This is a demo I did at the Shadbolt Center at “Tony’s Art School” today. I still have to do the finishing detail touches,
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Winner of ArtSlam 2018!
I guess the name Art Slam says it all. Is winning better than losing in a speed painting contest? Oh well. It was all for charity. 18 people competed, 20 minute time limit, acrylics, any subject (no explicit nudity). I did a pair of boats in the first round and flamenco dancers for the finale. Ole’
Magic Windows
I regard the Ten Ways of Seeing and Drawing that I often refer to as Magic Windows: Many of them can give a view of something that we don’t, or can’t, ordinarily see through our continually ageing, dusty ‘window pane’ eyes. Space Drawing and Blind Contour Drawing are especially ‘magic’.
Picasso is reported to have said: “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
Teaching and Demonstrating
Teaching and Demonstrating
August 5th, 2018
Opus, Granville Island
After graduating from art school (where no one demonstrated anything – no kidding!) I took some drawing and painting classes with Canadian Painter (and War Artist) Sam Black. He was an awesome teacher. In fact he won the Governor General’s Award for Teaching. At the center of his teaching method was the ‘demo’ . He had clear concepts – He could articulate and demonstrate them – he was fearless!
I decided THAT was worth doing and I have endeavored to emulate Sam for all my career. Here are some of my in-class demonstration pieces. The foundation for me is perspective drawing.
I will be giving a Demonstration on this subject at Opus Framing and Artist’s Materials on Granville Island in Vancouver, Sunday August 5 – this coming summer – 2018.
The focus will be travel-related images. Not so much about nostalgia for far away places, but about the wonderful, often unfamiliar, forms you can encounter in places that grew over time and in different cultures – Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Greece, and elsewhere.
Drawing – Winter 2018
The Shadbolt (Deer Lake, Burnaby ) likes to call this program: “Tony’s Art School”
Drawing
8 Wednesday Mornings
January 17th to March 7th, 2018
10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Drawing with dry media and with pen and ink. This course will concentrate on perspective, drawing line, form and space, gesture, composition, shade and shadow.
Learn to use perspective and other techniques to draw buildings, landscape, vegetation, still-life, people and boats. Totally new projects each time the course runs, so take or retake this course to begin or refresh your skills.
This course is perfect for people who want to supplement their painting skills with some technical abilities and for people who just want to draw. Basic through intermediate.
All levels welcome.
Painting – 8 Wednesday Afternoons, January 17th to March 7th, 2018, 1:30 – 4:00
The course will use both watercolour and/or acrylics. Choose one or try both. Everything is demonstrated and taught step-by step:
Part One – will focus on painting projects that emphasize colour , tonality and design. Those with painting experience may use any preferred water-based medium (watercolour or acrylics). Those with little or no experience may prefer acrylics to begin with.
Part Two – will focus a little more on watercolour projects, though, if people prefer, they can continue with acrylics. We will work on paintings emphasizing form and space, through colour, light and shadow.
We will paint still-life, villages, landscapes, mountains, lakes and streams. Totally new projects are explored each time the course runs, so take or retake this course to begin or refresh your skills. All levels are welcome.
Teaching and Demonstrating
After graduating from art school (where no one demonstrated anything – no kidding!) I took some drawing and painting classes with Canadian Painter (and War Artist) Sam Black. He was an awesome teacher. In fact he won the Governor General’s Award for Teaching. At the center of his teaching method was the ‘demo’ . He had clear concepts – He could articulate and demonstrate them – he was fearless! I decided THAT was worth doing and I have endeavored to emulate Sam for all my career. Here are some of my in-class demonstration pieces. The foundation for me is perspective drawing. I will be giving a Demonstration on this subject at Opus Framing and Artist’s Materials on Granville Island in Vancouver Sunday August 5 this coming summer – 2018, The focus will be travel-related images. Not so much about nostalgia for far away places, but about the wonderful, often unfamiliar, forms you can encounter in places that grew over time and in different cultures – Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Greece, and elsewhere.
Drawing The Face Semiahmoo Arts (for Ozzie & Ellen) Vid 1 of 6 {Dec 11 2017}
This is a 6 video demo series on Drawing the Face. It is about 2.5 hours long overall. It is a good intro, once over lightly. Best to start with video 2 of 6. Video 1 is just an overview that needs some editing and there is a problem with the link , anyway.