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Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

Armory Art Center Monday Morning Drawing
and
ArtServe Thursday Morning Drawing 
(Remember time is 10 - 12 meaning we start at 10)


Perspective!
I will introduce and review the simple system of perspective
We will also discuss informal perspective 
This means reinforcing sighting and measuring proportion
aka using your right brain


Check out Rudolf Stussi
He wrote an article in Artists Mag June 2010
"The Fifth Perspective"
Outrageous! I just love these!
Especially the murals
http://www.rudolfstussi.com/



We will look at his process but draw from life around us


Boca Raton Museum School
Painting Classes
Tuesday morning and afternoons &
Friday morning


More thoughts on color choices
More information on organizing landscapes from photos
YOU ARE THE EDITOR!


Cool Artists of the week


Simon Birch
Very gestural-you can almost see his color choices
http://www.simon-birch.com/



Mark Boyle
From Seattle. They are geoduck hunting on that beach!
Painterly solutions to figures and landscape
http://www.markboyle.com/index.php



Alan MacDonald
Fun in a classical manner
Very well done as well as entertaining
http://www.alanmacdonald.net/index.html



Elias Rivera
Paintings of crowds
Gorgeous composition and color
http://www.eliasrivera.com/art_gray.html



See you in class!

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