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Tonalism: Mystery, Memory, and Imagination - Part 1 - Online

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Tonalism: Mystery, Memory, and Imagination - Part 1 - Online

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24F-PNT-MO72

Michael Orwick

Wednesdays, September 11 - October 23, 2024

9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Online

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Updated, not sure which one I like better.

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Updated, not sure which one I like better.

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Homework the board was not good ,paint didn't want to stick ! 

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Homework the board was not good ,paint didn't want to stick ! 

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Worked at calming down the yellow background and putting more pigment on painting

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Updated painting of Michael's photo from last class

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Updated painting of Michael's photo from last class

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This is a small plein air painting I started this summer (and just now finishing). I think I would like to add an egret yet. Thoughts?

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I couldn't help it - I added more paint and like this much better. I took 2 photos (send below) the difference in light blows my mind! This one is closer 

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This is the second photo with different light

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I refined this painting. I like it better. Comments and suggestions welcomed.

Happy 2024!

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This is my second attempt at this assignment. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 

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This is my vision ,and version, of the reference photo of Michael’s.

Early morning in a densely wooded area with a creek. The sun is on the right and passes through the forest.

Comments and suggestions welcomed.

It was a joy to take this class. I hope to see you all in the next one.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays.

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Today my brother and I went to Fredrick Church's home. It was amazing and filled with originals by him and his mentor, Thomas Cole.

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" Not what man knows but what man feels, concerns art. All else is science ". Bernard Berenson, 1897

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" Not what man knows but what man feels, concerns art. All else is science ". Bernard Berenson, 1897

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Class 6 part 2 - Take a look at the final projects.  Great Job everyone.  This was a fun class with a really great group.  I appreciate all of your hard work and willingness to try new things. 

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Class 6 part 2 - Take a look at the final projects.  Great Job everyone.  This was a fun class with a really great group.  I appreciate all of your hard work and willingness to try new things. 

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Asking the questions. Played with the reflections on the right to draw the viewer down the bank into the moody mist. 

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This is a long way from finished. Struggling to keep it fresh - I feel like its getting muddy and repetitive - lacks crispness

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Still needs a lot of paint, not close to done yet

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CP - I decided it needed a heron. I need to work on him a bit more, but he shows up without screaming.

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16x20 acrylics

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So not done!  Painted the canvas yellow to begin with.  Still too much yellow in background.  Do not like the shore line on right.  Shadows aren;t reading well

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Painting is not for sissies!

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Adjusted some edges.

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I worked on this all week, and see so many things that needs just a touch here or there ..I will finish this ..and move on

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A Plein air start from the Keys. Just after sunrise. Working on this today. Definitely need some color on the water, and some sun rays through those…well they be wind tossed palms.

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I worked on 2 paintings - uploaded 2 versions of each one - only difference is lighting and how that affected the glare/ true colors

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At least was able to get back at it - lots of glare due to wet paint, so am uploading a couple shots of each painting....in real life is so tough to capture on camera, but here's the progress I made. Painting over an oil background and rubbing out the most didn't work as easily as Michael made it look! Lol

Thanks for a wonderful class!

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Unfortunately, I'm going to miss tomorrow's class. I have to fly to New York. I'll watch the videos when I return. It was great being in class with all you talented people.

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I used 3 values in this painting. I spent a great deal of time on the thumbnails, thinking about what I wanted the painting to say, what I wanted to emphasize etc..

I wasn’t excited to do the value study. I wanted to get in there and finish it, even before I started.

I laid in the darks as this was my roadmap. Then the mid value and lastly the highlights. I didn’t look at the reference photo after I did the initial darks.

I tried to insert myself in this forest scene to see where the light landed. I Have never done that before and it sounds strange.

I think that it will convey the silence and solitude of the forest in the early morning hours.

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Photo I worked from.

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Finished painting. Colors I used are in the second photo below.

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I used these colors for my painting.

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Version 2.0 here. I wanted to challenge myself in attempting more of the transition colors in the sky. This went a little more into the technicolor realm than I had planned — it doesn’t lack for drama that’s for sure. I do like the sky and water reflection although not sure about the trees both in foreground and background. I might be done but it feels like there could be room for more tweaks.

