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| Highland Park by Brad VanAuken |
For a few years now, I’ve had an ace-in-the-hole view at Highland Park—a long view through which the spire at Colgate Divinity is just visible. I took my class there this week only to find that the trees have grown so much that we were left with only a shrubby meadow.
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| Highland Park by Sandy Quang |
Still, it was a delightful shrubby meadow and early enough in the year that the greens were still somewhat differentiated. That meant this could be an exercise in seeing the different colors within green, and at that, they excelled.
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| Highland Park by Anna McDermott |
Last week I started a painting with a sepia value study, a technique I used to use all the time and which I abandoned. I decided to try this out on my students, and they ran with it.
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| Highland Park by Nina Koski |
I don’t really know why I abandoned this, because it allows you to make compositional assessments without distracting yourself with color.
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| And last but not least, Highland Park by little ol' me. No, you can't buy it; it was a procedural demo and I wiped it out before leaving the park. |
There are still a few openings in my 2014 workshop in Belfast, ME. Information is available here.