NEW DRAWING UNIT TO START OCTOBER 30th

What great fun I am having teaching the first set of drawing and painting units and what FANTASTIC progress everyone is making in mastering their mediums and learning at an accelerated pace.  I'm so impressed with everyone's increased abilities!  Making art is so rewarding and I am looking forward to posting some of my student's finished works. (with their permission, of course)  

Back by popular request!  A new 6 week unit of drawing skills will commence Thursday October 30th at 10am at my home studio.   You will be able to create some great drawings in pencil, charcoal or ink in time for holiday gift giving and get your drawing skills on track!  Please email me for information.  ahartcarroll@yahoo.com

The 6 week oil  (Listed as Unit 2 below-please note date change- gotta go visit my grandkids and my kids!) beginning unit will commence Tuesdays Oct 28th at 10 am at my home studio and a new Beginning Watercolor Unit will commence Tuesdays Oct 28th at 7pm at my home studio.  If you finished the drawing unit 1, you are all set to attend either beginning watercolor Tuesday nights in my home studio  or (if you are experienced with watercolor) intermediate watercolor  on Thursdays at The Stampin Post in Old Town at 6:30pm or the beginning oil unit .  Please email me for more information!  ahartcarroll@yahoo.com

NEW DRAWING UNIT 1      6 weeks Oct 30  Thursdays at 10:00 am home studio

INTERMEDIATE WATERCOLOR   6 weeks Oct 30  Thursdays at 6:30pm at The Stampin
            Post in Old Town Temecula

BEGINNING WATERCOLOR   6 weeks  Oct 28 Tuesdays at 7:00 pm home studio

BEGINNING OIL    6 week  Oct 28  Tuesdays at 10:00am home studio

Beginning Drawing and Painting in two units

Fall workshop in two units: unit 1 is drawing with pencil and charcoal.  Anita will teach  the skills you will need to create realistic drawings and portraits without using projectors, grids or tools.   Unit two  will  be beginning oil painting where you will use the skills you gained from the drawing classes to apply them to color and learning to manipulate oil paints.  Several different styles of applying paint will be shown so that you can learn to paint the right way and your way from the start. Registration form for Unit 1:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzQhHzQb4Q2xTzdoLU5IbDVhZjQ/edit?usp=sharing


     Charcoal





In Unit 2 we will use the skills learned from the drawing classes (Unit 1) and we will explore the nuances of color in our work with oil paints.  This unit is 6 weeks as well, and after completing both units, you  can choose to continue art lessons in my home studio with your own individual projects.
Registration form for Unit 2:  NOTE: UNIT 2 WILL COMMENCE ONE WEEK LATER ON OCTOBER 28TH OR 30TH
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzQhHzQb4Q2xb3I5SVNQcGU2cFU/edit?usp=sharing



Samples of STUDENT'S WORK FROM MY CLASSES:
 First oil 12 year old student

 First oil Adult student

Adult student - 1st  illustration assignment 

Beginning Watercolor Class

Flyer and registration information

Come learn how easy it is to create beautiful watercolor paintings in this intensive 6 week beginning watercolor class.   Ideal for first time painters, this class will give you the skills and confidence to begin your artistic journey!

Pink Clematis Watercolor

This dramatic flower caught the sunlight and was such a delight to paint.  Watercolor is the perfect medium for  the translucent effect on the petals and the blurry background vegetation.  I will be teaching a beginning watercolor class this fall at The Stampin Post in Old Town Temecula.  Check the workshop flyer above for more information!  

Classical Still Life

This is a classical still life that I did in a David Gray workshop. The idea is for peaceful minimalism rendered from life over a period of five days in a very controlled and multi layered approach.  It was incredibly slow and labor intensive, as befitting a more meditative and zen style of atelier painting techniques. For example, the white sea shell alone took about 7 hours to finish.   I learned so much from David.  He was a generous and thoughtful teacher.
  When I finished the painting, I wrote down about four pages of things that I learned doing this.  Everything from oil technique to mustering patience in working towards a precise result.

  While this is a realistic painting, it is not meant to be photo-realistic.  The decisions of which edges to  soften and harden, which edges to lose completely, which colors to emphasize, which details to omit and which values to exploit, the composition to direct the eye and control focal point were just some of the decisions that artists must make when confronted with painting from life. Pretty complex!
  I will definitely continue to create a few classical still lifes along with my more ala prima approach.

The Ginormous Move is Done

I will be finally getting back to creating art soon!  Moving from the far northeast corner of Washington State to beautiful Southern California has taken about five months out of my creating time, but my studio is all unpacked and I am ready to get the brushes wet and make some drawing dust!  Stay tuned!