An old fashioned kitchen or farmhouse painting. Beginning with a still life class involving shadows, white objects and a darkened background with a checkered cloth, this was a challenging subject. The students made it through a difficult class and learned to make values and shapes an
important part of their work. Showing now at Arati Artists Gallery, 2425 W. Colorado Ave. in Old Colorado City, Colorado Springs, CO.
Today I don't have any art to post, but I will soon, I promise. I just had a small thought that you might like. I am encouraging all of you to paint any thing with a hat. We must put on or thinking caps because the youngsters already haveLet’s see, instead of” “thinking caps”, we can put on a “Striped Violet Chapeaux.” How’s that? Yes, we have still got it! Think colorful and elongated. Think cerebral and cloudy. Think animated and silly. Think pastoral and serene. Think outlines and space. Think shrouded and mysterious. Have fun. Why be ordinary? I challenge all of us to blow the world away with the art we fashion. Maybe you would rather make something with stripes or bubbles. Just so that it is original. What could you put a hat onto? How about a squirrel, a worm, a toaster, an orange, a tree stump. Make it comical, or serious. It doesn't matter, as long as you decided to do it yourself! Next post it to my reveille kennedy facebook page and we can all have a vote on the best, the silliest, the most beautiful or the scariest. Let's see, that is 4 winners. The winners will have one pick of any 8 x 10 print of my paintings. The contest will end on Feb. 26, exactly one month from today. Have fun and have a great day, my creative friends I will repost all artwork to this blog.
A little bit of a challenge, with two girls against one strong boy...my grandchildren endlessly play and laugh with no agenda except a hope of one upmanship. Who do you think had the upper hand on this brilliant day?
