Showing posts with label The Dead Painter's Society. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Dead Painter's Society. Show all posts

Saturday, April 30, 2011

The Dead Painter's Society



The Dead Painter's Society is a group of Lane Community College students who meet in the Art Department's building 11, room 121. We meet every Friday at noon--until whenever. All are welcome, but you must come to paint. No experience necessary.

Here are some photos of our people, process, and paintings.




Brent painting a still life. His first effort at oil painting a still life.



Brent's Still Life. Oil on canvas. Incredible work for a first effort.





Katelin Williamson copying one of the Master's--Gustave Klimt.


Katelin Williamson after Klimt. Acrylic on canvas.

                                                                 Katelin's boots--photographed by Alisa "Alley" Akay.






                                                    Ben and some of his paintings. Acrylic on canvases.



                                                            Ben's painting. Acrylic on canvas.


                                          Ben painting a new one. Acrylic on canvas.




                                                    Ben and I talking over (critiquing) one of his works.





                                                   Some friends and I were drinking pints and we put a bunch of topics into a hat. Whatever we drew out, we decided, we would do an art work along that theme. We picked "death." Therefore, I painted this "Vanitas" composition. The skull represents death, the bottle represents life, and the rosemerry represents transition. Daniel Balter, Oil on canvas.


                                                           Brent and I are painting the same arranged still-life. I am teaching him a little bit about how to paint with oils. This is my--still yet unfinished--painting of the bull and bottle. Oil on canvas by Daniel Balter.



I am very grateful for the Dead Painter's Society and the energy in the room as we paint and talk and listen to music. I will always remember this time. Carpe Deum!



                                                        



Friday, February 25, 2011

The Dead Painter's Society: Copying The Masters


The Dead Painter's Society is a group of students from Adam Grosowski's painting class at Lane Community College (LCC).

We meet outside of class, at LCC, on Fridays, from 12 noon until we are tired and want to go home.

 I did this painting today: Friday, Febuary 25, 2011.

In class we are supposed to be copying the masters--paying especial attention to values: black(1), grey(5), and white10).

This painting (acrylic on cardboard) is after Theophilus Brown, Untitled (Interior), 1963. Oil on canvas, 46 1/4 x 48 in.

Theophilus Brown was part of the Bay Area Figurative Art School of 1950-1965. Richard Diebenkorn is the most famous of that school of painters.

The photos below are of my painting in progress. I will add color--hopefully-- this weekend, once I get the values in order.