Embroidered Collage

Snap! into focus comes the portion of my goals I need to concentrate on for a time.  I've signed up for an intriguing sounding class in the fall - six Tuesday evenings of Rediscovering Color: Part 1 with Jim Himsworth.  Three weeks of simple still-life studies followed by three on taking a more complex set-up to completion.  The kicker is that the focus is on using color and value without much technique instruction.  I understand the fundamentals of color mixing and the color wheel, as required, but I think that I need to take my actual painting skills up a level in order to get as much as possible from this class.  The teacher is very popular and well regarded in the area so I've put half my money down even though it doesn't start until October 10.

After I complete Snowfall I will be spending as much of my art time as possible on painting and drawing realistically.  I will be continuing the needlelace sampler, but some other intentions will be set aside for later.  Once class starts, though, I am interested in going home and developing mixed-media pieces based on the same set-ups that we just painted in class.  We'll see if that really happens.  I'm tempted to spring for the artist quality acrylics once the materials list comes out.  The teacher strongly recommends oils, but I just don't see the point when I have no intention of ever working with them and he does allow other mediums.

I'll be looking forward to this and will, of course, share what I learn along the way.