I plan to post current paintings on my blog site. I'm not much of a writer but I do love to paint. I do oils and pastels and I teach workshops. I plan to sometimes post demos and talk about how to create a painting as well.
Please check out my website at www.alineordman.com
Monday, November 2, 2015
Santa Rosa Workshop
9 x 12 oil Vineyard
12 x 16 oil Santa Rosa View
Just back from a wonderful workshop in Santa Rosa...great group, gorgeous house and vineyards
Aline! These are lovely paintings, all of them. Your change to the vineyard painting made it work beautifully. It's an important lesson in remembering we are creating a 'painting,' not simply recording exactly what we see. Duane Wakeham got so tired of students telling him: "Well, it was in the photo so I put it in the painting..." that he blew up & asked: "Are you going to pin the photo next to the piece to prove how closely you COPIED it?!" This story made a big impression on me. Who wants to piss off a nice old fella like Duane W? And speaking of being POed, I surely wish I'd known you'd be at a workshop in northern CA. I'd have gone just to meet you! Then again, maybe it was only for oil painters or else, perhaps,it was a group of artists who knew each other. And who don't use phrases like 'pissed off' in polite company. Really--you just can't take me anywhere. Sigh. Best wishes from MaryB & her potty mouth
Aline! These are lovely paintings, all of them. Your change to the vineyard painting made it work beautifully. It's an important lesson in remembering we are creating a 'painting,' not simply recording exactly what we see. Duane Wakeham got so tired of students telling him: "Well, it was in the photo so I put it in the painting..." that he blew up & asked: "Are you going to pin the photo next to the piece to prove how closely you COPIED it?!" This story made a big impression on me. Who wants to piss off a nice old fella like Duane W? And speaking of being POed, I surely wish I'd known you'd be at a workshop in northern CA. I'd have gone just to meet you! Then again, maybe it was only for oil painters or else, perhaps,it was a group of artists who knew each other. And who don't use phrases like 'pissed off' in polite company. Really--you just can't take me anywhere. Sigh. Best wishes from MaryB & her potty mouth
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