Author Archives: joanngilles

With ever-improving compositional skills each person took an unresolved painting begun by another and used whatever color, form, contrast, rhythm, texture and line that was in front of them as vocabulary with which to make their own visual statement. This  … Continue reading →

Sarah was invited to exhibit her work at Frame Central last November.  This last July we got to see it on the walls.  Photos from the ending night can be seen in the link on the right. http://picasaweb.google.com/JoAnnGilles/SarahErwinAtFrameCentral72010# Michele was … Continue reading →

Hi All, Our figure work for the past weeks focused on the energy and the spirit of the subject merging with the artist’s hand.  Authentic mark-making enriched much of the work even when it was reaching and searching to find … Continue reading →

Hi All, Contrary to the way it is with other endeavors in which the more proficient one becomes the less time is needed to complete a task, in art, accomplished often means more time is needed to “get to the end”.  And … Continue reading →

A central component of Western art history has been the study of the human figure from living model.  Not only has drawing the human form been considered crucial to the developing skills of an artist, the model has historically served … Continue reading →

Shawn gave me a flash drive at least 6 months ago with photos of our last open studios.  I Finally downloaded, cropped, etc. Check the Picassa Web Album link to the right under blog roll—–>

Hi All, Sometimes the lessons come easy, sometimes they are hard to coax forth. As with most teachers, considerations are many when developing a class: What should the follow-up be to deepen the experience of the past class/es? Who needs what in … Continue reading →

Today is the start of the next phase of ArtHouse23’s push into a higher art consciousness.