“Tony’s Art School” Shadbolt Center Burnaby
April 11 – a series of 8 Wednesdays:
Drawing in Morning 10 am-1 pm.
Painting (either acrylic or Watercolor) in PM 2 pm- 5 pm
Call Shadbolt Center in Burnaby or email tony@tonyoregan.com for details
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A Composition Technique
Composition is, of course, an important skill to develop. Many books have been written on the subject. DaVinci is reported to have recommended that young painters look at mold stains on the walls and try to see landscapes. This is sometimes referred to as ‘forced’ or re-purposed composition. Henry Rankin Poore wrote on it in the 1800’s and is worth looking up.
The example here begins with a random picture of flowers. This is analyzed by gestural sketch. Next, look at the gestural study until you imagine a completely different subject image based on the original compositional layout. This seems a bit forced at the start, but it becomes easier and quite enjoyable as you do it more often. In this case one can see ‘a race between two cyclists watched by spectators.‘
Ocean Wave Watercolor Shadbolt TAS Painting Day 8 Final 1 Of 1-1 {Mar 7 2018}
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,
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.
HOW TO CLEAN RUBBER RESIST FROM BRUSHES
I often use rubber resist applied with a brush for watercolors. I used these cheapo brushes for a class and usually would have rubbed soap into them before using to extend life, but this time I didn’t. I would normally give up and throw these brushes away. I know it’s not ‘world peace’ or a ‘cure for disease’ , BUT… I read on the web that someone had success in cleaning rubber resist from brushes with Vaseline. I tried it and I am very pleased to report that it works! Just immerse the destroyed brushes in ordinary Vaseline. Leave overnight. Clean off with soap and/or , as I did with rubbing alcohol, and voila! Actually, I repeated it twice, partly because I couldn’t believe it the first time. Try it – you’ll like it! While they don’t look perfect, they are actually quite pliable and usable!
Ink Drawing Shadbolt – Boats At Dock Gunderson Slough – VID 1 OF 3 {Nov 30 2017)
This was a ‘quick and dirty’ demonstration of one method for designing and making ink drawings using various texturing techniques. (My students did a much better job taking their time – about 1.5 hours). It’s like etching.
Ink Drawing Shadbolt – Boats At Dock Gunderson Slough – 2 OF 3 {Nov 30 2017)
Drawing Boats & Ships Day 1 – TAS, 1 OF 2 {Oct 4 2017}
Since we live on the coast we need to have ways of drawing boats. Drawing boats can be tricky because they involve ‘compound curves’. This means that traditional linear perspective needs a little help from some other concepts. Here is the way I approach it: I use the ‘infinity sign’ method if the boats are close to eye-level, the ‘leaf’ method if the viewer is above the boats, and the ‘beak’method if the boat is coming directly at the viewer, such as on a beach tide-line.