Thursday, January 15, 2015

Spurred to create!





Dave's value sketches

Betty

The whole gang busy creating!

Helga

Donna

Gerri

Chris


Dave and Pat

Dave's paintings on wrinkled rice paper

Closeup of one of Dave's paintings on rice paper

Gerri and Pat

From left to right: Helga, Donna, Chris, and Dave

A beginning!

Helga, Donna, Chris

Everyone wanted to be inside where it was warm today!  Apparently the cold weather sparked creativity because we had a great turnout that resulted in lots of good art in various stages of completion.

Several of us were particularly intrigued with Dave's paintings on rice paper.  To prepare the paper, he wets it thoroughly, then crumples it in his hand, then flattens it and allows it to dry completely before painting, creating a lovely effect, as you can see above.  Dave was using watercolors for these painting.