Updates from Terri on Her Art Journey
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On Friday, exactly six weeks after the surgery to mend my fractured elbow, the surgeon gave me the all-clear to use my arm. He attributes my quick recovery to my good health and the fact that I never smoked cigarettes. I like to think it was a miraculous healing brought by God’s answer to all those prayers that my friends and family said on my behalf. Thank you, Lord!
So, now that my arm is functioning and I’m able to drive, I’m back on track and can get back to work. The first thing I did after I got the “all-clear” was to reschedule the painting class I had to cancel. My acrylic painting class for absolute beginners will now be held on May 22 at City Lights Art Gallery from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. So far, I have two students signed up; I have room for four more and hope that I can fill the gallery’s classroom over the next four weeks. I’ll have to work at promoting it. The other thing I’m working on is the gallery’s challenge to create a collage with a spring theme. I’ve made a good start on it, and with feedback from some of my arty friends, I plan to finish it this week. I’m also putting together the curriculum for my private painting lessons. In the first three lessons, I’ve covered some real basics, like painting styles, subject matter, medium, composition, color and color mixing, temperature, values and how to make a chromatic dark, how to use values to make an object look three dimensional, and applying values to landscape painting. I think in the next lesson, I’ll talk about brushes and brushwork. Anyway, I’m optimistic and it feels great to be back on track!
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AuthorTerri Thompson is a journalist-turned-visual artist, who is on an "art journey" and exploring how to tell her stories through her watercolor and acrylic paintings and photographs. Categories |