This was a good painting week. I did not get the opportunity to paint much but taught two great classes. On Tuesday, I had three students at Michaels. One was a returning student and the other two were new. That was an interesting group of people.
One of the new students was the mother of the returning student and she has been doing ceramics for 25 years. That was a challenge to get her to use enough paint on the canvas because of her dry brushing experience. This student was also an older woman, about 70 - 80 years old. If she did not like something she painted, she would wipe off the canvas with a paper towel and start again. After a rocky start though, she did rather well and plans to come back for the next class in two weeks.
The other new student was the daughter of the store manager. She is about 14 - 15 years old. Seemed very quiet at first but finally opened up during the class. She does some drawing but never painted before. Because she has not had any experience in painting, she really struggled at first however, she is an attentive student and did rather well. She seemed a little nervous when Dad kept sticking his head into the classroom. I finally told her that if he was bothering her I would ask him not come in again. She laughed when I told her that he might "own" the store, but I "own" the classroom at this time and had no problem telling him to leave! She relaxed after that. I would like to find some time for her to come to class again after school or on a Saturday but she has a very busy schedule as she is in the band at school.
My returning student has painted One Stroke for years and is anxious to learn how to paint landscapes and other types on canvas. A friend of hers often comes with her but was unable to come to this class. Both do very well with a desire to learn and obviously have a good eye. She does use lots of paint therefore has lots of texture on her canvas. She suggested that she would like to learn how to paint trees, sky, clouds, etc. so I am putting together some technique classes. Although we painted some trees in this class, in two weeks we will primarily focus on painting trees.
During my Thursday class at the YMCA, we continued working on the sunflowers painting. I had only two students so I was able to provide a lot of one on one attention. Interesting that we have painted sunflowers in the One Stroke technique for years and now we are painting these differently. I kept reverting back to my OS style when painting the sample and apparently so did the students. This painting is from a Bob Ross/Annette Kowalski book so it is an entirely different look. The most difficult part is loosening up when painting. I might try to "teach" a couple of abstracts to help this loosen up. Also had an inquiry from the YMCA director about expanding my class and adding a kids class this fall. Got some work to do to plan for a kids class but that would be fun!!!
One of the new students was the mother of the returning student and she has been doing ceramics for 25 years. That was a challenge to get her to use enough paint on the canvas because of her dry brushing experience. This student was also an older woman, about 70 - 80 years old. If she did not like something she painted, she would wipe off the canvas with a paper towel and start again. After a rocky start though, she did rather well and plans to come back for the next class in two weeks.
The other new student was the daughter of the store manager. She is about 14 - 15 years old. Seemed very quiet at first but finally opened up during the class. She does some drawing but never painted before. Because she has not had any experience in painting, she really struggled at first however, she is an attentive student and did rather well. She seemed a little nervous when Dad kept sticking his head into the classroom. I finally told her that if he was bothering her I would ask him not come in again. She laughed when I told her that he might "own" the store, but I "own" the classroom at this time and had no problem telling him to leave! She relaxed after that. I would like to find some time for her to come to class again after school or on a Saturday but she has a very busy schedule as she is in the band at school.
My returning student has painted One Stroke for years and is anxious to learn how to paint landscapes and other types on canvas. A friend of hers often comes with her but was unable to come to this class. Both do very well with a desire to learn and obviously have a good eye. She does use lots of paint therefore has lots of texture on her canvas. She suggested that she would like to learn how to paint trees, sky, clouds, etc. so I am putting together some technique classes. Although we painted some trees in this class, in two weeks we will primarily focus on painting trees.
During my Thursday class at the YMCA, we continued working on the sunflowers painting. I had only two students so I was able to provide a lot of one on one attention. Interesting that we have painted sunflowers in the One Stroke technique for years and now we are painting these differently. I kept reverting back to my OS style when painting the sample and apparently so did the students. This painting is from a Bob Ross/Annette Kowalski book so it is an entirely different look. The most difficult part is loosening up when painting. I might try to "teach" a couple of abstracts to help this loosen up. Also had an inquiry from the YMCA director about expanding my class and adding a kids class this fall. Got some work to do to plan for a kids class but that would be fun!!!
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