grownUPs journaler Toni demonstrating her understanding of contour drawing and exploring the use of positive and negative space, from this evenings art journaling workshop.
Things are settling down in the Santini household. There were no broken bones today and dinner was homemade spaghetti and meatballs. All three kids were smiley (although one's smiles were, admittedly, vicodin induced), homework completed, and animals fed and walked without complaint.
And then Mom got to escape to one of her happy places.
That being grownUP journaling classes.
We meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month for a couple hours in the evening. And tonite I savored every moment of our togetherness.
Our group was intimate (I'm not judging those who opted to stay home and watch the Tigers dominate the Yankees!) and all the more special for it.
We focused on edges, quality of line, and positive and negative spaces. I demonstrated a couple different drawing techniques, and using a variety of fall-related props and mark making tools, we settled in to make some art.
You can see photos of the workshop on my Facebook page. Special props to Judy, Toni, Audra and Candi for allowing me to break away and just create!!
Kim, who's head is spinning at the speed with which this week flew by, or maybe it's the tall glass of wine, or perhaps a little bit of both
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“Katie’s Moustache,” 6x12, pet portrait in acrylic on canvasboard, $90. Inquiries to ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com . One glimpse of Katie’s face, and I was hooked. Not only did she fall into my beloved “black & white” category, but she came with a full moustache and doe-like eyes. I first covered the canvas with a variety of blues and purples, using a (mixed) light green and pink for the highlights. (Right now my palette has been expanded to include the following: pthalo blue red, azurite hue, cad red dark, alizarine crimson, cad yellow dark, and then for graying/hazing out I use light green yellow and ultramarine purple.) I lighten with titanium white and darken with one of the blues and a touch of one of the reds. As a side note, at this time last year I was really struggling with my limited palette (I went from about 60 pots of paint to 3), but I have lived the benefits – I am so much more familiar with what I can mix given just this handful of colors. My paintings are also m...
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