Elizabeth Reed

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." Kahlil Gibran

2012-01-01T15:16:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!

Play a little

Frivolous play time. Investigation of the color RED!

My daughter, Mem's, awesome red satin heels.

She fell in love with them on the shelves of DSW - had to have them!

Finding something suitable to wear with these proved a challenge.

They are stunning and a color theory lesson in RED

Hope your holidays were full of frivolous red fun!

Tuesday starts the new term at Boca Raton Museum School

My Classes are:

Wed. 9 - 12 Beginning Drawing

Wed. 12:30 - 3:30 Intermediate - Advanced Drawing

Thursday 12:30 - 3:30 Life Drawing

Friday 9 - 12 Beginning Painting

Friday 12:30 - 3:30 Intermediate - Advanced Painting

Call the office at 561-392-2503 to reserve your spot.

Cool links

See the Women who Shook up the Art World in 2011!

From a friend and wonderful NYC artist, Anahi DeCanio

Recent review on NPR

"Caravaggio, a Life Sacred and Profane"

by Andrew Graham-Dixon

My next read. What a character!

Check out wikipedia for a really great show of his work.

Diane Andrews Hall Wonderful seascapes in oil

Painting is really about the physics of light!

David Imlay Fine artist and illustrator

I am quite drawn to his dog portraits

Especially the Dauchshund in a turban.

By looking at his landscapes as thumbnails you will notice his exquisite sense of design. Great illustrators make you look from across the room!

Sandow Birk If you went to Art Miami you could not resist gawking at his etching named, "Monument to the Constitution of The United States."

Birk makes statements on social issues.

He is a story teller in multi media.

I respect him because he can draw and comes up with clever concepts that make you think.

Check out his "Ninety Nine Names of God."

This is an artist who THINKS!

YOU REALLY NEED TO SEE THESE WORKS IN PERSON!

Bong Chae Son Intriguing mix of traditional painting and modern materials.

Layers of polycarbonate in front of LED panels.

Images mysteriously morph as you walk around the work.

This artist has taken traditional training to a modern level.

Absolutely engrossing!

Come to the Boca Museum's ARTY PARTY!

Meet me at the museum! Wednesday, Jan. 4th. 5:30 - 8:00 PM.

Boca Museum School instructors will be on hand to celebrate.

See you soon!

THINK!

What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough, "Eugene Delacroix"

2011-12-04T17:59:00.001-08:00

ART MIAMI!

Romi and I went to Art Miami, Scope and Art Asia on Saturday.

Amazing show of interesting ideas - some quite entertaining

as well as fantastic skill and technical ability.

Art Asia always opens my eyes. My experiences traveling left the impression that not only is Asia on the other side of the earth, but on the other side of your eyeballs.

Here are some of my favorites.

Too many to list - Just a few that left an impression on me.

Sybelle Peretti She etches into glass on which she manipulates pigment and images. The photos do not do her justice. I saw her work in Scope last year - still it stops me in my tracks.

Julie Heffernan I love "Self portrait sitting on world." Look carefully at these classically painted allegories.

Rachel Bess All of her beautifully painted, thought provoking portraits were sold. I was immediately drawn to her painting technique - stunning - and the imagery she chose.

Koon Wai-bong Exceptional Chinese ink painter. Scrolls of silk painted in traditional style devoid of human images. I was stunned from across the aisle.

Robert Schefman Incredible allegorical paintings. I saw the "Clue" paintings inspired from the board game, Clue. Think of the characters and the props to solve the mystery. Extremely well done. Drawings of the same incredible high caliber.

Art is about paying attention," Laurie Anderson

2011-12-01T17:24:00.001-08:00

What a weekend coming up!
Art Basel Miami Beach is a brain refresher - many very cool artists.
Go enjoy every part of it. Parties every night. Some great and not so great art.
Wynwood district has been my favorite in the past years.

Convention center holds Art Basel Miami Beach

Art Miami has been spectacular the past two years

Scope - Wynwood District and Art Asia are very inspirational

Wear comfy shoes and get some rest the night before.
Go more than one day if you can.

Steven Assael portrait painting workshop
Boca Raton Museum School
March 21 - 25 all day
$1000.00
Contact Becky Sanders at 561.392.2503 to reserve a spot!

Steven will be painting a portrait as a demo
Wednesday, March 21 - 6:30 - 9:30
Cost $40.00

Boca Raton Museum School Open House Dec. 11th 12 - 3

Cool Artists of the Week(s)

Xhxix Curious transitions and superimposed images

Eunika Rogers She actually paints with clay - check it out!

Andrew Sendor Life is an exhibition!

Jason DeCaires Taylor ! A man after my watery heart!
This artist makes eco sculptures - installs them on a reef in Cancun
Then lets nature take over.
Now that's thinking out of the box.

Go to Art Basel and find your own "cool artists of the week!"

"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly." ~Buckminster Fuller

2011-11-13T18:10:00.001-08:00

Renovating our kitchen and waiting for the refrigerator to be repaired for 1 1/2 weeks. Life is kinda upside down - or simpler. Memories of cruising on a sailboat - collecting water to wash dishes in the small sink! Ah - as well with my work right now. Looking forward to making some paintings and finishing my next monster drawing. Nica coming to sit again tomorrow morn. Painting with my favorite artists in my studio.

Very cool link posted by Sibel Kocabaşı on Facebook
Love this - check it out - life drawing students!
Vanitas

Neysa Grassi These paintings are all about the process and surface.
Beautiful.

Tony Scherman This man has the ability and talent that shine through whatever medium he chooses. It would be interesting to see his paintings of encaustic on canvas with oils. This ease with imagery transcends technique.

Susanna Coffey Everyone should paint a self portrait

Sidney Goodman Yes, he paints AND draws
A true inspiration.

See you in class!

"It takes two to paint. One to paint, the other to stand by with an axe to kill him before he spoils it." ~William Merritt Chase

2011-11-08T06:44:00.000-08:00

Smarty pants

CSMART open studio Thursday night

OK, update on Tuesday morning - not Sunday afternoon.

Renovation is a dirty word, but is now happening in my home.

Boca painting students - no class on Friday, Nov. 11th

Veterans Day - Go see Joe Green's veteran's day parade

The very coolest man - Patrick Blanc - designer of vertical gardens

Wonderful article in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday about Mr. Blanc

His desk is placed upon a large aquarium, has 10 different types of birds in his home for insect control and starts his days with a glass of champagne.

His sketches are outrageous plans of plants

He makes wire sculptures for the plants to grow upon

He looks a bit like a leprechaun - a wonderful life of creativity

George Shipperley Great example of "everything is an abstract!"
Reminds me of Klimpt's work. Beautiful color statements.
Second place in Artist's magazine contest for landscape/interior

Brad Lethaby
I am quite fond of his landscapes - wonderful brush strokes and color sense.

Michael Mentler Very creative portrayal of the figure
Notice how he incorporates a grid

Noah Buchanan
I notice the influence of his instructors - especially Assael
He earned a MFA from the NY Academy
Exquisite understanding of color and anatomy

Kristy Gordon
Look at her "Barbie still lifes!"
Barbie is a boomer icon. I had the first version with the b/w bathing suit.
See how anything can be beautiful.
Love the diptych of Barbie and the beauties.
Gordon has put her hard work as a painter to use by making a statement.

See you all soon - Enjoy your weekend off.

