DAA Workshop with Dot Courson

Dot Courson returned once again to lead a wonderful workshop in oil painting. Delta Artist Association members created some beautiful landscapes this week, which may be viewed in an exhibit at The Leland Progress later in July.  Here's a progress and a finished picture of my painting "Cotton Field Sentinel", which I started at the workshop.

Progress snapshot of "Cotton Field Sentinel"

Finished painting, "Cotton Field Sentinel" by Kay Shropshire

Country Road Take Me Home

"Country Road Take Me Home" was painted at the John Pototschnik workshop in Pontotoc, Mississippi, this past weekend. I used an analogous palette, mixing all the colors used in the painting from only 3 colors: ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson and cadmium lemon yellow plus titanium white. First time to use a limited palette like this; it was a challenge but I like how this turned out.

"Country Road Take Me Home" by Kay Shropshire
Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in.

 

Monthly Paint Day

The Delta Artists Association had a great activity going on during the monthly Paint Day.  Kathy Smith and Ann Laird Jones led a mini-workshop in painting on clay with under-glazes! For artists who paint but don't necessarily work with clay, it gave us some laid-back, no-pressure exposure to a different medium. It was great fun!

 

Photo by Melanie Mitchell Tucker

Just Sketching...

Photo by Melanie Mitchell Tucker

Duff Dorrough Workshop

Duff shared his considerable artistic skills with the Delta Artists Association in March of 2011. RIP, Duff Dorrough.  In this picture: Kim Guthrie, Jack Catlette and Kay Shropshire Heller.

photo by Melanie Mitchell Tucker