Sunday, March 20, 2011

Advanced Techniques Workshop, Day 1

I'm taking Susan Sarback's Advanced Techniques Workshop.  The participants had been asked to come to class with ideas of what we want to learn.  I had decided I need to learn finishing techniques & if there was time, I would like to learn brush techniques.  It seems many of the class participants wanted to learn brush techniques.  Susan began our workshop with a demo of starting a painting using the knife - but beginning with Step 2 & skipping Step 1.  Then she did a demo of starting a painting using a brush, which also begins at Step 2.
  

The 2nd image is with the brush, but carried a little beyond Step 2.  

I was so excited after watching Susan work with the brush that I decided I would begin my class project learning brush technique & could learn finishing techniques at the same time.  So at lunchtime I rushed home to pick up my brushes & solvent.  This is the result of my Day 1 efforts.


It's not perfect, buy not bad for a first effort & I had a lot of fun doing it. Still could use some refinement, but Susan said to move on.  So I won't revisit this on Day 2.


No comments:

Post a Comment