"I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it." Pablo Picasso

2011-10-30T19:05:00.000-07:00

Time to sign up for Term 2 Classes at The Boca Raton Museum Art School

Catalogue available online Art School Catalogue

I am currently offering:

2.20 DRAWING FOUNDATIONS - Learning to See

Wednesday mornings 9 - 12

Fall in love with drawing!

Learn skills you can use in painting, sculpture and design.

Lots of cool handouts.

2.32 SEEING - KNOWING - DRAWING

Wednesday afternoons 12:30 - 3:30

Use the skills learned in foundations to make successful finished drawings.

Learn more about materials and techniques.

Push yourself with more challenging assignments.

3.28 LIFE DRAWING (Nudes!)

Thursday afternoon 12:30 - 3:30

Learn how to mass the figure to catch directional thrust.

Develop your own style from the knowledge of the form.

I provide weekly handouts on artistic anatomy so you can study at home.

Figure drawing is my personal passion. I practice every week.

Wonderful comfortable environment.

3.25 and 3.26 ALL MEDIA PAINTING

Friday 9 - 12 and 12:30 - 3:30

Technically, the morning class is for beginners.

Please come to either class as your schedule requires.

Each student will receive personal critiques.

Twice a term we will have group critiques.

Learn to use the elements and principles of design to evaluate your work.

Lovely group of students. Lofty goals and interesting paths.

All media are welcome.

COOL ARTISTS OF THE WEEK!

Don Colley

OK when I say draw every day, this is it!

Fellow Chicagoan (Sweet home!) Travels and records the world around.

Look at those brush pen drawings.

Very cool artist of the week. Follow his fan club on Facebook.

Dice Tsutsumi An amazing talent across the board

Look at his "alla prima" painting style

He says so much with so little effort.

His travel journals will take hours to examine.

Listen to how he talks of thinking of shape - converting that to line

Jaimie Salmon Sculptor extraordinaire.

Life drawing students - check out the making of these sculptures

To sculpt, you must truly understand the forms.

Marc Hanson Stunning!

He says so much with his brush.

Hope to see you next week!

"Art is Nature speeded up and God slowed down," Chazal

2011-10-23T14:59:00.000-07:00

Every month a group of respected artists/friends meet for "Critique group"

This Sunday, the word of the afternoon was "destroy it! I'm bored!"

How do we artists push ourselves to think differently?

"Release yourself from yourself," Steve Assael

I guess my aching arm, back and hand are trying to tell me to

"step away from the painting."

Friday, I took my few painting students to the Boca Raton Museum of Art

First, we wandered through Frederico Uribe's incredible installation

He was awarded a grant from puma shoe company

Created an entire rainforest from partially completed PUMA shoes

IT IS A MUST SEE! Very refreshing, clever and fun.

Frederico Uribe Really look at how he found similar shapes

He saw flowers in plumbing parts, wings in artificial nails.

Here is an artist who thinks!

Don't miss this exhibit! It will be leaving in early November.

Juan Bautista Nieto Unbelievable

Stunning paintings - drawings - watercolors

Adam Miller Flesh!

Maria Tomasula Fellow Chicagoan. Imagery that pushes your imagination.

Beautifully painted.

Andrea J. Smith Australian oil painter

Be still, my life. Check out ordinary objects that become extraordinary.

Last week of classes at the Boca Museum School.

Welcome back, snowbirds. Absolutely fabulous weather!!!!

Happy Halloween.

See you in class.

"No quiet painter can hold the attention of a culture for long." -- Frank Stella

2011-10-18T17:04:00.000-07:00

We're off to the Museum Friday after class!

Cool artists of the week....

Robert Liberace
Look at his pen and ink work as well as the beautiful portraits.
Stunning figurative work.
Check out his workshops!

Karin Jurick
OK, students! Check out "Museum Patrons"
You are all invited to the Boca Museum of Art on Friday afternoon.
Meet me at the museum after our afternoon class. Hurry - closing at 5 pm.

Amanda Clyne Incredibly interesting paintings.

Connor Harrington Spray paint and oils. Some on buildings, some in studio.
Unusual for this medium - very well done.

David Cheifetz Knows his color! Luscious across the board.

"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice, heart and intuition." - Steve Jobs

2011-10-09T15:18:00.000-07:00

Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011

Mastermind of Mac and Apple products.

Simplicity for the masses.

Isn't it so? How hard to stay true to your inner heart and intuition. It takes guts.

Interesting article in September 2011 Artists magazine by Jane Jones.

In the "Brushing up" section.

Check out a diluted version of complementary compositions

Jones details different ways to use intensity (chroma) to control your focus

The article has some great examples of simultaneous contrast

I will bring it to class to show you - good example.

Cool artists of the week

Max Ferguson Hyper real, extremely well composed.

Ferguson was trained in Amsterdam. He adheres canvas to aluminum.

His portraits are incredible. Across the board, well done.

Drawings, watercolors, oils, etchings.

Kent Lovelace Gorgeous oil on copper. Featured in Sept. Artists Mag.

He lives on Widbey Island, WA. Near where I used to live. A magical spot.

Lovely light in his landscapes. Probably lost in photography, the copper will shine through the oil glazes.

Jeff Demetriou Acrylic, ink, paper and pencil on panel.

He uses what it takes to get his point across.

Notice the crescendo he creates with the line quality.

His use of the "scopes" creates conflict between the shapes. Great use of negative space.

Robin Page

OK, you beginning drawing students! Check out self portrait w/ fake beard!

This woman is a printmaker. She draw draw draws. Then she makes lithos which used to be drawn on a large stone, then put through a press for an edition. She also makes woodcuts and linoleum cuts and prints them.

Notice the angle of her portraits. She is looking up at the subject.

Tiina Heiska from Finland. Dream like oil paintings.

Nick Lepard Vancouver B.C. artist.
Notice the scale of these portraits. See how he manipulates the paint and planes.
Very interesting!

See you all in class.
Beginning drawing - self portrait day. Bring a larger mirror if you can. Mine are small.
Life drawing - Shoulders, arms and hands! The marathon. David is our model.
Painting - More on drapery with a complementary color twist!

Gifts from the Sea!

2011-10-03T18:59:00.000-07:00

Finally, a grouping of 12 pieces on my studio wall.

My dear friend, Amanda Miles, gave me a book by Anne Morrow Lindberg called
"A Gift from the Sea." In the 1950's, Lindberg took a sabbatical from being the matriarch of a large family. She spent time in a beach cottage at Sanibel Island, FL. Her introspective time away from her family ultimately led her to compare the shapes of sea shells to passages of life as a woman and mother.

My imaginary shells were inspired from three words Lindberg used to connect the shells to motherhood. As you walk down the beach, you will notice that eroded shells were once cradles, shield and vessels. Inevitably, nearby will lie a piece of plastic that is almost untouched by the weather. Both elements are "discarded." Their purpose, somewhat like the seasons of a woman's role as a wife and mother, has changed. The connections between the function of the worn plastic and shell shapes inspired these compositions.

This week's class subjects:

Beginning Drawing - Drawing on the dark side! Remember to bring your black paper and white chalk. I love this one.

Life Drawing - Arms

Painting - We will tackle painting fabric folds. NO FEAR!

Cool artists of the week:

Chris Martin - incredibly large abstract paintings. Look in Art in America, October 2011, to see them installed at the Cocoran. Amazing!

Kristen Everberg Incredible theatre paintings. Oil and enamel on canvas on panel. Luscious!

