Three Heavenly Days of ART

This past weekend I treated myself to a 3 Day Workshop at the South Shore Arts Center taught by Kimberly Alemian called Perception-Abstraction: A Work in Process.  In the class we explored the process of constructing paintings through additive and subtractive activity including layering, scraping and mark-making.

Over the past couple of years I’ve had a growing fascination with Abstract Art.  It has been my experience that  it can be very, very good or, well, horrid! Sometimes when I study a piece I “fall into it”, meaning that every time I change my view I see something new. Good abstract paintings make you work at the viewing.  I was so excited to have the opportunity to explore this medium in depth as an artist.

The class was an intense experience for me. I worked much larger than my usual 6”x 6” panel boards, using 20”x 20” canvas,  22″ x 30″ illustration board and several other LARGE papers. I used watercolor, pastels, oil pastels and oil paint partnered with charcoal and graphite ~ and 3”-4” brushes. It was an extreme experience!  But oh how I learned to make art differently!  Come take a peek at our exercises…