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MEDIUM: Oil SPECIALTY: ✔ Artistic Process & Mindset ✔ Color ✔ Critiques
I feel mastering color is a huge factor in a successful painting. Covering three basic elements value, temperature, and hue.
First, learning to see the value of a color, then understanding the relationships of temperature, and learning to mix beautiful grays.
There will be easy-to-understand critiques using Photoshop to illustrate adjustments and changes to a student’s work.
Discussions, demos, and info will all help to guide their progress.
Barbara’s EXPERTISE
Listed below are this Mentor’s specialty skills. Join this group if you want to grow in these areas.
Specialty: ✔ Artistic Process & Mindset ✔ Color ✔ Critiques
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Color & Composition
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Technique Demos
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Teaching How to Self Critique
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Providing Art Critiques
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Photoshop
The information Barbara gave me for my painting was useful – I already knew the foreground was too ”noticeable” and it was very interesting to see what the painting looked like with more muted colours. I think Barbara would be a great mentor as I like the way she explained things – she has the ”chops”!
I really liked Barbara’s approach on how she’s going to teach the group, it’s everything I would be interested in. I found Barbara’s critique super helpful, giving me the opportunity to make it a better painting. She was bang on, the lightbulbs were going on as she was showing me her suggestions. It was great and I really appreciated Barbara’s words.
Kim
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Your Membership Includes (click here):
Mentorship Session: Meet via video conference for a monthly 2-hour session with your Mentor and small group. You choose the mentor, we provide the group!
Mid-Month Session: Meet via video conference for a 1-hour session with your small group and Navigator to connect, share progress, encouragement, and support.
Weekly Events: Attend LIVE weekly events online, on hot topics like Finding Your Style, Composition & Critiques, plus master DEMOS. Access event recordings!
MyStudio: Access your private online studio space equipped with business tools and Mentorship Session Recordings.
Chat Group: Access your private online chat group to connect with your small group and Navigator (group facilitator) anytime.
Discounts: Enjoy member discounts on LIVE and ON-DEMAND courses, art supplies, and more!
Emerging
Mentorship Membership
$ USD90/Month
Next session: February 13, 2025
On the 2nd Thursday of every month 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM MST Thu
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MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST
Barbara worked as a Restoration Artist and Conservator for over 35 Years. Now retired from Restoration she dedicates her time to her own art.
As an oil painter her work has been strongly influenced by the bold, impressionist art of Contemporary Russian painters. As a result, her own painting has become bolder and more expressionistic.
"Painting to me is about capturing the energy of a subject. I love strong textures, thick paint and vibrant colors. I search to find a balance between the abstract and the representational.
I love the tactile feel of pushing thick paint around and layering juxtaposing color notes. I have moved away from a more literal translation of my subject to a more emotional response."
Barbara is a signature member of Oil Painters of America (OPA), and American Impressionists Society (AIS).
She is represented by:
Frames Unlimited Galleries in Michigan and Ohio Mary
Williams Fine Art in Boulder, Colorado
Synchronicity Gallery in Glen Arbor, Michigan
Eisele Fine Art Gallery inCincinnati, Ohio
Lovetts Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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