Sunday, August 29, 2010

Susan Carlin Workshop


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Last weekend I attended a two day workshop taught by Susan Carlin here in San Antonio.  Her website is here:   http://susancarlin.com/    The subject was painting the human figure. NOT portrait painting. Susan taught and did a demo the first morning and then we painted from a reference photo in the afternoon.

I didn't manage to finish the first painting. Susan urged us to finish at home, but I didn't get to paint this week, and the painting isn't calling me. I think it's more fun to start something new than to go back and work on an unfinished one. I don't think I'm the only one who has unfinished paintings lying around!

The second day we painted from a live model while Susan gave lots of helpful individual feedback. I painted the legs in the morning, and after we came back from lunch I had trouble getting the same colors for the arms and face.

We had a great time and Susan is a great teacher!

6 comments:

  1. Was the photo for the first one yours or one from the class? That might have something to do with whether it calls to you too.

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  2. I hadn't thought of that. It was furnished by the teacher. She had about five photos, and we got to choose one.

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  3. Keep up the good work Virginia. Figures (and portraits) are not easy to paint and you did a great job in a short time.

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  4. Thanks for the encouragement, Johanne.

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  5. Yes, figures can be difficult. Keep up the good work Virginia.

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  6. Beautiful postings.
    Thanks so much for visiting my blog.

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