Day Three of the Painted Prism Art Retreat started early, with our morning hour-long yoga session, led my Mo . . .
We were in the Studio by 10, ready to start on Saturday's project -- Tiered Paintings.
We had stretched the paper on our boards the night before, so they were good to go. And, everyone picked out their photo references that I had set out, after the Morning Gathering. They would also be using, today, any sketches that they had done the day before.
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Pat demonstrating the wet-in-wet underpainting, using the Primary Triad of colors . . .
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| Starting with Yellow, |
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| Adding the Rose |
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| Finishing with Blue |
We had to wait for the under paintings to dry before starting the drawings. Luckily, it was a sunny day, so it didn't take long.
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| Watching paint dry . . . |
After drawing the floral foreground, and the furthest mountain contour line in the background, we painted another blue wash -- behind the foreground and down to the mountain line. (We were painting upside down.)
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| Pat's demo painting |
This seemed like a good time to stop, and walk up to the main house for lunch . . .
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| Good smells coming from the kitchen! |
Back in the Studio after our lunch break . . .
Working on the foreground, and gradually building up layers in the background.
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| Connie used her sketches for background reference |
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| Pat's demo painting |
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| Jane and her Poppies |
At this point, I am loving everyone's painting! So much fun to see how they are all evolving . . .
Enjoying some down time with Cheri on the patio, with a refreshing glass of Blackbeary Cider . . .
At 7, we all gathered together on the west side of the main house, to show our paintings and to enjoy the sunset and some excellent conversation and laughs . . .
This was definitely a successful painting day! Not all the paintings are completely finished, but they were still successful.
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| Maggie's painting-in-progress |
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| Jane's painting |
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Cathy's painting-in-progress
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| Pushpa's painting-in-progress |
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| Kristi's painting-in-progress |
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| Cheri's painting |
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| Connie's painting |
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Lisa's painting
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