Susan Kennedy Art

Here's what we worked on last week in class...both watercolor and oil. Class is winding down, but I'm looking forward to an upcoming class in Abstract Oil at Midway Park in Cumming. 6-8 PM, which means all you working people can make it, right? So satisfying to teach, and we try to cover very simple landscape elements, focusing on brushwork, color, and compositional elements. If you're interested in these beginner-to-intermediate level classes you can find the class brochures at these links: OIL LANDSCAPE at Midway Park in Forsyth County (Wenesdays 10 AM to noon beginning April 13) and WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPE at Sharon Springs Park (Tuesdays 1-3 PM beginning April 12). Call 770 781-2215 to inquire or sign up , and click on the links above to get a course description, see demos which will be painted, and get a supply list , pricing and signup contact information. See you there!! Susan www.susankennedy.com

Almost done with this one, a fairly large landscape which has been a delight to paint. I've been trying to come up with simple landscapes to use as demos in my upcoming class in oil landscape (check out www.susankennedy.com/Instruction.html to see about this); this is not one of them, hah! It got a bit more detailed, and thanks Mom, for the photos from which this was taken. I've been getting more and more fascinated with alla prima painting, and even though this one has a bit more layering, it has been done largely wet-into-wet in a direct painting style. It's not quite done, and it's 22" by 28". Send me a note at kennedyartstudio@bellsouth.net if you're interested in this painting OR in landscape classes in the North Atlanta area!

I thought this week I'd show you what we'll be working on in my Oil Landscape Class this spring at Midway Park in Cumming, Georgia. Those of you living in North Atlanta can come and sign up for six weeks of workshops in Oil technique: we'll spend a little time at the beginning of class working on a color mixing exercise, and then we will work together on the same simple landscape to get our LANDSCAPE CHOPS, yeah!!! All of the demos we'll be doing together are my own paintings, all done from photos I (or my mom!!) have taken. If you don't like copying another artists' work to learn in class, feel free to work on your own oil painting project, and I will tutor you in any way I can. Anyway, one of the first classes will be focusing on this "alla prima" style painting (Alla prima being a direct painting method which will be my usual process). I find that alla prima-- working on one area wet-into-wet, then the next area (blending the edges together)fitting ...