Going to Washington

MARIE-JO GOES TO WASHINGTON

This post and the two following posts are pictures from
our Wednesday Afternoon Watercolor Class at
the Upstairs Gallery in Arlington, Texas.


Marie-Jo is a member of our Wednesday afternoon
watercolor class. She along with Corinne and
Claudine were our "French Connection".
All three are from France and have been
attending class at the Upstairs Gallery for
quite some time. They entertain us with their
comments and constant conversation in their
native language French. We have no idea
what they are saying but we know
it is all good (we hope).  Corinne moved a couple of
years ago to South (or maybe North) Carolina. We still hear from her
through emails and via Claudine. Now Marie-Jo is moving to
Washington DC for a year and then back to France.

We are going to miss  you, Marie-Jo!!!!!

Claudine documented Marie-Jo's last watercolor class at
The Upstairs Gallery in Arlington, Texas.
We had a fun day painting a Japanese lady standing on
a bridge. Then we made torn paper "Kimono" cards at the
end of class.

Marie-Jo painting

Marie-Jo, Margie, Claudine

Marie-Jo and Charlie

Marie-Jo and Margie

Marie-Jo and Class

Claudine's painting of Japanese Lady

Claudine's "Kimono" Card

torn paper collage with embellishment and splatters

Martha Sue, one of the three owners of the Upstairs Gallery

Watercolor Instructor, Margie

Crowned with brushes!!!

Best Wishes to Marie-Jo as she goes to Washington!
love from the Afternoon Watercolor class

Christmas 2009

I painted my grandchildren's names in watercolor as

one of their gifts for Christmas.

Here are the results....

"ANDREW"

Andrew is interested in archeology and

really likes to journal. His favorite movie is Indiana Jones.

"CHRISTOPHER"

Christopher likes sports and the outdoors.

I enjoyed painting this frog and I think he

liked it.

"ELLA"

Ella likes anything pink, princesses and

Tinkerbell.

"JACK"

Jack was a monkey at

Halloween.  I should have

painted Thomas the Train.

That will be for next year.

"LUKE"

Luke loves to do whatever the big

kids are doing.  His mother calls him

her little monkey. So Luke got a monkey too.

It was fun painting the grands names.  Next year they will all

have a whole new set of interests so maybe I'll do this again.

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!!!!!!!

Collage Abstracts

COLLAGE ABSTRACTS

A SERIES OF CARDS MADE FROM

TORN PAPER AND MISC. OBJECTS

I made these fun little abstract collages into

greeting cards.  They are color copies of CBC abstract paintings,

torn and glued to paper and an embelishment added,

example, stars and leaves.

Come back soon to see what the next art project is.

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Brazos River at Pecan Plantation

PLEIN AIR PAINT OUT,

PECAN PLANTATION

on the shore of the

BRAZOS RIVER

Several Artists got together a couple of

weeks ago to paint outdoors on the

shore of the Brazos River in Pecan Plantation

near Granbury, Texas.

It was a cold and overcast Saturday

morning. We started early about 8 am to

paint the fall foliage of golds and reds.

Even though the weather conditions weren't

perfect we enjoyed God's pretty scenery.

Below is a picture of the painting I did with the photo

of the scene below it.

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"BRAZOS SHORE"

Oil on Canvas

11" x 14"

Photo of scene

Here I am bundled up with my new plein air cart that has a

small chair attached to it.  I like to sit and paint. Others have their

own set ups and like to stand.

A Fun Plein Air Paint Out

Small Acrylic Paintings, Cedar Creek Lake House Painting Retreat

SMALL ACRYLIC PAINTINGS

Cedar Creek Lake House

Painting Retreat

October, 2009

Initials of three of the ladies on the retreat who celebrated birthdays recently.

Painted on small 4" x 4" canvases in Acrylic

"LIMADE"

Acrylic on Canvas

6" x 6"

"LIMES"

Acrylic on Canvas

6" x 6"

This completes the posts on the Lake House Paintings.

Hope you enjoyed them.  I had a great time painting.

Come back soon to see the plein air painting I did on

the shore of the Brazos River at Pecan Platation recently.

(Plein Air Painting - Painting on location outdoors)

HAPPY  PAINTING!

