Chromatic Strata

Chromatic Strata
24 x 18" signed, limited edition giclee art print on gallery wrapped canvas.  No framing necessary; ready to hang.
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Exploring Impressionism in Watermedia, Hands On. Spring 2011, Watercolor Art Society-Houston

The Red Canoe, Winslow Homer

Do you love the paintings produced by Impressionist and Post-Impressionist watercolor painters Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Paul Signac, Childe Hassam, van Gogh and others?  Let us explore the tools and techniques used by these masters and discover ways to add freshness and spontaneity to our own paintings.

The Impressionists developed new techniques to convey a "different way of seeing." It was an art of immediacy and movement, of candid poses and compositions, of the play of light expressed in a bright and varied use of color.  They often explored plein-air painting in order to recreate the sensation in the eye that views the subject, rather than attempt to recreate the subject.


In this course we will project paintings of these masters to take a close-up look at a few of the techniques they used.  A weekly demo of specific techniques will follow.  Then, together, we will recreate the feeling of plein-air in the classroom.  Each week, together we will paint a projected, large photograph of reference material provided by the instructor.  This will give students an opportunity to experience, first-hand, the spontaneity and freshness of these master painters by making brushmarks and colors that depict their own impressions.

Demonstrations will alternate: one week in watercolor, then the following week in acrylics.  Students are welcome to try both, or stay with one medium for all classes.  Because the art supply industry has produced many innovative materials since the early days of Impressionism, we will have an opportunity to enjoy the advantages of these fine materials.

A homework assignment will be given weekly and a brief critique of one painting will begin each class, for those who wish to participate.  Tuesday afternoon classes begin January 18 and end March 8, 2011, 1:00-4:00 p.m..

The Notes are All There

Symphony in White No. 3, James Abbott McNeill Whistler

"Nature contains all the elements, in colour and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the notes of all music.  But the artist is born to pick and choose and group with science, the elements, that the result may be beautiful." -JAM Whistler, "The Ten O'Clock Lecture 1885"

Martha Washingtons

Martha Washingtons, Susan Giannantonio
11 x 14" signed and numbered watercolor giclee print on acid-free watercolor paper.  Matted and ready to frame in a standard 16 x 20" frame, available at any local retailer.  Purchase safely with PayPal.  No account needed and all major credit cards accepted.

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Blown Away

Blown Away, Winslow Homer*

"I have learned two or three things in my years of experience...One is, never paint a blue sky." When asked why, Homer replied, "Why, because it looks like the devil, that's all.  Another thing; a horizon is horrible-that straight line!" --"Watercolors by Winslow Homer, the Color of Light," Tedeschi
*courtesy the Brooklyn Museum, used with permission

What Is My Voice?

Chromatic Variations, Susan Giannantonio

"What's my voice?" has to be asked by each individual artist. Committee-free, the artist needs to develop her voice as if on an island. To be a voice is to be a different voice, set apart, unique. How to find it? Go to your island, put in long hours, fall in love with process--your voice will come out of your work.--Robert Genn's Twice Weekly Newsletter for 7/23/2010

To Live Out Loud

Subito, Susan Giannantonio

Announcing "Subito", my 6th painting featured by music publisher Simply Violin. (www.simplyviolin.com).  "Subito" will soon be released on a collection of music arranged for youth orchestras.  "I am an artist....I am here to live out loud." --Emile Zola