From Chalk to Oil

In Painter, I cloned a chalk drawing image from the previous post, then repainted the chalk drawing with Painter oil brushes. This is a quick experiment, so I have more work to do on it before it's finished. I think this technique, when it's output to canvas, will be suitable for painting on top of the image with real, traditional paint (which mentor Jeremy Sutton, is encouraging me to do).

Dancer with Black Scarf.

Dancer with Black Scarf, detail. Still in progress and more work planned for this painting.

Painting the Passion of Flamenco

All last week I attended a workshop, Painting the Passion of Flamenco, at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, located at the Carmelite Monastery in Santa Fe. The workshop was about using the software program Corel Painter to paint images of flamenco dancers.

The class was taught by charismatic/inspirational instructor Jeremy Sutton, a Corel Painter master, teacher, evangelist, dancer, artist, and friend from San Francisco.

The class started with an intro Monday morning and an all-afternoon photography session with flamenco dancers and musicians at the historic Masonic Temple in Santa Fe. Many of the workshop attendees were great photographers and everyone came away with hundreds of images that were exceptional. We were able to shoot anywhere in the building, including the musty, dusty attic that provided incredible atmosphere and light.

The rest of the week we learned a lot about Corel Painter 12 as we created many different flamenco images based on the Monday photo session.

Flamenco dancers in the attic of the Masonic Temple.

A rough sketch exploring various Painter brushes.

Exploring color.

Experimenting with different techniques and styles.

Oil sketch.

Dancer with Black Scarf. Color study.

Sketching with Workshop Classmates

Last week I attended a week-long workshop called Painting the Passion of Flamenco, taught by Corel Painter master Jeremy Sutton. More about the class in the next posting.

Jeremy and two workshop classmates Beth from New York, and Rosi from Mexico City) joined me for the regular Tuesday evening drawing group.

We stayed for just two poses, since the out-of-town artists were fairly exhausted, still adjusting to the 7000 foot elevation and the workshop's busy schedule.