Painting Class
Meet “Shy Dragon” from Julie Read‘s painting class at Northwinds Gallery.
The class was first come first served, free, and art supplies were provided with two hours of instruction! The assignment was fun and unexpected. We drew names from a hat to determine our subject matter – all based on Julie’s love of animals and sense of fun. The palette was limited making even more of a challenge. It was a lovely surprise to see the varied results produced with the same limits!
Our three colors were red, purple and white. Hmmm…I had already painted my canvas purple, so I was left with just red and white to paint a dragon. I began by painting in the red background to find the shape of the dragon – I wanted to fill the 10″ x 10″ plywood canvas. The painting of the dragon was a discovery each step of the way. His white spikes reminded me of sharp teeth, the red background was for his fire that he did not have as he hid behind his wing with only a puff of smoke.
Thank you Northwinds for this great program and thank you Julie for sharing your talents with acrylic paint. I learned a new technique in surface preparation that I can’t wait to try.
Read more about the summer series and see the next artist featured June 16 – http://northwindarts.org/news/wall/inspired-by-nature/