Hayley Barker Very painterly land and nature scopes. Abstract, as all paintings truly are.

Terry St. John Great massing in the figures.

Janet Echelman - Ohh Ohh I love this! Net making sculptures.

Cayce Zavaglia - yes, they are embroidered! Incredible.

Enjoy!

"Thought must come first" ~ Odd Nerdrum

2011-09-25T18:38:00.000-07:00

"Moonfairy" Marcia @ CSMART Hour sketch

Come join us Thursday evenings 6:30 - 8:30

Open studio ~ no instruction

"You are about to die. There are two paintings on the wall, A Rembrandt and a Mondrian. which is the one you wish to see last? Live, love, and make art like that moment; as if you were about to die."~ Odd Nerdrum

American Artist Magazine's October edition features an article about Odd Nerdrum. The article discusses Nerdrum's work as philosophical allegories. Always intriguing work with spiritual undertones. Reminiscent of Rembrandt.

Nerdrum uses only four colors but he premixes the palette and tubes the colors he uses in his paintings. Curiously, he mixes blue from mars black and titanium white. Check out this magazine - October American Artist.

The Nerdrum Institute

Beginning Drawing Class ~ Perspective and the Fifth perspective by Rudolf Stussi
Very cool stuff.
Rudolf Stussi

Thursday Life Drawing ~ Legs!

Friday Painting ~ Your projects and drapery demo

Cool Artists of the week

Daniel Ludwig ~ Interesting collage paintings ~ stunning figurative work

Vincent Giarrano People, Places, Things. Stunning work. Viva la still life!
Check out the bicycle, guys.

Sadie Valeri Article in Artist's Magazine this month. Still lifes with waxed paper. Stunning traditional technique.

Stock Schulueter Landscapes in oil.

Pamela Wilson Bird Shot. Incredible thought process. Technical excellence.

Enjoy and see you in class!

Wild ideas!

2011-09-18T19:39:00.000-07:00

Wednesday morning drawing - Anatomy of a shadow

Thursday life drawing - The pelvis

Friday painting - color as value

See you there!

Cool Artists of the week:

AnneMarie Busschers

Pencil, etc. on cotton

UNBELIEVABLE Drawings/paintings

Pakayla Biehn

INCREDIBLE double exposure paintings!
LOVE!

Nick Patten
Incredible interiors, oils
Great sense of space and light

Juan Bautista Nieto
Oh so beautiful and interesting figurative acrylic! paintings

Edouard Martinet
I am a sucker for this stuff. Found object sculpture

Painting and drawing thoughts on 9-11

2011-09-11T15:15:00.000-07:00

Zephyr will be exhibited in The 49th Founder's Juried Awards Exhibition
at the Von Liebig Art Center in Naples
October 15 - December 3, 2011

Cool Artists of the week

9-11 tribute
Russian Surrealist Andrey Goldin pays tribute to Manhattan and 9-11

Stephen Dinsmore - for you, Ed Kaplan!

Ethan Murrow's Big Paper Airplane - beautifully rendered imaginative drawings!

Iva Gueorguieva - beautiful abstracts

John Gurbacks

Jm Sullivan - Highly rendered imaginative drawings

Classes begin next week!

2011-09-04T19:37:00.000-07:00

Cradle 2
from the "Gifts from the sea" Series

Boca Raton Museum of Art - The Art School
classes start next week!

Intermediate - Advanced drawing on Wednesday afternoons
and Figure drawing on Thursday afternoons
Both classes are very small.
Take advantage of the before season swarm and sign up soon!
Small classes give you more of my time.

Cool Artists of the week:

April Surgent
Very interesting glass engraver. Look for the videos of her working.

Kenneth Procter
Interesting images made with powdered charcoal.
He mixes his own fixative. Great article in Drawing magazine.

Christian Schad
Magic Realist

Kelly Reemsten

Serge Strossberg
Incredible paintings and drawings
Check out his travel journals.

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-08-28T12:48:00.000-07:00

I hope you all had a relaxing summer.

New classes starting on September 7th!

The Boca Raton Museum of Art School
801 West Palmetto Park Road
Boca Raton, FL 33486

Call to make a reservation
561.392.2503

check out the new online catalogue
The Boca Raton Museum School Class Scheule 2011-12

2.20
DRAWING FOUNDATIONS; LEARNING TO SEE
Wednesdays 9 - noon
Beginners

Fall in love with drawing. You will learn to see like an artist. I introduce the elements and principles of design and visual perception. You will learn about line, value, perspective and composition. This class is designed to change the way you look at the world and at art. Great music - very meditative.

2.32
SEEING - KNOWING - DRAWING
Intermediate - Advanced
Wednesdays 12:30 - 3:30

This class will stress principles (how we manipulate the elements) of drawing. You will create finished pieces and may also work on your personal projects. We will experiment with materials and push the renderings into polished finished artwork. Learn to evaluate your work through regular critiques.

3.28
LIFE DRAWING
Beginning - Advanced
Thursdays 12:30 - 3:30

Learn and practice drawing the nude figure. Each class will have a handout on anatomy, gesture or style. I have been studying Robert Beverly Hale's lectures. He encourages you to, "become aware of the anatomical forms in terms of the elements and principles of drawing and composition. In other words, what to do with them." Each student will receive individual attention.

3.25
ALL - MEDIA PAINTING
Beginning - Intermediate
Friday 9 - 12:30

Learn color, technique and composition through weekly demos, critiques and handouts. Learn from other artists projects. I will set up a still life or work from your own reference material.

3.26
ALL - MEDIA PAINTING
Intermediate - Advanced
Friday 12:30 - 3:30

Individual and group instruction in composition, color choices and techniques. You will be challenged and encouraged to develop your unique artistic voice.

VERY COOL ARTISTS OF THE WEEK!

Istvan Sandorfi
This takes the figure to a new plane
Classic technique with a purpose
Read about his background

2011 Exhibition in Seattle, WA

The Sketchbook Project
Get ready! Draw every day

Kathryn Stats Landscapes

David Jon Kassan

Caio Fern

Joan Nelson

See you in class!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-07-07T11:23:00.000-07:00

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.

All Florida Exhibition opening

2011-06-26T19:26:00.000-07:00

Come join us for the opening of the 60th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition
I am happy to be exhibiting "the Vortex Scrolls"

Boca Raton Museum of Art
Tuesday, June 28 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Business attire - Wine and light refreshments

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-06-26T19:16:00.000-07:00

June 26, 2011

Boca Raton Museum Classes
Next week starts the July session
Thursday morning Life Portraiture Class 9 - 12
Friday Painting - all levels - all mediums 9 - 12 and 12:30-3:30

Wednesday evening drawing classes in my studio
6 - 8 pm. Space is very limited

Coral Springs Museum of Art
Saturday morning 10 - 12
Materials and techniques of drawing
Afternoon 1 - 3
Portfolio builder

For my beginning drawing students:

Take a trip to your right brain with:
Jill Bolte Taylor - she wrote
"A Stroke of Insight"
NPR interview with Terry Gross
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91861432

Artists' sketchbook links. Always carry a sketchbook.
http://www.gis.net/~scatt/sketchbook/links2.html#artists

Cool artists of the week

He Jinwei

Dennis James Russas

Jim Sullivan

Ayesha Hyatt

Lea Colie Wight

See you in class!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-05-15T18:57:00.000-07:00

I will be flying to NYC tomorrow morning to attend
Steven Assael's figure painting workshop
So .... Classes will be rescheduled in the next week
I will be returning for May 24th class at the Boca School.

