Pauline did a gorgeous painting from a photo of Frida Kahlo, and gave us a quick lesson in pulling together one of our own. She used a technique I haven’t used before, and I must say it has worked spectacularly well for all of us in the class. I’m MUY excited and planning to do my next one as we speak. I won’t go into details as it’s not for me to give away Pauline’s techniques, but you can still see a lot of the process here. And if you want to know more… you’ll have to join her next class! {No, she’s not paying me!}
Frida : : mixed media on paper
ALSO: Pauline has announced the date of her next Open Studio, which is a fantastic couple of days on Facebook where she shows snippets of her teaching style, work from previous students, and does some great giveaways {including my book this time!}. I joined the last one and it was so much fun, and was what actually decided me to join the class. If you’d like to jump in, just befriend her {Pauline Agnew} ~ it starts on August 16th. {Not 19th as I originally posted.}
You can lead the horse to the water, but it has gotta be prepared to drink, and you guzzled Tara! Great work! 🙂
Pauline you crack me up. 🙂 Thank you for sharing my post.
I love all your posts Tara, but this one is a cracker! Your Frida portrait rocks!!! I made a mistake BTW in our group. The OpenStudio starts on the 16th of August!
Tara, I love your Frida! And Pauline’s of course! I was in her last class, and I can’t wait to try this as soon as I finish the self portrait that’s on my easel now. Shall I paint a Frida, too?
Thank you Lucy! There is definitely something about Frida that makes her very paintable.
Wow, this is fascinating, and I love the result! Every time I visit your site I get a teensy bit braver about the possibility of painting.
Make sure you come to my virtual OpenStudio Cari on the 16th August,as there is nothing to fear about painting! I will be giving a taster class on the day. You will see!! All you need to do is look me up on FB and send a friend request. I send an open invitation to all my FB friends to this online event. It’s where Tara found me and wasn’t I the lucky woman to get such a great student! 🙂
I love that Cari ~ it’s funny, looking at your website and what you can do with fabric just shows that what comes easy to one can be quite daunting to another, as I am quite in awe of your talent! I agree wholeheartedly with Pauline that painting doesn’t have to be scary, but I do understand that being beginner can be overwhelming.
oh, just wonderful!! what a gorgeous, spontaneous portrait, so loose and expressive! love it 🙂
Thank you Malini! And thanks for coming by. 🙂
Oh goodness, this knocked me off, so wonderful and so much depth and Expression! Love it!
xxx Nicole
Thanks Nicole!
What a spectacular job Tara! The layers give it amazing depth and emotion. Love!
Thank you Lorinda ~ for all your lovely recent messages!