This was a particularly rewarding experience. To see the wonderful paintings from the great masters up close and personal was very inspiring. Below are some the art works we got to see and I hope you will enjoy them as well.
William “Bill” Alexander, America’s most beloved television artist, comes into your home to teach his unique wet-on-wet technique of creating beautiful artwork. Bill’s method allows you to create a complete painting in a day. Bill designed special paints for his technique and shows you how, with just a few colors, you can create a wonderful painting that you will be proud to display, give as gifts to friends and family, or sell. As Bill would say, “a happy buck”! Join us in this exciting painting adventure. Turn loose your inner creative genius and “Fire In” on that canvas.
Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
“Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest.”
Rembrandt Quotes
"Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God."
"Without atmosphere a painting is nothing."
"A painting is finished when the artist says it is finished."
"Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint the way they want me to paint. Well, I will tell you a secret. I have tried and I have tried very hard, but I can't do it. I just can't do it! And that is why I am just a little crazy."
"Choose only one master – Nature."
“Practise what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.”