"Red Teapot with Everything" ~ Kathleen Elsey workshop ~ Santa Barbara ~ Nancy Standlee Texas Daily Painter

"Red Teapot with Everything"
12" x 16" Acrylic on canvas board
Contemporary Fauvist Painting

I am going all out here and calling this a "Fauvist" painting because my teacher is known as a contemporary Fauvist Expressionist painter. In a previous post I mentioned I'd taken a 4 day acrylic workshop in Santa Barbara with Kathleen Elsey. We painted still life set ups in a studio overlooking the beach and it was an experience that I won't soon forget. Amazon and I have been busy with me ordering books about the Fauves and reading and today I finally finished this painting I began in the class. I used a palette knife in places at the end for more paint build up.

A setup for the Red Teapot painting and the look would change during the week as people would add or take away items in the setup. We worked at easels and would move around the room for different setups.

This is Kathleen's painting SOLD (20x24) that made me want to take the workshop in the first place and I've enjoyed looking at it so much and practically had it memorized and I recognized the setup when I walked in. If you'd like to read more about the new Fauves, a group that Kathleen belongs to, click HERE. I'm already looking at my calendar and planning another workshop with Kathleen.

A book that I've enjoyed is "Society of Six: California Colorists by Nancy Boas
Bob Burridge has been recommending that book on his reading list and so does Kathleen. It was a great read with some wonderful paintings.

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