Sketchbook Practice HIghlights

This spring I took a great class with Jane Davies, called Sketchbook Practice. Here are some of the highlights of that class:

Color and Wash Study with line work, acrylic paint, watercolor paper, 6x6

Paint/Collage/Line Study, acrylic paint, painted paper, Pitt pen on watercolor paper, 6x6

Wash and Line Study, acrylic ink wash with gel pen line on watercolor paper, approx 5x8

Wash and Line Study, acrylic ink wash with India ink line on watercolor paper, approx 5x8

Grid Study, acrylic painted papers, watercolor paper, 6x6

Grid Study, acrylic paint, painted papers, gel pen, watercolor paper, 6x6

Color, color and more color

My latest work in the Color class I've been taking with Jane Davies:

Analogous color study, acrylic paints, watercolor paper, 6x6

Spring Rain, acrylics and painted papers, watercolor paper, 6x6

Red Sky at Night, another analogous color study - I love the red-to-yellow range! This one is mostly painted papers with a few touches of acrylic paint, watercolor paper,6x6

Sunset Flight, gelatin print background, paints and painted papers in the foreground, printmaking paper, 6x6

More Collages from Composition Class

Here's a sampling of some of the other collages I made this summer in Jane Davies' fun!!! Keys To Dynamic Composition class:

Scribble Collage Detail

Heat Wave:

Boat Beyond the Pier:

Gateway to the City:

Hazy Day At The Beach:

Scribble Collage!

I had a great time this weekend attending Jane Davies's Scribble Collage class at the Guilford Art Center. We painted and stained papers to our hearts content, then tore them into pieces and created wonderful collages! Here are my creations - work in progress, followed by finished pieces:

I'll be joining Jane and fellow classmate Sharon for Jane's online class Keys to Dynamic Composition starting next week - I am so excited!