Working in Series Concept

Glenn Hirsch

A series asks a question

e.g.,

what kind of background?

How do you paint drapery?

How does color affect mood?

Emile Nolde

How does color affect

mood?

Pastel or paint - how does the media used affect the image?

How can light affect narrative?

How can light unite different objects into a narrative?

What is the difference between ‘real’ and ‘abstract?’

Robert Marosi

Jacob Fisher

What is the difference between ‘real’ and ‘abstract?’

What happens to a portrait when the artist repeats the process?

John Reamer

A series can grow out of master study

A series can grow out of master study

Working in series makes an artist independent.

What does this series investigate?

Working in series makes an artist independent.

What does this series investigate?

This series investigates the figure, gesture, women, portrait, allegory, improvisation and mixed media.

Peggy Millar

By working in series you can work on more than one thing at a time.

Some seem perfect and you can let them be.

Some are disasters which liberate you to experiment freely.

And some are in between so you can fix them.

Susan Godstone

warm-up exercise:

limited palette painting

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