Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

July 7, 2011

Happy 4th of July!
For all of you New Yorkers
Levitational Realism
Gary T. Erbe

Here is your dream as an artist
Travel to beautiful inns and restaurants and paint the ambiance
Notice her sensitive portrayal of light
Lindsay Goodwin

This artist's goal is to make 50 portraits
Want to try?
Charles W. Mundy

Ghosts
Beautiful subtle play between complementary colors
Ralph Stone Jacobs

Look at the very strong placement of this artist's darks
His paintings are strongly composed. Every stroke has a purpose.
He even lists his pigments and materials on his website
Stan Moeller

For my students:
Raymar Art

This is a wonderful website for canvas and linen archival panels
They offer a wonderful panel carrier for transporting wet panels
Check out the incredible paintings in their art contest. Very impressive indeed!

See you all in class! Happy summer.
Stay dry and cool.

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SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2016

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Cone of Chaos Graphite on Museum Board 40 x 60"

Drawing Class March 4, 2010

FINALLY!!!! Hands Hands Hands I will show you the anatomy of your lower arms, wrist and hands. You will understand the underlying basic shapes and proportions of your wrist, thumb and fingers. I will bring some of my anatomy books with incredible drawings. Please bring your sketchbooks, pencils and erasers and some tracing paper. I will bring a roll if you don't have any for class. Find pictures in magazines or photos of hands. Bring them to class. Try to find foreshortened views. (Yes, that F word!) We will be finding the shapes in the photos. You will be tracing the anatomy so you understand it when you observe your own hands. You are your best model. Perfect sketchbook fodder. Waiting for anything will never be boring again! See you Thursday! I will not be able to teach on 3/25. I am joining the board of National Association of Women Artists. One of their few board meetings lies on that thursday. Ink wash lessons were scheduled for this day. I will discuss an alternate day when

Elizabeth Reed - Trouvaille (Something lovely found by chance)

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