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Showing posts with label mixed-media painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mixed-media painting. Show all posts
I'd like to showcase one of my favorite artists here, named Sharon Tomlinson. I discovered her a long time ago on YouTube and then found her blog quite by accident. Since I believe that there are no coincidences, I decided that it was meant for me to follow her work. Since then, not only do I follow her blog, but I took one of her online classes and I watch all of her videos. She posts "morning art" videos on her blog--these are just little snippets of her working before she goes to work every morning. I simply love her work; her ladies are not only beautiful, but seem other-wordly to me.
Please feel free to follow her blog at Norah's Art and leave her a comment when you visit. She will respond and she is the epitome of the Texas lady. I know you will enjoy talking to her.
You can follow her on YouTube at GrittyArts; you can follow her blog at grittyjane.com ; you can join her on her Ning site Cloth and Clay Dolls where you can enroll in online classes.
She is one of my all time favorite artists and I hope you enjoy watching her, too.
I had my pottery class this week and I have to say that I am getting better. I actually pulled two pieces without any help and I even like them. I also got to clean up and sand my other pieces to prepare them for glazing next week. You should have seen me when I left there. I was absolutely covered in clay. I don't know if I am the messiest potter in the world, or if that simply is how you do it.
I also worked on another of my faces that I am doing for practice, and I like it quite a bit. I am trying to get five faces started, then I will go back and rework each separately to add detail and definition. I am trying to figure out what to do with the background, too, since I did not paint it first. Oh, well. Live and learn is fast becoming my motto.
Here are two more pictures I am starting. The first will be another pastel of poppies. It is very small and will have a diffuse and mottled background with only these flowers in the foreground having definition. The second is a picture of my dog, Satchmo. I found a great video on YouTube so I thought I would try her way of painting a pet portrait.
Here's a picture of the finished sunflower painting. I cannot wait to get it matted and framed. It is pretty large--16x20, so when matted and framed it will be even larger. I don't have any clue what to do with it because I don't have a place to hang it here. I think I will start a couple of companion sunflower pieces that are small, maybe 5x5 or 5x7 to hang with it.
A while back, I told you about a class that was about to open at All Norah'S Art. Well, after thinking it over, I decided I wanted to do this class so I jumped right in and paid my fee and signed myself up. Now, I am anxiously awaiting the start this Friday. The great thing is that Sharon has posted a bonus video at the site for the class, so I have been busy getting my feet wet.
Today, I spent several hours running around Austin trying to find all the supplies I will need for the class. I did finally manage to get all but 2 things--supplies that cover 3 weeks. So, now I think I will order those two things online and get them in the mail. I hate to shop!
I've decided that from now on whenever I take any class, I will order my supplies online and just have to go to the post office to pick-up one thing. That I can do, but it's still not my favorite thing.
Anyway, I'm hoping that this class will help me stay motivated. Who knows, I may even get my bunny painted in time for Easter this year! What a thought!
So, for your enjoyment, I am posting a video from YouTube that shows the instructor doing what she does best. Enjoy.