May 31 is the first day of the summer term
Classes are month to month

I will be teaching at Boca Raton Museum School this summer
The Expressive Portrait on Thursday mornings 9 - 12
Experimental Painting techniques Thursdays 12:30 - 3:30
Painting all day on Fridays.

I will also teach drawing and portfolio building at Coral Springs MoA
Saturdays 10 - 3.

Cool artists of the week

Jaume Plensa

Damian Loeb, photo realist

Jamie Adams

Look how the drawing style translates into painting

Lili Maglione

Wonderful use of neutrals in her abstract paintings

Ferdinand De Szyszlo

Abstract Peruvian artist. Wonderful sense of color.

See you all in one week!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-05-01T19:43:00.000-07:00

Cool Artists of the Week

Mark Messersmith

Opening at Bernice Steinbaum Gallery in Miami

Opening is on Friday, May 13, 2011

David Palmer

Michael Schultheis

From the Pacific Northwest

Trevor Guthrie

Andy Denzler

See you in class!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-04-24T18:57:00.000-07:00

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Cool artists of the week

Michael Klein

Luscious beautiful paintings

Roni Stretch

Please look closely and venture into the "underpainting" section
I would love to see this in person. Totally engulfing!

David Atkins

Great sense of color. Abstracted city and landscapes.
Check out his drawings. You can feel the energy he puts forth in his paintings.

Francisco Benitez

Encaustic and oil. Historic and beautiful

James Gillispie

For Yvette and Lorraine

Happy Easter
See you next week!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-04-19T18:59:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, April 19, 2001

Sorry for the delay! My computer was in the hospital.
I am now teaching tuesday and friday all day
Boca Raton Museum School.

Robert Vickrey's incredible egg tempera paintings
on exhibit at the Boca Raton Museum of Art
I found out today that he passed away recently, like a few days ago.
Fantastic work. Don't miss it.

Cool Artists of the Week:

Malcolm Morley

Check out the size of these classic fighter pilot paintings!

Camille Patha

Dynamite use of color! For the tuesday few.

Freya Grand

Absolutely stunning landscapes!

Hurvin Anderson

Little Paper Planes

Pae White
!

See you in class!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-04-10T20:15:00.000-07:00

April 10, 2011

Last week of classes!
Good bye to some of our snowbirds.
Fly away home and don't forget TO PAINT AND DRAW EVERYDAY!

Cool Artists of the week

Michael Kuckla
Great example of the continuity of drawing, painting and sculpture
http://www.mkukla.com/index.html

Michelle Muldrow
Incredible grasp of color
ALL LANDSCAPES ARE ABSTRACTS!
http://mmuldrow.com/index.php

Brad Nelson
http://brad-nelson.net/home.html

See you soon!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-04-03T19:31:00.000-07:00

Cool Artists of the week

NANCY HERMAN
Incredible painter who has made color move to music.
Make sure to spend some time on this web site.
Very thoughtful work.
Her interiors feature a group of paintings of light in her house.
Stunning work. Original ideas.
http://www.nancyherman.com/www.nancyherman.com/HOME.html

Anton Pavlenko
Very interesting perspectives on landscapes
Wonderful sense of color
http://www.antonpavlenko.com/

Carol Marine's Painting a Day
Try it! Small works done quickly.
Push that paint!
http://carolmarine.blogspot.com/

SEAN THOMAS
Minimal, well designed and understated
Powerfully executed
http://www.seanthomasonline.com/index.htm

MARGARET BOWLAND
http://www.margaretbowland.com/index.html

Enjoy!

ZEPHYR

2011-04-03T19:11:00.000-07:00

FINALLY! "Zephyr" 40 x 60"
Graphite on rag board
Off to a professional photographer this week

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-03-27T18:35:00.000-07:00

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Cool Artists of the week

Zsolt Bodoni
http://nicodimgallery.com/artists/zsolt-bodoni/

Aaron Westerberg
http://www.westerberg-fineart.com/

IGNAT IGNATOV
http://www.ignatovart.com/

Cristian Blanxer
http://www.cristianblanxer.com/walls.html

Vincent Desiderio

http://www.marlboroughgallery.com/exhibitions/vincent-desiderio-recent-paintings

Boca Students!

Bring work for the "Wall of Fame!"

I will be there early on tuesday with hooks and wire.

Happy Painting!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-03-20T18:29:00.000-07:00

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Preparing for my lecture about Visual Archaeology
to the friends of the Ft. Lauderdale MOA
Revisiting the development of this idea is very interesting.

Lee Bontecou
Her drawings really intrigued me as well as her
Drawing into sculpture.
Lee's father and uncle designed the first aluminum canoe
and her mom worked in a factory wiring electronics during WWII.
She grew up believing she could make anything if she learned the right skills

Her retrospective exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in 2004 was a direct influence on my drawings - the mixture of imagery that has been described as surreal. I don't see them as surreal but organic and original.

She has accomplished my desire to move art off the wall. Her welded structures, molded plastic and mobiles hold me spellbound. Glad to revisit her incredible work.

Lee's statement for her incredible catalogue:

"Since my early years until now, the natural world and it's visual wonders and horrors - man-made devices with their mind-boggling engineering feats and destructive abominations, elusive human nature and it's multiple ramifications from the sublime to unbelievable abhorrences - to me are all one. It is in the spirit of this feeling that the primary influences on my work have occurred."

This was by far the most incredible body of work I have ever seen.

My first impression was that there was no excuses across all of the media and types of art she had made. She had not followed the prescribed path of the "series" for galleries, but had developed all of her ideas fully by fine tuning her drawing, painting and sculpture skills.

My Hero!

More cool artists of the week

Stanka Kordic

Look at the incredible brush strokes in his paintings

He creates a conflict between smooth and painterly finishes.

Love this gorgeous painterly feel.

http://www.alternativeportraiture.com/HOME__.html

Lea Colie Wight

Just simply great painting

http://leawight.com/

David Graeme Baker
!
http://www.davidgbakerpainting.com/

Timur Tsaku
These are NOT photos
Stunning work but very very bizarre
http://www.tsaku.com/index.html

Andy Denzler
http://www.andydenzler.com/html/paintings-01.html

See you soon!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-03-13T20:39:00.000-07:00

Sunday, March 13

Cool artists of the week

Soji Tanaka
Le mirioir de la fiction
http://shojitanaka.com/

Susan Logoreci
A bit like the earthquake in Japan and ensuing destruction
http://www.susanlogoreci.com/

James Gillispie
Patterns drawing and painting
http://www.jamesgillispie.com/

KC Collins
Stunning moody oils
http://kccollinsart.com/home.html

Drew Ernst
Love love love this!
http://www.drewernstart.com/main.htm
Notice the size! and on aluminum

See you soon!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-03-06T21:02:00.000-08:00

March 6, 2011

To all my beginning painting students
and the rest of you too!
Check out this website by David Myers
Everything you might ever want to know about color and MORE!
http://www.artiscreation.com/index.html

Mr. Myers had done extensive research on color
You will learn how the pigments are made
He even links you to suppliers.
As you get better at picking the colors you really want
You will appreciate his attention to detail.

