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Thank you Denise and Catherine!
First, Catherine, although they are divorced, Dad still thinks A. I am the greatest artist on earth and B. he and mom are still a number. Since it is from a time when he could be considered a participant in this end of the family, I printed him out a 95% inkjet which turned out spectacular for Father's Day. Whew.
Denise, Ted Nuttall is a Charles Reid associate. Friend first, student second and got his credentials by having Mr. Reid walk him into the front office and tell them to put him on the faculty! Good reference, eh?
The class is a 180 for me. I am an opaque, alla prima pastel/oil painter and the discipline for a non-anal sort like I, is producing some wildly unexpected results. Ted pours (well that may not be the proper term, but the wash he pulls on the page is long and fluid, it seems like pouring) a multicolor wash as the full under painting and does remarkably little in the details. My own impatience is what seems to be rushing this deliberate process and I am taking my errors and working with them. It may be that after a few more pieces, I will lose the erratic texture but right now, it is holding my breath and diving in.
I am pretty excited. I want to try a couple more general figurative, but have two individuals I will be trying soon so I can post over here again.
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