Maureen 5/17

Maureen 5/17

This week in CVP is all about playing with different mediums, ways to create texture and tools for mixed media. It’s a fun week of experimenting and exploring, but nothing to show really.   This is a painting done a few weeks ago.  Acrylic on 12×12 Wood...
Maureen 5/3

Maureen 5/3

1. Prompt Exercise This was a big busy week in CVP!  We are continuing to learn about color. Color contrast, warm and cool colors, primary, secondary and tertiary  colors, complementary colors, hue, value scale, tint, tone, shade, saturation, harmony, color...
Maureen 4/26

Maureen 4/26

This was not part of the CVP Course just made it for fun. This is a little painting of the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. Scale looks off. I wasn’t sure how to paint figures so they are the tiny dots you see next to huge umbrellas. I hope it was dry enough when I...
Maureen 4/19

Maureen 4/19

Week 5 Design and continuing working on Values from last week. I’m quickly discovering the joy of being in the “You don’t know what you don’t know” phase of art making and moving right on into what they are calling...
Maureen 4/12

Maureen 4/12

This week was all about values. Our assignment was to create a value scale and then we painted over a photo copy of a picture printed in black and white to practice values. It was a good exercise, getting value right is so tricky! My picture is of La Jolla Cove.
Maureen 4/5

Maureen 4/5

In the CVP Course this week we primed 3 12×12 panels, one for play, one as a throwaway and one to work on.  We were encouraged to just play this week, so here is my play board. It was fun playing with acrylics for the first time. Very messy, a little tricky, but...