Cool Artists of the week

Wind Walking sculpture
forwarded by Bunny Sheffield
Outrageous!
http://www.wimp.com/kineticsculpture/

Ian Cumberland
A slight touch of Lucien Freud?
http://www.iancumberland.com/index.php

Hooshang Khorasani
COLOR STORM!
Very exciting painting
http://www.hooshangkhorasani.blogspot.com/

Georgina Vinsun
Abstract Intuitive markings
http://www.georgiepaint.com/

Marea Koetje
Terraine Vague
Interesting painterly landscapes/mindscapes
http://www.wooloo.org/exhibition/entry/96354

Enjoy
See you soon!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-02-27T16:56:00.000-08:00

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Pictures from my Experimental Painting Techniques Workshop
Delray Beach Art League at the Boynton Beach Women's Club
Beautiful building and delightful people!
Thank you to all who attended.

We experimented with Aluminum C Bond, Mylar and Silk.

New classes starting this week at the Boca Museum School

and at The Armory

Cool Artists of the week

After a long discussion in our monthly criique group

about my idea of shadows...

Paul Villinski

http://www.paulvillinski.com/index.html

Brian Rutenberg

I might have posted him before...love the way he uses color!

http://www.paulvillinski.com/index.html

Heidi Taillefer

http://www.heiditaillefer.com/

Jose Parla

http://www.joseparla.com

Aurora Robson

Artwork made from marine plastic debris

http://aurorarobson.com/

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-02-20T20:21:00.000-08:00

Last week of the term for both Boca and The Armory!

Cool Artists of the week

Ismael Fuentes
http://www.ismaelfuentes.com/

Gale Antokal
http://galeantokal.com/index.html

Andreas Kochs
http://andreaskocks.com/home.html

Joseph Todorovich
http://onejoseph.com/index.html

Mary Jane Ansell
http://maryjaneansell.co.uk/index.php

See you in class!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-02-13T18:44:00.000-08:00

Unfinished portrait of Sonia

waiting for more Stabillo pencils to come in the mail.

I just spent 4 days with the most incredible artist.
Great lessons in anatomy and the mantra of the day was "take your time,"
"don't be lazy!"
Steven Assael gave me a hair lesson!
Incredible 4 days of absorbing every last minute watching him work.

The Workshop

my easel is right behind him

The Free Demo at the Armory Art Center

Steven had been teaching from 9:30 until 6 then a very quick bite to eat

He drew until 10:30 pm.

Amazing!

I am signing up for his painting workshop in NYC.

One week of intensive instruction

Cool artists of the week:

Steven Assael

http://www.stevenassael.com/

Sharon Sprung

http://www.sharonsprung.com/

Bo Bartlett

http://www.bobartlett.com/index.html

Luke Miller Buchanan

http://lukemillerbuchanan.com/

A Whirlwind of a Week Coming Up!

2011-02-06T20:10:00.000-08:00

Steven Assael's Drawing Workshop
Armory Art Center
Wednesday, Feb. 9 until Saturday, Feb. 12.
Thursday night at 7 is a free demonstration of his drawing techniques
All are welcome
Call the Armory for details
1700 Parker Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
(561) 832-1776

Cool Artists of the Week

Adam Fowler
Look close - it is cut paper!
http://adamfowler.com/work2.aspx

Sarah Simblet
Awesome drawings.
The author of a few winning books
Botany for the Artist
Fabulous drawings
http://www.magdalenroadstudios.com/artists/sarahsimblet.php

Guy Denning
Look how he mixes painting and drawing
http://www.guydenning.org/

Erik Olson Paintings
Stunning - make sure to see the paintings from life
Painting from life keeps the spirit in your brush
http://erikolsonpaintings.com/index.php

Samantha French
http://www.samanthafrench.com/

Hope you can make the demo!
See you next week.

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-01-30T19:13:00.000-08:00

Thursdays at ArtServe have officially come to an end.
I will miss all of you as you have become my friends.
DRAW EVERY DAY!
I look forward to one more day in my studio.

Upcoming events:

Bonnie Shapiro will be substituting for my Boca Museum School
Painting classes on Friday, Feb. 11 and Tuesday, Feb. 15

She makes incredible landscape and figure paintings in oil
A fantastic painter and fellow critique group member
I am asking her to bring in some of her work and discuss her methods
http://bonnieshapiro.artspan.com

I am excited to be Steven Assael's assistant at his Drawing workshop
February 9 - 12 - It is not full - Care to join me?
http://www.stevenassael.com/

The Armory Art Center
1700 Parker Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
561.832.1776
www.armoryart.org

I will also be presenting a 3 day workshop for
The Delray Art League
Tuesday - Thursday, Feb. 13 - 15
10 - 4
We will experiment with aluminum, mylar and silk chiffon.

Cool Artists of the week

Kathleen Loe
Cool use of spray paint
http://www.kathleenloe.com/home.cfm

Berit Myreobee
Photo transfers on aluminum and then painted
Very cool images
http://www.dominikmerschgallery.com/Artist.aspx?id=4

Philip Wolfhagen
Australian landscapes
Oil and beeswax on linen
http://www.dominikmerschgallery.com/Artist.aspx?id=42

Tracy Ginsberg
Totally different than anything you have sen before
Love the fulcrum series
She will draw and paint on just about anything
http://www.tracyginsberg.com/

Alyssa Monks
I know I have posted her site before
I saw one of her pieces at Art Basel
she really knows those flesh tones!
http://alyssamonks.com/

See you next week!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-01-23T19:22:00.000-08:00

Cool Artists of the Week

Patrick McGrath Muniz
http://www.mindysolomon.com/artists/index.php?artist=Patrick%20McGrath%20Muniz

Hiroshi Senju
I saw this work at Art Basel
Huge florescent paintings
http://www.hiroshisenju.com/

Peter Doig
http://www.victoria-miro.com/artists/_30/

Linda Stojak
http://www.stephenhallergallery.com/artists/stojak/index.html

El Anatsui
Very cool
http://www.jackshainman.com/artist-image62.html

ArtServe Thursday Class

Goodbye my dear friends!
We will draw conflicting elements and discuss the power in their placement.
Then - off to lunch!
It has been my pleasure to have you in my class.
Thank you for all of your support.

I have decided that this will be the last of these classes
My schedule has eaten me up - drained my studio time.

We will keep in touch.

Here is the link I promised about the high school golden mean art.
Very interesting.

http://www.goldenmeanart.com/

I went to see "The Kings Speech" this weekend
Each scene followed the golden mean.
Notice how the screen has been composed-
someone sketches each shot!

See you next week!

Thursday ArtServe NOTAN

2011-01-19T19:38:00.001-08:00

Check out Susie Monday's blog
Great NOTAN excercises
Let's give them a try tomorrow!

http://susiemonday.squarespace.com/journal/tag/notan

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-01-16T20:22:00.000-08:00

Cool Artists of the Week

SantoCesar
A link from Jen Toplak, a fellow DBA exhibitor and incredible painter
Classical Beauty across the board
http://www.santocesar.com/

Annie Murphy Robinson
stunning drawings
http://www.drawingcenter.org/viewingprogram/share_portfolio.cfm?pf=874

Melissa Imossi
Realist Contemporary Drawings and Paintings
http://www.melissaimossi.com/home

Scherer and Ouporov
My friends who are artists in residence at the Armory Art Center
Stunning egg tempera as well as contemporary statements
http://www.schererandouporov.com/

See you in class!

Salt Drawing!

2011-01-12T19:07:00.000-08:00

ArtServe Drawing Students
Talk about unusual techniques

Salt Drawing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mV433j_LUI

Water Drawing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEUbLHj524Q&NR=1

Wind Drawings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxhyaYei1Og

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2011-01-09T20:36:00.000-08:00

Sunday, January 9, 2011

COOL ARTISTS OF THE WEEK.

