'Don's House' - 6x8 oil.
I use value studies as part of the curriculum in my workshops as a means to show and let be seen by the students, just how important it is to create a good value pattern and scheme in their paintings so that they're better able to understand and use color more effectively.
'Across the Pond' - 11x14 oil © Marc R. Hanson '09
I did this demo to talk about reflections and how the color and values in the reflections change in both areas.
'Taylors Falls Nocturne' - oil 10x8 © Marc R. Hanson '09
Well... the lighting situation messed with me. I did capture one of my students, Steve, painting with an LED booklight. Man was that thing blue!
'Mary's Wall' - 11x14 pastel © Marc R. Hanson '09
I usually have at least a couple of pastelists in the group and try to give them some of the limited demo time in that medium. There's a lot to cover in five days and it really doesn't matter what medium you're using, the principles are the same. I'm not teaching 'Oil Painting' or 'Pastel Painting' workshops in this case, those are for another time.
'Clay Pot Bell' - 11x14 oil © Marc R. Hanson '09
This was the last demo, literally, it ended at 3:00 pm on Friday. We had been beat to death with heat and wind the last couple of days so it was as hard for the students to endure this as it was for me to do it. I painted this pretty fast, choosing the place to paint entirely because we were all in the shade. I painted this about as fast as I've painted an 11x4 before. There would be more to do normally, but that's all I had left.
