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| Sue Kirkpatrick. (All images on this post ©2018|Sue Kirkpatrack unless noted otherwise) |
I was solidly bitten by the art bug so now I have a bad case of passion for painting!!! Oil painting in particular. I have pursued oil painting by attending many workshops, buying art books, and buying more and more art supplies!
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| One of Marc Hanson's workshops at Courson Workshops in Pontotoc, MS |
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Painted/sketched this in Zhaoming Wu's workshop in Huntsville
sponsored by Protege Atelier.
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What I've discovered is that being an artist is a struggle in many ways. Actually, I got a late start-I was past middle age when most people start slowing down. A late start with a 90 degree learning curve would cause most people to question maybe not for me:
I had only taken two art courses in college, I was not at all comfortable with art language, and I had no intelligent art painting skills.
One of my favorite quotes:"I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.
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Kim English at Courson Workshops in Pontotoc, MS.
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I started going to art workshops. I found that every time I went to an art workshop my art painting skills improved and I started to learn some art language. Like I learned the word “Value” was a pretty important word in the art world. So I started trying to learn about value and the value scale and how to use correct values in painting. Did I say I being an artist is a struggle!
Here are a few photos of my paintings and photos from some workshops that I have been privileged to go to.
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| Reference photo credit :Steve West. Painting ©2018|Sue Kirkpatrack |
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I'm still working on using correct value in my painting. I know I will continue to work on correct value skills until I die!!! Then value leads to color harmony, and to colors in your palette, then to limited palette, to composition, and to design! And on an on and on! Van Gogh was so right...
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Then there are the artist, the past master painters, the living master painters, and all the really good painters in between!!!
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| ©2018|Sue Kirkpatrack Sue painted this in Morgan Samuel Price's workshop in Dolonaga, GA at Anita Elder's. |
So many of these wonderful people were really already great artists who helped me tremendously!! And I am grateful for the help they gave me.
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| Sue's painting at the member's show, Shoals Art Guild took Best in Show ©2018|Sue Kirkpatrack |
Sue
Kirkpatrick is a retired teacher who lived in the lovely and historical village
of Iuka, MS from 1998-2002. She attended the "W" in Columbus, MS her
freshman year in college. After retiring as an educator she and husband,
Terrell, now live in Arab, AL.
Sue
began her artist journey by painting watercolor portraits while living in Iuka,
MS.
Sue
is now a pursuing oil painting by studying and attending plein air, figurative,
and portrait workshops. She has studied with Kim English, Quang Ho, Jason
Saunders, Marc Hanson, Morgan Samuel Price, Stapleton Kearns, and Zhaoming Wu
among others. Sue
paints most every day. Visit her website at: suekirkpatrickart.com
A big thanks to Sue Kirkpatrick for her story!
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Great article from a lovely painter!
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