Alexis Rockman
Featured on the cover of ART IN AMERICA, December, 2010
Incredible imagination
Notice the materials he uses
http://www.leokoenig.com/artist/view/460

Jose-Maria Cundin
Anti-portraits
Keep in mind our discussions on dominance
Love these!
http://www.leokoenig.com/artist/view/460

Carol Mothner
Absolutely stunning work in a wide variety of mediums
Portraits in pencil and egg tempera
A true "renaissance" artist with a twist
http://www.gpgallery.com/works/search/163/0/0/0/0/0/0/1

Brian Rutenberg
Lessons in color!
http://www.gpgallery.com/works/search/163/0/0/0/0/0/0/1

Will Cotton
Candy girls
Make sure to look at his drawings!
The essence of the image
http://www.willcotton.com/

Please join me this week for two receptions

DBA
Wednesday, Jan. 12, 5 - 7:30

and my personal figurative paintings and drawings
"From Life!"
ArtServe, Ft. Lauderdale
Friday at 6 - 8 pm.

See you there!

ABANDONDED Diptych

2011-01-02T21:52:00.000-08:00

Installing my share of the DBA exhibit tomorrow

Abandoned

Silverpoint, graphite and metallic pigment on aluminum

38 x 24"

See you all in class next week!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2010-12-30T11:51:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

January is chock a block full

Upcoming events:

My Exhibits

DBA 2011
I am honored to be included in this powerhouse of local talent
This is a select group of artists who have completed
the "Artists as Entrepreneur" Institute workshop

Please stop by the downtown Ft. Lauderdale Library
6th floor gallery (Next to Broward Cultural Division Office)

Opening Reception and Closing Forum

Come see how creative minds solve business solutions!

Einstein was famous for quoting
"Imagination is more important than knowledge,"

(P. S. - I think it takes both)

At the same time....

At ArtServe's Francie Bishop Good Workspace

Selections from the portfolios of

ELIZABETH REED visual archaeology

January 5 - 31, 2011

BROOKS!

36 x 48" oil on linen

Brooks will be serving refreshments

at the opening on January 20, 2011

ARTSERVE DRAWING CLASSES

Thursdays, 9:30 - noon

Curriculum for January 2011

Jan. 6 - GESTURE! Exploring expressive mark making

Jan. 13 - MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Experiment with papers/surfaces

Jan. 20 - NOTAN Value and composition exercises (you can't get enough!)

Jan. 27 - CONFLICT In rhythm, value, shape, size ...... etc. etc. etc.

These classes are now offered as blocks of four for $80 or $25 each as a drop in. I have been listening to your requests and will be focusing on techniques as well as the elements and principles of design.

BOCA MUSEUM SCHOOL PAINTING CLASSES

Tuesdays and Fridays - morning and afternoons

I will be reinstating my pigment information hand outs

Starting with a range of yellows for this week

First class we get to know each other. I will have color wheels on hand and will discuss your goals. Please bring materials and ideas.

To find a complete list of acrylics log on to Dick Blick's website

Click "for educators" then "Blick U" then pick Florida and my classes

I have suggested a list of materials

Order what you wish and more!

Very good prices and quick delivery too.

http://www.dickblick.com/lists/find-blicku/

Oils will be added soon.

Here is my materials list

ARMORY ART CENTER

Painting and Drawing Classes

Material list is above. Contact me if you are interested in Experimental Drawing Techniques. I have a lot to share.

DELRAY ART LEAGUE

January 10th Demonstration

Experimental Painting Techniques

February 16 - 18th 2011

Experimental Painting Techniques Workshop

COME PLAY WITH COOL STUFF!

COOL ARTISTS OF THE WEEK

Matthew Monahan

When drawing and Sculpture collide

Here's to you, Dianna!

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/matthew_monahan.htm?section_name=power_paper

Dawn Clements

Check out the size of these drawings

The art of drawing is alive and well!

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/dawn_clements.htm?section_name=power_paper

Margarita Georgiadis

Australian

Viva Chiarascuro!

http://margaritageorgiadis.webs.com/

Jeff Ramirez

The new Realism

Oils

http://www.jefframirez.com/paintings.html

I hope you all have a Happy New Year

I am looking forward to a very exciting 2011

Have a restful break!

2010-12-19T19:54:00.000-08:00

Have Happy Holidays Everyone!
I will be celebrating Christmas with my friends and family.
Catch up with yourselves during the winter solstice.

Cool artists of the week:

Sonny Kay
WOW! I thought I had an imagination!
http://sonnykay.com/

Alex Kanevsky
http://www.somepaintings.net/Alex.html

Aron Wisenfeld
Perfect for the solstice!
http://www.aronwiesenfeld.com/

See you next year!

Astrid Black Velvet

2010-12-18T22:15:00.000-08:00

Astrid Black Velvet

Graphite on paper

in upcoming "From Life!" Exhibition

DBA Exhibit Jan. 6 - Feb. 23 2011

2010-12-18T07:51:00.000-08:00

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2010-12-12T18:57:00.000-08:00

Noelle
Graphite and Bronze Pigment
Will be featured in my exhibit called "From Life!"
Francie Bishop Good Workspace
January, 2011, ArtServe, Ft. Lauderdale

ARMORY ART CENTER
DRAWING WITH CHARISMA!
INK DAY!
I will bring India Ink for your experiments
Ink frees your marks
Brushes, nibs, pieces of wood, feathers
all make great mark making tools
This is our last class, so bring in anything you may want critiqued

BOCA MUSEUM SCHOOL
PAINTING
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Last class of the term
Carry on and get input and critique to finish your paintings
Don't forget to sign up for next term - classes are filling up!

ARTSERVE
PARTS IS PARTS!
Anatomy of noses, lips and ears
I will bring photos to examine
Please bring some of your own.
We will explore the anatomy of each feature
I will bring mirrors if you do not have photos

COOL ARTISTS OF THE WEEK

Costa Dvorezky
Russian
incredible figurative and abstract
http://dvorezky.com

Jeff Nishinaka
Paper Sculpture
UNBELIEVEABLE!
http://jeffnishinaka.com/

Daniel Ochoa
Interesting self portraiture etc.
Luscious paint quality
http://danielochoa.com/

Charles Muench
Sierra landscapes
Wonderful ramblings - what a resume!
http://www.charlesmuench.com/main.htm

Chong Nyuynen
Pastellist
Check out his chalk on pavement series
http://www.charlesmuench.com/main.htm

Linda Dellandre
Wonderful pastels
She has a very powerful design sense
and a keen sensitivity about color
http://www.lindadellandre.com

See you next week!
My ridiculous schedule has brought me the respiratory plague
I hope to be up to speed soon.
I had more sleep in the past two days than
I have had in the last 4 months.

