Author: Megan Collins
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Advanced Painting Atelier Weeks 8 & 9 Trompe l’Oeil
This time, we had two weeks to complete a painting. Rose wanted us to do a Trompe l’Oeil, which is a painting that gives the illusion of reality, such as a painting of a window onto a lush tropical landscape that is painted directly on a wall. In this case, I painted a tree frog…
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Advanced Painting Atelier Weeks 5 – 7 Master Copy
The next thing we had to do for our Advanced painting class was to do a copy of a Master Painting. I chose Miranda from “The Tempest” painted by John William Waterhouse. I chose this painting because I thought I needed to practice putting my subjects firmly in a background. Most of my paintings are…
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New Paintings on Fine Art America!
I’m sorry this has taken so long! I have just added “Scout” and “Pretty in Pink” to my Fine Art America website so they are now available for purchase here. They will also be available at our farmstand in Naalehu. “Scout” was accepted into the 2019 Hawaii Nei exhibition at the Wailoa gallery in Hilo,…
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Advanced Painting Atelier Week 3 – 4
Weeks 3 and 4 were all about Analogous, value-based still-life painting. We also discussed other compositional options such as the Fibonacci sequence and deciding whether the subject requires a low, mid, or high-key composition. Here was my analogous painting. Almost all of the colors of the garlic fall in the yellow to light grey range.…
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Advanced Painting Atelier – Week 1 -2
I was so excited for this class to begin, in fact, I think I was jumping up and down in my seat. The whole atelier experience has been a huge roller coaster for me by expanding my abilities and making me confront many of my own limitations. This class hasn’t been just about art for…
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A Werewolf’s Prophylactic
For the technical types, this is called an analogous painting. All the colors used to create the garlic are lumped together in the same part of the color wheel. Because it’s October, and because I like to think I have a sense of humor, I titled this painting A Werewolf’s Prophylactic. Pieces and parts of…
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Your State of Mind Determines Everything
I’ve been talking with Scott about some stuff (as always). I don’t have the right words yet so this will take some work. Sometimes, I get a clear picture of what life would be like without restrictions on possibilities. It’s like creating a list of goals knowing you have all the time and money you…
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2019 Holiday Painting Finished
October 9, 2019 It’s been a busy week/month/season! Jan, the maker of our lovely gift baskets that are sold through Hawaii’s Local Buzz, reminded me that she needed this year’s holiday painting prints for her Christmas with Buzz giftbasket event by Friday, September 6, 2019 at our showroom in Honolulu, HI on Mokauea St. There’s…
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Don’t do It!
If you’re an artist, you probably have a large stack of paintings that don’t measure up to your standards. The longer you paint, the more this becomes a difficult thing to deal with. I learn something from every painting I do and my skills continue to grow accordingly. As artists, we are the keepers of…
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Self-Portrait Complete
August 24, 2019 As always, the caveat is, it’s done for now. I’m happy with it, in fact, I’m so happy with it I want it in MY ROOM. I seem to have this belief that I can’t really paint people well, and then I’m surprised when I do. Hell, I’m surprised when they are…
