New Virtual Workshops

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 Loading ... The first virtual workshop was great.  Everyone who participated really gave it their all and came up with some fantastic paintings.  I’m so happy!  In the end, it’s the work that matters and the work is excellent.  Take a look at the paintings here…

Cindy and I will be doing 4 more workshops in April, May and June.  Topics are Alla Prima Method, Still Life, Floral, and Figures.  Click here to see the workshop page.  There’s a handy FAQ there (recommended by John Sumrow) with a lot of information too.  Cindy and I are using the survey responses to change some of the details to make this even better - this really was a collaboration.
 

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Want to know what they thought?  Here are some of the survey responses….

You did an excellent job, Lisa! I was so impressed with you and your generosity. I learned quite alot and was reminded of things I knew but hadn’t thought about in ages - no wonder I’ve been in a slump!

Thank you again, Lisa! You did a terrific job and made my studio time less lonely! It’s so cool to know there are other women dealing with life and painting - just wanting to make beautiful work, and perhaps willing to take the time to help me when I’m second-guessing myself!

It was more extensive premixing than I normally use, but i’m hooked now.

[regarding the videos] I do like this too, because I can go back and re-watch sections to refresh if needed. I think it will also help those that couldn’t quite keep up or were missing parts because they were focusing really hard on what they were doing. I like that you recorded in sections too.

I’ll be honest, when I saw that spoon in the reference I seriously said oh %*&$ I can’t do that with oils. Watercolors yes, oils, no way. But once we got started and each layer began to unfold, it very easily fell into place and was my favorite part of the entire painting.

I was intrigued by the way you painted the tiny green rim of the slice of apple on the left.  I, of course, had already ‘zipped’ a line the other way.  I went over it just to get the feel for what you were doing.  I usually paint in the direction of a curve but that one totally escaped me.  Also all the mixes are much darker than I would have anticipated. The result speaks for itself.

Watching the spatula disappear when the color was right made me think my eyes were playing tricks on me at first but I realized quick that it was because the value of the color was perfect and it showed me where that value existed in the painting and in other places as well even though the color was different.

Loved the workshop…learned a lot…Yesterday I painted my sons face from a photograh.  I know I saw many nuances in that photo I wouldn’t have seen prior to the workshop!  We really had to LOOK at those apples and that spoon…and now I’m REALLY looking at everything.  The workshop was just what I needed to help me refocus and fine tune. 

[did you find a virtual workshop easier or harder to get to than land-based?] Much easier.  Our dog goes to class on Saturday mornings.  By being able to set up Friday evening and  ready to start at noon (our time), this worked for me.  I wouldn’t have been able to take a land-based class on Saturday.