Week 12 of Returners 01 at Seasons Art Class
Charlie Chaplin Contemporary palette knife portrait. Acrylics on canvas pad. Here's another one of those messy, mess with my brain...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Feb 16, 20211 min read
Week 11 of Returners 01 at Seasons Art Class
Trains & Spring Blossoms This week's acrylic on canvas pad came with a variety of new techniques with various layers of paint. Start with...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Feb 5, 20211 min read
Week 10 of Returners 01 at Seasons Art Class
Matisse This week we looked at the work of Henry Matisse. This is acrylics on canvas pad & done mostly with palette knife & lots of...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Dec 2, 20201 min read
Week 8 of Returners 01 at Seasons Art Class
This week we had our final art class for this year. Due to lockdowns we started much later that originally scheduled & will complete the...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Nov 18, 20201 min read
Week 6 of Returners 01 at Seasons Art Class
Topiary Study This week we did a topiary study in watercolour. I also learned that sometimes it's just easier to get the finer details...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Nov 7, 20201 min read
Week 4 of Returners 01 at Seasons Art Class
This week we started oil pastel painting. Tuscan Hills It always amazes me how we all use the same reference but our final products are...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Nov 3, 20201 min read
Week 3 of Returners 01 at Seasons Art Class
Country Cottage Last week we did a cosy cottage in watercolour pencils. Well that quite a challenge & tested my patience to the utmost. I...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Oct 22, 20201 min read
Week 2 of Returners 01 at Seasons Art Class
I had another session of drawing lessons with watercolour pencils yesterday. Sweet Peas These sweet peas turned out ok, although my...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Aug 12, 20201 min read
Week 12 of Seasons Art Class Beginners
Today we tried to recreate some landscape images. I must admit this was a bit overwhelming & frustrating because trying to mix matching...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Aug 4, 20201 min read
WEEK 11 of Seasons Art Class Beginners
Today we did some new techniques for trees in acrylic. I must admit, I'm still lacking the patience to wait for the background paint to...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Jul 29, 20201 min read
Week 10 of Seasons Art Class Beginners
This week we learnt how to do an abstract painting with acrylics. I'm not so sure about this but I kind of like the unintentional...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Jul 22, 20201 min read
Week 9 of Seasons Art Class Beginners
This week we learnt some acrylics techniques & then finished a seascape painting with acrylics.
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Jul 15, 20201 min read
Week 8 of Seasons Art Class Beginners
This week we learnt some more watercolour techniques. First we created the sky & foliage for background & then we added the bird on top.
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Jul 8, 20201 min read
Week 7 of Seasons Art Class Beginners
Some more watercolour techniques & a pansy. Mixing your own colours & managing the water levels on the brush are not as easy as it looks.
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Jul 1, 20201 min read
Week 6 of Seasons Art Class Beginners
This week we learnt watercolour techniques, colour mixing & finished our lesson with a monochrome seascape.
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Jun 24, 20201 min read
Week 5 of Seasons Art Class Beginners
Another messy pastel session. This week we did pets. I failed dismally at the lion & created a monster. Second attempt at rooster turned...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Jun 17, 20201 min read
Week 4 of Seasons Art Class Beginners
This week we played with oil pastel techniques. Creating this apple was very messy, but fun.
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Jun 10, 20201 min read
Week 3 of Seasons Art Class Beginners
This week we did a portrait. Copying animals & items identically seems so much easier than a face. Just following instructions &...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
Jun 3, 20201 min read
Week 2 of Seasons Art Class Beginners
This week we had to copy what we saw even though our reference picture is anatomically incorrect. Our second half involved learning about...
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Patrizia a.k.a. Trixi Schwartz
May 27, 20201 min read
Week 1 of Seasons Art Class Beginners
I took up an art class this week for some formal training to boost my confidence. These were week 1's lessons & assignments. The portrait...
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