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Watercolor Paintings, Cedar Creek Lake House Paint Retreat

WATERCOLORS
Cedar Creek Lake House
Painting Retreat
October, 2009

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"WATER LILLY AND KOI"

11 x 15

Watercolor

                      ©mawhittington

"MAN OF LA VETA"

12 x 16

Watercolor

©mawhittington

"GRANBURY FORD"
11 x 15
Watercolor

Come back to see more paintings I did at the lake.

Cedar Creek Lake House Painting Retreat '09

CANVAS BY CANVAS

A group of artists who paint individually

and collaboratively

The CBC Artists went on a four

day painting retreat the end of October.

We stayed at a Lake House on Cedar Creek Lake.

What fun we had being focused for several days on

just painting!  We had a ton of fun laughing, talking and ate some

wonderful meals.  Artists are good cooks, too.

Some of the group went to Canton's First Monday and

shopped till they dropped bringing back bargains galore!

We were quite productive during our painting time. About 30

pieces of art were produced including drawings, oil, watercolor and

acrylic paintings, pen & ink sketches, collage and pastel.

I've posted two acrylics and a pastel I painted on the retreat.

    ©mawhittington                                                                                                                                  

"PUMPKINS 'N SUCH"

11" x 14" Acrylic on Canvas

  ©mawhittington                                                                                                                                    

"APPLES"

9" x 12" Pastel on Paper

©mawhittington                                                                                                                                     

"FOX PUPS II"

12" x 12" Acrylic on Canvas

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Granbury Plein Air Paint Out

©mawhittington

HEWLETT PARK

 Granbury, Texas
Acrylic 11 x 14

©mawhittington

"WELCOME  HOME"
Acrylic
11 x 14

©mawhittington

"THE  MAYOR'S  PORCH"
Acrylic
11 x 14

All the above paintings were painted
 on location in Granbury, Texas.
The three paintings are 11" x 14"
Acrylic paintings on canvas.
There will be a show/sale
Court House Lawn in Granbury,
Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009
2pm - 4pm

A nice outing for a Sunday Afternoon.

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Wednesday Watercolor Class Project

Girl with Collage and Stamping
This is our project for tomorrow's
Wednesday Watercolor Class
1/2 sheet watercolor paper
Torn paper collage
Stamped design

I hope this will help to give you an idea of the
steps we will be following on our project
tomorrow in watercolor class.

I will have decorative papers, gesso and
acrylic medium and rubber stamps.  If you have these
extra supplies, please bring them to class.

CONTINUE
to the next three blogs for step by step instructions.
Please Print these off for your use in class.
Thanks and see you soon.
Margie

Steps 1-4

Step 1

Image of Girl drawn lightly with pencil

torn paper applied to paper with acrylic medium
This is light, hope you can see the drawing.

Step 2

Image of girl is drawn with a permanent black marker

Step 3

A wash of new gamboge is applied over entire surface

Step 4
A wash of burnt sienna is applied on background and hair
around the face and the butterfly

Steps 5 - 8

Step 5

A darker application of burnt sienna applied to background

around figure, collage paper and butterfly

Step 6

Detail on Face

Wet entire face area, apply rose madder or  alizarine crimson

on shadow side of face.  Also on eyelids, under the nose

and blush of cheeks

Step 7

Paint eyes blue and iris brown, also eybrows brown

Step 8

Paint lips and strands of hair.  Another dark

layer of  green is applied to the background

around the paper and figure and some over the paper.

Also paint the butterfly and its detail.
Paint the shirt with shadows under the collar.

Final Steps

Final Steps
Design applied with gesso on
rubber stamps then splatter. 

Please bring these extra supplies
to class if you have them:
Gesso
Acrylic medium
Rubber Stamps
plus
Your regular watercolor paints
and brushes
Looking forward to a fun class!

"ELLA"

"ELLA"
11" X 15"
Watercolor
by
Margie Whittington

This is an attempt to paint my grandaughter, Ella's portrait
 in watercolor.  The photo I  worked from was
taken when she was three years old.  She is four now.
I always liked her wistful look.
Let me know what you think in the comments below.

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Friday All Day Acrylic Paint Class - July 2009

FRIDAY ALL DAY ACRYLIC PAINT CLASS
JULY 2009

Margie



Marilyn

Carolyn

Carolyn

See more paintings by the class member

in the following two posts.