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Category Archives: demonstrations
Squashes In a Row
Fruits, vegetables, bottles and cans commonly found in a kitchen in watercolor Continue reading
Posted in demonstrations, kitchen paintings, watercolor
Tagged 2008, 2009, 2010
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Onions on Newspaper
Onions on Newspaper, watercolor, 14×10 in.,originally uploaded by ahtravis. I have rarely encountered a more receptive group of viewers than those at the Futon Company reception, last Thurs. night. I grow every time I explain how and why I paint … Continue reading
“Best of Show”, North East Watercolor Society Members Exhibition, 2010
Pear, Avacado, Banannas on Green Plate, no. 1, watercolor, 14×10 in., originally uploaded by ahtravis. I was delighted to receive a call last Saturday informing me that my painting, “Pear, Avacado, Banannas on Green Plate had been awarded “Best of … Continue reading
Teaching; using paint cans as a lesson in dark and light shapes
Paint cans, no. 2, originally uploaded by ahtravis. “Alix, I am very pleased when I look at the paint cans. I think the exercise of looking at and painting the shadows first is a really good one. It results … Continue reading
Posted in demonstrations, watercolor
Tagged 2009
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Stilllife of bottles and cans
Stilllife of bottles and cans, originally uploaded by ahtravis. More onTeaching–Cans and bottles and “monumentality” Cold weather is upon those of us in the Catskill Mts. My students and I are in the studio where we recently painted a collection of … Continue reading
Bank of Lake Wawaka
Bank of Lake Wawaka, watercolor, 14×6 in., originally uploaded by ahtravis. Sources of inspiration–shape of the support Last week my watercolor students and I worked with the idea that the shape of our paper support could reinforce the strongest shape present … Continue reading
Iris, 2009
Iris, 2009, originally uploaded by ahtravis. Demonstrations The lesson was on items back lit; the medium watercolor, the subject onions, the place my studio. One obstacle for me in teaching is the “demonstration”. There is a palpable fear that this … Continue reading
Onions on a plate, no. 2
Teaching watercolor…painting of a back lit subject is dramatic; it’s interest lies in its shapes. The shapes must be very strong to overcome the lack of visible detail. In watercolor that means… Continue reading
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