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9x12 acrylic underpainting.

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I am working on this reference.

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Acrylic Underpainting from a couple of Michael's references.

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As you all may have noticed, I was a bit frustrated by our photo reference for last week. Watching Michael tame that complex scene was truly a revelation. Here's my version. I feel much better about this one! Thanks so much, Michael! You are always an inspiration.

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These are for a miniature show I am in next week. 

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These are for a miniature show I am in next week. 

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Class 5 part 4  checking out your beautiful work on Padlet

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Class 5 part 4  checking out your beautiful work on Padlet

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Class 5 part 4, let's take a look at your work.

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class 5 part 3 Painting demo using black and white acrylics to design the image.

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Class 5 part 2 Painting demo, using opaque paint and glazing on a painting to create fog.

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Class 5 part 1 Painting demo of glazing in warm and cool colors

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Working on the under painting. Oil over a blue acrylic ground. I’m also working on another version with a pink ground.

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Another simpler option I’ve been wanting to play with.

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Had a great paint out with my Plein Air group yesterday. I'm pleased with this one. Especially since it was Plein Air.

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I decided that the only way I could tackle this complex scene was with a bunch of thick paint, impressionist style. It's a disaster. I'll regroup and either paint more on this when it's dry or sand it and start over. I really dislike everything about this painting.

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The prompt says I should write something beautiful. ....well, I love being a mom,  but sometimes - even after they've flown the coop - kids still need one's time and attention. I so enjoy painting and this class, and Michael's teaching, but I've been trying to help with a long- distance, serious situation so have not been home to paint.  Please know I will keep at it,  and i'm not just flaking out. Parenting is a beautiful thing,  and i'm grateful I can be of service - but what had to give was my painting time. I'm hoping to reclaim it this week,  the good Lord willing and the creek don't rise.  I love the beautiful work everyone is producing!!!

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Color/composition study final project. Process.

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Color/ composition study final project

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A little late to the party but finally posting our first assignment. This was more challenging than I expected after feeling pretty good about the color studies. I had a very hard time mixing colors, mixing enough paint and sticking to a mother palette as I hadn’t worked that way before. Things I’m liking: the composition, the warm palette, the emphasis on the sky, the backlit trees in the foreground. Things I’m struggling with: I think the sky is too orange/hot, not sure about the foreground area in front of the closest trees, the balance of warms and cools and light and shadows — just feels like I could keep tweaking this but wanted to get some feedback first.

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Cheryl - This is my choice for the second painting. ( 9x12 ) Not sure about answering the questions but I'll try.

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Same subject different view

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Different version

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The checklist is near the bottom of this column. I tried to copy and paste it here but was unsuccessful ☹️

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Looking for a copy of the pre final-painting questions.

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Here's my under painting for this week's assignment. I like the feeling of a dense woods with all of the reflections and the hint of fall colors. I plan on pushing the fall colors when I add colors.

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This talented artist has a unique way of painting  😮 | This talented artist has a unique way of painting  😮 | By MetDaan Discovery | Facebook

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This is very different,  but fascinating and surprising along the way. My weakness is design,  so I'm fascinated when seeing how artists answer design questions as they create beautiful images!

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This talented artist has a unique way of painting  😮 | This talented artist has a unique way of painting  😮 | By MetDaan Discovery | Facebook

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This talented artist has a unique way of painting  😮

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There are things I like and things I don't but I am anxious to get on to the next painting. Don't like repetitive shapes of hillsides and treeline.
Do like over all feel and mist. It helped to lighten the sky. Previously sky and banks were both intense colors.

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Fourth week assignment ,first attempt , I think the creek is going uphill again ..acrylics over a week old ,I used a red black yellow and a blue plus white 5x7

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Fourth week assignment ,first attempt , I think the creek is going uphill again ..acrylics over a week old ,I used a red black yellow and a blue plus white 5x7

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It doesn’t matter if you fail. It matters *how* you fail. | Amy Edmondson for Big Think +