This is how my first art lesson - post elementary school - began. My dear friend, Jennifer Moreman, who is, by the way, an extremely talented, soon to be full-time artist, invited me over to paint this week. I really didn't have high hopes for myself. My only saving grace would be that perhaps I inherited my dad's art gene. My dad is also an extremely talented artist, but has not painted in years.
I can now claim I am schooled in the Jennifer Moreman style of art, which is very free. So free, that it took me awhile to realize that if I made a stroke I didn't like, it didn't mean I had to start over, it just became part of the painting. I liked that! I felt liberated.
Jennifer also taught me to find the shapes in the image I am painting. For example, a head is not just round, there are a lot of other angles hidden that you find and pronounce.
Below is the result of my first lesson: a portrait of my wayward pup, Darcy. I'd say I have an excellent teacher, wouldn't you?
Thanks, Jenny! You are the best. Please check out Jennifer's artwork at jennifermoreman.com
3 comments:
Thanks love! You are my prized pupil!!! Such talent!
What talent! You always had the art gene, you just needed to use it!
Not Bad! I would buy it:)
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