Art Retreat Fun

Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend Tracy Verdugo's Paint Mojo in Saluda, NC. Twelve of us went there to learn Tracy's intuitive painting techniques. It was a wonderful experience. I learned so many things and made some amazing friends. I can't wait to incorporate everything I learned in this class into my art.

Here are some photos from the class. I didn't complete any of the paintings but I will be working on them!

We started with making lots of marks and paint dripping and transitioned it from this.

 

To this...

 

And from this

 

To this

 

And this is my favorite technique. We had to find an imaginary animal in the painting and paint the negative space around him. Below is Tracy's version (that I now own!)

 

And this is my work in progress...

 

And here is Tracy teaching

 

And I had to get a photo with her of course!

 

If you ever get the opportunity to take a class with Tracy I highly recommend it. She's so warm and fun. I also recommend checking out Random Arts in Saluda, NC. It's a lovely art store with a mix of supplies and antiques and Jane Powell the owner hosts classes throughout the year (once the weather warms up again!).

 

 

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