Monday, February 9, 2009

Single Stroke

Preppy Pear, 6 x 6
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This pear was done about 1/3 of the way through Carol Marine's workshop; she made us paint one painting with single strokes: we could only put paint on our brush, make a stroke, then go back to the palette and mix or pick up paint again. No more than one stroke on the canvas at a time. This was more of a challenge than any of us thought! The temptation to keep touching the canvas was enormous, but on this piece, I did it, and I think it lends a purity and sense of thoughtfulness and to a painting that we often lose sight of as painters.

3 comments:

Linda Schweitzer said...

Really nice, Julie! It has that chiseled look, which is so hard to achieve, but looks so confident and masterful.

Laurel Daniel said...

What a great excercise and you managed it perfectly! So yummy.

Carolyn Finnell said...

I learned so much from that exercise. That one alone was worth the trip. And now when I'm struggling I do the same thing. It makes me really think about every stroke. I remember this painting. I liked it then and I like it now.