First Lesson Jane Hofstetters watercolor masterclass

I am taking a masterclass for watercolor from the illustrious Jane Hofstetter. I am looking forward to working hard in this class. We meet once a month for a lecture and demonstration, We then are given an assignment to bring in next month. This months was the essence of summer. We could choose whatever we thought deplicted a summer mood to us. I saw this photo and knew right away it was what I wanted to do.




 

The french man

This a picture a bunch of us all painted of a random man a friend of mine took when we were on a painting holiday in the south of France, we all fell in love with the idea of doing a paint in with us all doing the same photo. I wonder if he has any idea how many times his image has been captured in different mediums by various artists.

Gala Pictures.

I chose these two paintings to send for the gala. These are the reasons for my choice, when I paint a portrait it is not my aim to paint as near a copy of a photo as I am able but to try to portray my feelings of what I feel about the person being painted, In these paintings, the top one is of someone who not completely at ease with the face he is showing the world. I tried to convey this by the half hidden face and the unreadable expression on his face.

The next one is of a young Clay biting his tongue as he listens to statements like,"You don't look like a rock star" and " I like you better with my eyes closed" I can just imagine the thoughts behind the face.

I think two paintings are a good example of my style of portraiture.

Gala Pictures.

This is a fun little sketch in ink and watercolor.

The Rapper

I don't even know his name but I liked his face.

In a food line, Bangladesh.

I couldn't resist trying to capture this mother and child I saw in a picture of a food line. I left out all the surrounding stuff, I wanted the image to be all about the mother and child.