December 2016 – Art Monk

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My Teacher’s Paintings

By: Melissa December 18, 2016January 6, 2018

Art History, Color, PaintingLeave a Comment

In trying to understand color I’ve been looking through my teacher’s archives and seeing her work with new eyes. I haven’t actually written about her directly, though I suppose I write about her indirectly quite a lot. Before I’ve always found her paintings beautiful but could never name what was so magical about them. Now as I…

Limes, Figures and the End of Fall

By: Melissa December 11, 2016January 6, 2018

Color, Grisaille, Paintingpaintfromlife, stilllifepainting4 Comments

(Featured image, Etude in Green, 8 x 10 oil on canvas board, available) Five weeks have passed since the end of the Randy pose and, because (cruelly) progress is not linear, it has been one unsatisfying figure painting experience after another but the limes were truly a joy.