Portrait Painting Study: Blocking-in with a Painting Knife
Using a painting knife to quickly block-in the large shapes for this study.
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Paint Along with Seamus Berkeley
Happy to be working with Anna Magruder and Art and Soul Creativity Workshops for an upcoming paint night!
This will be a one evening step-by-step instruction where participants will complete a still life in monochromatic color. Emphasis will be placed on composition, perception and learning how to connect with what we see.
For more information and to sign up online, please visit Art and Soul Creativity Workshops.
Details for the evening:
Where:
Black Mesa Winery, 241 Ledoux Street, Taos, NM [map]
Date:
October 25, 2017
Time:
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Tuition:
$45
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