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2010-12-05T17:41:00.000-08:00

Sunday, December 5

Hope you all experienced Art Basel/Miami/Scope

Some of my favorites:

Graphite - my true love!
Skip Steinworth
Graphite drawings - extrordinary!
Jenkins - Johnson Gallery
http://www.wbfinearts.com/index.php?id=2134#CallaLiliesandNest

Another incredible graphite artist
Impressively - they are selling!
Melissa Cooke
http://melissacookeart.com/lostinsideyou.html

Sibylle Peretti
Mixed media on plexi and glass
She engraves and etches the surface
Draws and paints on tissue paper
applies gloss pigments, paper and silver
You really have to see these in person
http://sibylleperetti.com/home.html

James Lahey
Painter
He paints stunning landscapes, clouds and still life
Also abstracts
Beautiful technique - the craft of his painting struck me
http://www.jameslahey.com/index.html

Richard Gibbons
Wide variety of wonderful work
Look at the oil on plexiglass
http://www.royboydgallery.com/Gibbons/Gibbons.htm

Monday Armory Drawing
Cylinder Practice!
Drawing ellipses in space

Boca Raton Museum School
Tuesdays and Fridays
Carry on with our work
Sunday is open house for the school
Bring your favorites!

ArtServe does not meet this Thursday
Next Thursday - Face parts!
Parts is parts!

SEE YOU THERE!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2010-11-28T20:08:00.000-08:00

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Armory Drawing with Charisma
Monday morning

Composition!
Please bring any work in progress for critique
We will make sense of complicated subjects

Boca Museum School Painting Classes
Tuesday and Friday

Onward with your paintings
Looking for finished pieces for Dec. 12th Open house!
As promised, I will bring copies of the color wheel

Thursday Drawing at ArtServe

Per your request, we will be starting a drawing to FINISH!
I am needed at the Board Meeting of NAWA on Dec. 9, so no class
I will photograph your subject matter and send it to you via email
Finish outside of class and return for critique

Please bring good paper and the tools of your choice
Please email me to let me know you are coming!

Cool Artists of the Week

Paul S. Brown
Classical Realism
This man loves great wine and cigars
as well as many other finer things in life
Notice his color choices - evidence of the "three finger salute!"
He paints his still lifes with incredible painterly detail - but-
Notice how loose his strokes become in the landscapes
Absolutely stunning work
(He grinds his own oil paint!)
http://www.paulbrownpaintings.com/still-life/

Angela Fraleigh
Very large
mixes representational images with abstractions
http://www.angelafraleigh.com/angelafraleigh.com/angela_fraleigh.html

David Jon Kassan
http://davidkassan.com/

Nancy MacDonald
Lovely work
Notice how she handles the oils and pastels in a similar manner
The stroke of the brush and pastel are expressive
she understands light - and knows how to use color
http://www.nancymacdonald.com/index.html

I hope you all had a restful Thanksgiving
I am presently working on a huge portrait in oil of my son, Brooks
(as well as an addition to the Surface Tension series)
Can't wait to share it with you - maybe in a few days
Wonderful model!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2010-11-21T16:30:00.000-08:00

Armory Art Center
Monday Morning Drawing

Gesture!
Here is a link to Patricia Hanaway's article in Artists magazine
She is an animator and draws WHAT THE MODEL IS DOING!
Get ready to draw small and large
Long stick experiments
http://www.artistdaily.com/blogs/pastel/archive/2008/05/07/patricia-a-hannaway-drawing-what-the-model-is-doing.aspx

Check out Patricia's web site
http://www.patriciaahannaway.com/'

Bruno Blanchard
Modernist work with high energy markings and peaceful passages
Great translation from figurative to abstract gesture
http://www.blanchard-bruno.com/index.html

for you, Arnie

Boca Museum School Painting Classes
Tuesdays and Friday mornings

Carry on with your paintings
I am looking for a finished piece from each one of you
Show-offs for Dec. 12th open house

Cool Artists of the Week

From my dear friend, Ellen Blanco
Ernesto Nemesio
Classic use of the medium
Notice his color choices - all in the family!
Absolutely stunning!
http://www.ernestonemesio.com/

Julie Hopkins
Paints with pastels and transparent oils
luscious and beautiful
http://www.juliehopkins.com/

Julie Heffernan
What an imagination!
Beautiful technique
http://www.ppowgallery.com/selected_work.php?artist=10

Pastelist
Alain Picard
Across the board, fantastic use of color and medium
Absolutely stunning work
http://www.picardstudio.com/

My friend, Sally Cooper
My favorite abstract painter by far
An incredible sense of marking and color
http://www.sally-cooper.com/

Thursday ArtServe Drawing
See you Dec. 2nd!

Happy Thanksgiving
Safe Travels and good food/wine

See you in class!

VERY COOL WEB SITE!

2010-11-15T18:00:00.000-08:00

Art is Creation
David Myers
Catalogues all pigments
Links to online suppliers
Everything you wanted to learn about pigments
check out his blog! Very cool ideas.
BRAVO DAVID!
http://www.artiscreation.com/index.html

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2010-11-14T20:58:00.000-08:00

Monday morning at the Armory Art Center
Today is the day! - Self portraits
Since you will be gone for Thanksgiving
I will cover a gesture lesson in brief
High expectations for your sketchbooks in travel

Tuesdays and Fridays at Boca Museum School
Carry on with your personal paintings
Demo on split complementary palettes and underpainting
Illustrating unusual color choices that work!
Friday we will discuss opaque and transparent paints
and how to use them effectively

Thursdays at ArtServe - See you Dec. 2nd!

Cool Artists of the week

Linnea Strid

http://www.linneastrid.se/

Ignat Ignatov

http://www.ignatovart.com/

Jerry Dame

http://data.fineartstudioonline.com/dataviewer.asp?keyvalue=5329

John O'Reilly
Look how he started!

http://www.jorgallery.com/index.html

Benjamin Anderson

http://www.benjaminanderson.com/

Mary Beck

http://www.marybeck.artspan.com/home

See you in class!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2010-11-07T17:47:00.000-08:00

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!

PETRO DIPTYCH

2010-11-04T04:28:00.000-07:00

PETRO DIPTYCH

2 - 18 x 24"

Graphite, silverpoint and metallic powder on aluminum

They are on two different walls right now

reunited soon

ARMORY OPENING ALERT!

2010-11-04T04:25:00.000-07:00

OPENING THIS FRIDAY

Armory Art Center

Faculty show

I am showing PETRO 1

I am so excited to be a part of this incredible group of artists

What an honor!

PS. They serve martinis at their openings!

How civilized.....

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2010-10-31T20:26:00.000-07:00

The Vortex Scrolls
38 x 76"
Graphite and metallic pigment on frosted mylar
hung as scrolls

November 1 - 5
Monday
Armory Art Center
Value!

Tuesday and Friday
Boca Raton Museum School
Painting
I will acquaint myself with your needs
I will have some articles to share with you

Thursday, Dear ArtServe Students
Here is your 7 week curriculum
per our discussion last week

Nov. 4 - Color Theory 101 - a little goes a long way
bring color - what ever you use
We will incorporate drawing into our choices
I will have my assortment of WC and Acrylics
Bring gessoed paper if you use acrylics

Nov. 11 - Perspective and colored pencils
It is not necessary to use colored pencils
If you have a set, bring them
I will bring a few buckets full of them

Nov. 18 - No Class - THANKSGIVING
I teach a workshop for Plantation Art Guild

Nov. 25 - THANKSGIVING DAY

Dec. 2 - FORSHORTENING!

"The F word!" and Composition

You know nothing unless you look!

Dec. 9 - Facial features
Anatomy of eyes, nose and lips

Dec. 16 - Figure/Ground - Where's Waldo?

