Thursday night I took a painting class up in the next town. I saw a deal for it come up for half price and decided to just do it. I’ve seen people on the Kennett Design’s Facebook page doing the different themed paintings and they looked like they were having fun. I had to sign up for a specific class, so I chose one of my favorite artists, Vincent Van Gogh. The painting was an interpretation of ‘Starry Night’ by Jarred Fisher, who I later learned graduated a year before Sean. So Jarred is studying under renown artist Nelson Shanks who painted Princess Diana and Pope John Paul I. Not many people get to do this. That was a cool thing to me when he told us.
Our inspiration
We saw the original last year in New York at the Museum of Modern Art
This is what the studio looks like:
This is actually after the other table had finished their paintings!
Other examples of classes you can take.
The price includes the canvas and paints. We wet down the canvas first and then added the blue. We had a choice of two blues-I mixed them.
Then we added the swirls and stars
They we added the dashes in yellow with a dash of white. I think it’s coming together here!
My finished piece! That’s a Cypress tree in the front. Jarred and I had a discussion about why it’s there. In the original, there is a village down to the right. He says the tree is for dimension.
There are a few things I would change-maybe make it a little neater. I think it’s not too bad for a few hours work.
This young lady did a great job:
The studio owner took this awesome shots and posted them on Facebook. The other people were mostly all drinking their wine. I had water. No one offered me any wine or snacks, oh well.
Brian and Sean thought I did a great job.
But the main thing is I had fun!
I have a blue kitchen, so think it may go in there. We’ll see.
Watch for a post on Longwood Gardens Mum Festival! They totally outdid themselves this year. I was going for 1/2 hour and stayed for 2 hours!
Collages & Creative Goodness 