Today was the second day of the Bev Jozwiak workshop. As promised, we started with a step-by-step exercise using Chumlee.
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For comparision, here is Bev’s version of the same reference photo.
And here’s a photo of the whole class with their versions.
Between working on Chumlee, I attempted to work on two pieces I had brought on Yupo™. I have done one previous painting with this slick surface, but I didn’t fall in love. I’ve seen a couple of videos since then, and as Bev sometimes uses the this, I thought I would give it a try. You saw my attempts at the peacock yesterday.
And I brought a roller today to use to start a yellow-headed blackbird.
I really think I might hate Yupo™.
Moving onto other topics, I brought some paintings that I thought I could work on between steps.
I worked on them a little, but the thing I REALLY wanted to get out of the workshop was and understand of how Bev gets her amazing darks. So I quickly drew out some flowers and went to work, trying to set them up to use her “thirds” idea: the top really dark, the center in middle values, and the bottom very light and loose.
Obviously, thees are unfinished. And they have potential. But I did not nail it. I asked Bev for some help and we agreed it was probably something best learned by “hours on the brush.”
No magic pill, huh?
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Which brings me to my reminder in all this. Workshops are about trying something new, not creating masterpieces. Paintings done in a workshop shouldn’t be entered in shows, though I think there is a little flexibility in this (Chumlee – NO!; yesterday’s horse – Maybe.)
Taken from the standpoint of trying something new…. I nailed it!