Flowers in Vase - Karlyn Holman Workshop

Flowers in Vase - Karlyn Holman Workshop
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Many, many thanks for your most kind comments and congratulations yesterday! Your very words and generous friendships are just the thing that has kept me moving my pencil and swishing my brush, especially when times get far too busy or fatigue pulls at me .. so once again, many many thanks -- to YOU!

So -- back to a few more workshop paintings.

Here, we worked on, once more, a path of light, popping out certain features of the pre-drawn image, working negatively to darken some areas to make them 'pop.' We worked on background textures and techniques -- such as the checkerboard pattern -- but most importantly, working light areas against dark areas, dark areas against light areas -- despite our reference!! The important thing here was the painting and what was needed in it to make it glow, or make it special, or make it sing, despite the reference from which we were working.

Niow to remember THAT point!! LOL

It's absolutely freezing here. Temps are in the 20sF and there's a chance of a few snow flurries .. SNOW!!! It was only 2 weeks ago that we had record highs in the 80s!!! No wonder there is so much sniffling and flu going around. Stay warm and stay well!!!!