Classes will resume again after the holidays
January 6, 2011

Cool Artists of the week

Ron Hicks
Very loose, painterly brush strokes
Classic Old masters palette
http://www.ronhicks.com/artwork.html

Christopher Welch
Interesting drawings
Great perspective and foreshortening
http://www.welchworks.com/drawings/index.html

Robin Cheers
Lovely loose, gorgeous paintings
Check out her "party paintings!"
Very nice
http://www.robincheers.com/#

Gamblin Web Site - great explanation of color

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Check out this site. You will learn SO MUCH!

Geared towards oil painters but the pigments are similar for acrylics.

http://www.gamblincolors.com/newsletters/studionotes19.html

Check out Gamblin's color space video.

Very very cool.

Don't forget to sign up for the next session!

See you tomorrow.

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2010-10-24T21:13:00.000-07:00

Hot off my press

PETRO 1

Graphite, silverpoint and metallic pigment on aluminum

18 x 24"

fossil fuel?

Cool Artists of the Week

I-Ming

Modern Impressionist

Lovely handling of paint!

http://artandcritique.com/i-ming-impressionist-paintings/

Jeffrey Larson
YUMMY!

Drawing machines and absolutely stunning figures, landscapes and still lifes

http://www.jeffreytlarson.com/index.asp

The Hive

Fernando Orellana

These drawings were made by mechanical machines

The marks are random and just gorgeous

Wild idea!

http://fernandoorellana.com/projects/the-hive/

For those of you just starting with me at the Armory

Robert Vickrey

Egg Tempera painter extaordinaire!!!!

Love love love these paintings

They are very large scale for egg tempera

http://www.treesplace.com/Artist%20pages/Artists/Vickrey/Image%20Lists/Vickrey-Page%201%20of%201.htm

To my painting and drawing students....

Get ready for a SCARY STILL LIFE!!

See you there!

Elizabeth Reed's Drawing and Painting Classes

2010-10-17T20:08:00.000-07:00

FIGURE DRAWING
Monday, October 18th
ArtServe Dance Studio
9:45 - 11:45 am
Vesna

This is my final figure group until the spring
I am off to teach, "Drawing with Charisma!" at the Armory
Please consider coming thursdays in the gallery
Clothed models are an option

I have enjoyed watching you grow
This is a wonderful group
KEEP WORKING!

Cool Artists!
Fred Hatt
http://fredhatt.com/blog/2009/10/30/opening-the-closed-pose/

Jason Juan
http://www.jasonjuan.com/2010/OilPainting/index.html

Don Bodine
http://donbodine.com/

BOCA MUSEUM SCHOOL
Painting classes
Tuesday, October 19
12:30 - 3:30 and 6:30 - 9:30

Transparent vs. Opaque
Demonstrate these qualities in paint and pigment
Use transparency as a tool for good design
Conflict, dominance, balance

Thomas Jefferson Kitts
This man CAN PAINT!
http://www.thomaskitts.com/tjkpaintings/Home.html

Sadie J. Valeri
http://www.sadievaleri.com/index.html

David Rourke's blog about glazing.
Beautiful step by step instructions
http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/tag/oil-painting/

Remember...Next tuesday is the last class of this session
Please sign up for session 2 which runs from 11/01 - 12/19
(Thanksgiving vacation Thursday - Sunday 1/25 - 11/28)
This is a 7 week session.
I will be teaching tuesdays and fridays
9 - noon and 12:30 - 3:30

THURSDAY DRAWING
Thursday, October 21
ArtServe Gallery
9:30 - noon

Anyone up for a little INK THERAPY?
We can incorporate drawing machines.

Well oiled machines
Tom Vannortick
http://www.welloiledmachines.com/

Rob Sato
Where's Waldo?
Incredible imagination! BRAVO!
http://www.robsato.com/index.html

Chris Scarborough
http://www.scarboy.net/
Next week....scarry still lifes in honor of Halloween!

SEE YOU THERE!

MOM PRIDE! MY AWESOME KIDS!

2010-10-17T17:33:00.000-07:00

I AM SO PROUD OF MY KIDS AND THEIR BAND!

JP Taravella Marching Band Competition
230 teenagers marching in formation
at Vero Beach High School yesterday
Check it out!

CARMEN
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3txFGFYWKg

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&v=LIAlLHBl3Hw&annotation_id=annotation_293076

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcBfY4mOYFs

We are all thoroughly exhausted!

"WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM"

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This is a wonderful example of how this blog will work for you!

WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM by Steven Johnson

"If you put yourself in an environment with lots of different perspectives, you yourself are going to have better, sharper, more original ideas."

Check out this review in Arts Journal

http://www.salon.com/books/nonfiction/index.html?story=/books/feature/2010/10/12/steven_johnson_interview

SO Visual Archaeology!

Drawing and Painting Classes with Elizabeth Reed

2010-10-10T18:17:00.000-07:00

Monday Morning Figure Drawing

ArtServe Dance Studio 9:30 - 11:45

The lovely Noelle will be the model this morning.

We have two more weeks of this class, then off to the Armory Art Center for me.

Tuesday Painting Classes at Boca Museum School

Some of you will be trying oils.

We will make an interesting still life for practice.

Thursday Drawing Classes in the ArtServe Gallery

We will be DRAWING MACHINES (last week's theme)

Bring your viewfinders. (I have some of yours in my basket.)

Cool Artists!
Notice that some of them paint and draw.

Melissa Imosi
Classical academic drawings and incredible paintings.
Very realistic and delightfully done.
http://www.melissaimossi.com/index.php

Paul W. Ruiz
Notice how he makes paintings on top of his drawings.
Lovely play with abstraction and detail.
http://www.paulwruiz.com/#4

Ray Turner
I saw his work at Scope, Art Basel last year
He paints on glass that has been shattered. Very very interesting.
http://rayturner.us/index.html

Geoffery Lawrence
Stunning drawings and paintings
Notice how he develops his paintings from drawings
Practice! Practice! Practice!
http://www.geoffreylaurence.com/directory.html

Brian Drury
Interesting mix of images with an immaculate classic technique
Stunning and inquisitive
http://deanproject.com/bryan_drury.html

Enrique Martinez Ceyala
http://whaleandstar.com/

See you there!

Drawing and Painting Classes with Elizabeth Reed

2010-10-03T22:28:00.000-07:00

Monday Morning Figure Drawing at ArtServe
Astrid is our model - just wonderful!
Perfect model to reinforce the muscles of the head and neck.

Cool Artists:

Aaron Westerberg
Elegant beauty
Written up in Artists' mag this month
http://www.westerberg-fineart.com/

Alyssa Monks
Oh My!
Abstractions and reality
http://www.alyssamonks.com/index.asp

Kim Buck
Aussie
Huge lovely charcoal drawings
Get to work kids!
http://www.kimbuck.com.au/index.html

Tuesday Painting Classes at Boca Museum School
Demo more brush stroke techniques while you work on your paintings
Cool Artists:

Daniel Greene
The master! Oil and pastel
He and his wife have a farm where they teach
He is master of ceremonies at the
Portrait Society of America conventions
http://www.danielgreeneartist.com/

Randall Exon
http://www.hirschlandadler.com/exhibitions_1.html?id=1145

David Schwindt
http://www.davidschwindt.com/

Interesting article about value and color in Artists mag.

Thursday Drawing at ArtServe Gallery
Drawing Machines!
Can't Wait!

Harold Reddicliffe
http://www.hirschlandadler.com/exhibitions_1.html?id=2684

Fernand Leger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernand_Léger

Very very cool
Barbara Moody
http://www.barbaramoody.com/index.html

See you there!