Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Facebook faux pas

For those of you who follow my blog, you'll notice an absence of the Facebook icon which linked new postings to my former Facebook Artist-Instructor wall. Yesterday, a Facebook bug disabled sites/walls/pages of thousands of Facebook users. My Artist-Instructor page was one of those sites/walls/pages.

Will it be reinstated?

If you click on the enclosure link, you can read an article about the Facebook glitch on CNN.com.

Ink & Wash


Ink and wash painting. I like to do several color sketches before tackling larger work. I'm excited to work on a half sheet (approximately 15 x 22 inches in size). One friend who had seen this said she sensed an Oriental influence. I think all of us are inspired by the beautiful calligraphy of, and ink and wash paintings done by classic and contemporary Asian artists.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Ink and Wash Demo Paintings

Lundin Demo No. 4 — Three colors plus ink, wax resist, on Arches 140 lb. rough paper

Lundin Demo No. 2 — Painted wet-on-wet, three colors, 
calligraphic marks for trees and leaves

Yesterday marked the last of four classes I taught at the Range Art Center in Hibbing, MN, employing ink and wash/line and wash. The two images above include Demo Paintings No. 4 (yesterday) and No. 2 (second class). Students did amazing things during the class and it will be great fun to see how they use ink and wash, line and wash, calligraphy, in their upcoming paintings.