Trees From Walton Workshop by Leada Wood

Estelle's Trees from Walton Workshop 2012

Sue's Trees from Walton Workshop 2012

Leada's Tree from Walton Workshop 2012

 This was one day of painting in this year's Walton Workshop.
We had to draw 10 tree shapes and then Douglas chose the one that we were to put on paper and paint. We did an underpainting and then used black paint and then Carmenized the rest of the painting. The paintings were as different as the artist in the class. It was a very interesting exercise. We did a lot of journey drawings and underpaintings and had a wonderful time taking our art to a new level. Douglas is an expert at bringing your creativity to an all time high! If you have not been experienced with Douglas Walton you must give it a try!

Walton Watermedia Workshop Experience

Mixed Media by Leada Wood ©

This is my Monday paintiing...it also has texture stamped around the paper and then left to dry. We chose a non-representational photo and painted the shapes and colors in. I think we used only two colors plus black and white. I painted everything in very quickly EXCEPT for the little rectangle on the right...it took until Friday to get it like it needed to be! I enjoyed the Asian feel and colors of this piece, a very abstract landscape.

Walton Watermedia Workshop Experience



Mixed Media by Leada Wood ©

Well hooray! I finally have internet after nearly three weeks! So I thought I would share my painting from the Walton Experience. This one was taken from a photograph that was non representational. I put texture on the paper first and let it dry and then in 20 minutes I laid down a lot of paint so much that Douglas came by and grabbed my spray water bottle and put down about a 1/4 inch of water on top of the paint and told me to leave it alone while he did his demo. When I came back wonderful magic had happened! This is the end result. I guess sometimes I spend way too much time on a painting and work it to death. I enjoyed the workshop so much! It was a wonderful bunch of women and a fantastic time painting! The week passed too quickly as usual but I learned so much in that short time. Douglas is a wonderful instructor and we are so lucky to have him come to Big Spring every year.