California's Peggi Kroll demonstrates how to achieve value of the figure in landscape in 25 brush strokes or less.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
THE PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF ATLANTA - TOP THREE WINNERS
First: Casey Baugh, Chattanooga (middle)
Second: Donna Colleran, Atlanta (right)
Third: Jon Houlgrum, NC (left)
Lora Hill, main organizer of this event, reaching on the far right.
THE PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF ATLANTA - RECEPTION AT THE GALLERY AT PAPER MILL VILLAGE
Whoa! What a crowd we had last night for the opening reception for The Portrait Society of Atlanta's 2010 Spring Juried Exhibition (judge: Dawn Whitelaw).
If you want to see what some of the leading southeastern portrait artists are up to, please visit the gallery during the month of May. The show will end just before Memorial Day weekend. Some pretty amazing work.
We are privilieged to have as first place winner for his "Luminesce", Casey Baugh, from Chattanooga in the show with two of his other works. They are stunning to say the least. What a promising career this young man has ahead of him! Check out his web site. http://www.caseybaughfineart.com/
RAY ROBERTS - END OF DEMO WORK
Ray stopped his demo so that the group could paint, but this is where he ended his demo...note the lead in with the pink flowers to the vine on the fence to the side of the house in the back, across the roof and finally resting in the focal area of the limbs and side of the house. Ray successfully led the eye through the canvas to his focal area - something we also witnessed in Ken Auster's demo...these guys are masters at this!!!
RAY ROBERTS - CROSSING OVER AND CHANGING TEMPERATURE
In this close-up picture of Ray's demo work, note that when limbs crossed over from the warm white side of the house to the cooler blue shadow side, the limbs changed from a warmer color to a cooler color when entering the shadow.
Talk about temperature knowledge and being able to see what is going on in nature! Whew! This is a hard concept to grasp, for sure! But, look at how the tree comes to life...
Of course, in this study, it is more exaggerated for the lesson...per Ray...
RAY ROBERTS - LAYING IN DESIGN WITH VALUES
Ray laid in his design with lovely gray values...and then he painted directly on top of it with color to hold true to his original values. He did a demo of what would hapen if he veered off his original design and value range and it truly destroyed the painting. Hold true to the values you see!!!
CALIFORNIA'S RAY ROBERTS - DEMO AND DISCUSSION
If I had to choose a title of yesterday's workshop by Ray Roberts, I would call it what he wanted the class to learn - "Design in Black & White, Paint in Color". Here, Ray demos how to block in shapes in black on a white canvas.
A few "pearls" he shared with the group:
1. When dealing with a large area of light and a small area of dark, make the dark area more luminescent (i.e., the eave between a roof and side of house (eave needs to be more luminescent); a large mass of light blue sky and a dark silhouette of tree leaves (leaves need to be more luminescent).
2. Asking, "Why a color is the color you see?" The answer: Look for what color is being reflected from an object (i.e., blue on the side of a white house reflects the blue sky, green on the side of a house reflects the light bouncing off the grass or bush)...
3. "Think in values, but do it in color."
4. "Anything in light is lighter than anything in shadow."
5. "If you change your original values from your black, white and gray study, your painting will "go south" in a hurry! (We had a great chuckle over this given that they are not from here!)
6. Typical order of focal points in a painting that the viewer gravitates towards: First, people; then animals, structures, flowers and, lastly, the landscape.
7. Have a variety of mechanical, organic and unequal shapes..."dot, dash, dash, dot, dot"...
8. "Err on the side of warm."
And then Peggi Kroll-Roberts added a tid bit of knowledge: "When in doubt, take it out!"
I will have to say that these two are delightful as a husband and wife team. They have fun together; their sense of humor is wonderful and they play off each other...FUN, FUN, FUN!!!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
PEGGI KROLL-ROBERTS WORKSHOP
We are so fortunate to have both Peggi Kroll-Roberts and her husband, Ray Roberts, visit Atlanta for a workshop hosted by the school. This photo exemplifies Peggi's study of values of the figure in landscape.
The workshop included:
Day 1: Still Life (Peggi)
Day2: The Figure in Landscape (Peggi)
Day 3: Plein Air Landscape (Ray)
PEGGI-KROLL ROBERTS WORKSHOP AT THE GALLERY
Students participating in the Peggi Kroll-Roberts Still Life Workshop at The Gallery at Paper Mill Village.
Note: The Portrait Society of Atlanta is exhibiting at the gallery during the month of May.
PEGGI KROLL-ROBERTS - GIVING GUIDANCE TO A STUDENT
Peggi offers "undivided" attention to every student participating in the workshop - a kind and gentle approach.
USING A HAND MIRROR
Peggi Kroll-Roberts instructs in how and why to use a hand mirror in looking backwards at what you are painting - to insure that you are capturing the correct likeness of your still life or subject - angles, shapes and relationships.
PEGGI KROLL-ROBERT'S VALUE STUDIES - DAY 1 OF WORKSHOP
First: Black and white
Second: Balck white, and gray
Third: Local color application
INSTEAD OF AN APPLE A DAY...HOW ABOUT A SKETCH A DAY!
Peggi shares her beautiful sketch notebook...every workshop instructor has stressed how important it is to sketch at least one thing a day...
PEGGI KROLL- ROBERTS VISITS ATLANTA
Peggi Kroll Roberts of Angel Camp, California and one California's leading artists speaks of value, value value... The workshop group first worked in large black and white shapes, then in the second study we added gray. Then we applied the principles learned to color studies.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
ARLEEN TURZO JOINS TEACHING STAFF
I am thrilled to announce that Arleen Turzo, an incredibly gifted artist who is locally represented at Lagerquist Gallery, will join our instructor panel. She is offering a workshop on September 11 and 12 on palette knife technique taking into consideration color harmony, how to use the knife to achieve different effects, working with a sophisticated gray and colorful palette. Note this painting, "Neutrals and Roses", in how Arleen depicts the shadows. These have been beautifully handled. Exquisite palette and technique indeed!!! http://www.arleenturzo.com/
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