go
well 11 more weeks to go and looking forward to each one.
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| A classic set up to paint |
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| The jar that caught my eyes |
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| Full picture of the painting and the sketches at the bottom. |
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