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| Practice before today's lesson. |
A full day. Up at 5:30am and off to Pam's by 7. Arrived before 9 and we set straight to work catching up on what I'd practiced for the last month. Pam took her chalk and showed me where the turnovers could be improved. We went through all of the practice sheets I did.
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| Practice during today's lesson. |
We looked at patterns, and examples of Gudbrandsdal rosemaling, settling on one for a practice board. I picked a board with a Georgia Clay-ish color: red iron oxide + yellow oxide + a touch of sap green hue. We used a red dark of alizarin crimson + burnt umber 1:1, a middle value of Indian red, a light value of mars yellow. Pam demonstrated how she begins, using the dark value, then the middle value and finally the light value for the turnovers. Of course the linework is lighter than the light value and looser, too. It gets tipped in the darker value when starting a line. That gives it more depth.
I've organized a binder with my Vesterheim competition critiques and photos of the pieces. We went through each entry from the last 10 years, discussing colors, design, execution. Very helpful getting Pam's perspective, especially on the design. Lots to think about and try out there!
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| Gudbrandsdal Sleigh |
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| Pam's progressive example |
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| Pam's progressive example |
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| Pam's curved lid example |
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| Pam's border examples |
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| Jan's practice, Sept. 1, 2014 |
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