Showing posts with label children playing. Show all posts
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Friday, May 23, 2014

Swallowtails by Sally Shisler - June Worskhop Begins 2 Weeks from Today!



Swallowtails - 2014044x4" Oil on Linen
This painting is for sale at The SOBO Art Center in Winter Garden Florida throughout the month of May.  Please email me at scshisler@gmail.com, 321-331-3045 for purchase information, or Mary Keating at 407-376-8657 or mkeating@@wgart.org.

An intriguing subject - bearded man with tattoos.  Look closely to see if you can find the swallowtails. Didn't mean for it to be the "Find It' game, but seems it became that.  Fun!  I actually love this painting.  The subject very different from my sunlit figures. Of course as I went along I had Sargent in mind. Certainly not his gorgeous buttery brush strokes, but my painting became more about designing the negative space to support the positive. Learning to marry the darks/lights of positive/negative space is a good lesson.

Email me directly to get detailed information about workshop content:  
scshisler@gmail.com. Or call me at 321-331-3045.
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The main focus will be on loosening up with palette knives; painting larger with more freedom, movement and intuition.  Class is limited to 10; 5 spaces left!  Cost for 3 days is $300.  Supplies not included.  Click here for supply list from Jerry's Artarama. 

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Commission Prep Progress

Color Study for Commission
10" x 15"

This commissioned project is fun. I've been pretty busy this month preparing for some upcoming exhibits, so I haven't been able to focus on it like I've wanted. But doing a little work at a time is actually working out a little better. I've done more pencil sketches than I usually do for a commission, and the extra time passing by has given my mind the opportunity to do some extra processing. A color study is a small, quick painting that focuses on the color composition and not the details. Here is the most recent color study for this project. It is definitely not a finished product, however, I couldn't resist giving some detail to the beautiful little girl backlit with sunlight through her white dress.

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