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Saturday, July 16, 2011

"Light Coming Throught the Trees" Albert Handell Workshop - Day One

"Light Coming Through the Trees"
watercolor underpainting with some charcoal strokes

I just got back from a 5-day workshop with Albert Handell.  Grass Valley, California is just far enough away to NOT commute, so I stayed at a local artist's home.  It was great to be totally immersed in art for a long stretch of time.  The pictures above are of my painting in the afternoon of the first day.

Albert did a demo in the morning showing the watercolor underpainting technique.  We are all working on white Kitty Wallis sanded paper.  One of Albert's techniques that I learned was the use of soft vine charcoal to give more texture and linear strokes to trees and branches.  It is a very lovely way to add texture and softness at the same time.

3 comments:

Ida M. Glazier said...

Really really nice Carolyn!! Show us more, its so interesting to read about. Hope you had a great time!!

martha said...

thanks for sharing the tip on using charcoal! love learning from your page.

ti-igra said...

Hello, Carolyn!!! :)
Fantastic pastel you did! Fantastic artist - your teacher! Oh! I saw his video! Not so far! :-)))) And he is your teacher! WOW!!!!!

How I want to go with you too! :)
There are no any pastel-masters who want to share his talent...
And even I never saw the pastel wooden box.

Wish you have a great and productive days!!! uhuhuuu!!!!!!