Not Just A Painter
For the last two years I have been developing an exciting new interest-jewelry silversmithing. The thing that interested me was not traditional beading, but watching that flat piece of metal turn into a sculptural piece. I started taking metal clay classes which was just the beginnng. Then I began to go out of state to take classes with Kathy Wilcox for enameling and James Carter for fabrication. I really liked the move of metal between my fingers. I also discovered how I might incorporate my painting and...
Read MoreWhy do it different?
Lynda and I spend a fair amount of time trying to think of workshops, large and small, that people might enjoy. We have come up with a new idea. In this new year we will do a series of workshops where we will do a fairly simple still life, easy enough to draw off with no trouble and develop it in as many ways as they two of us can think of–for instance watercolor on paper, then watercolor on yupo and oil with a brush, then oil with a palette knife. Why would anybody want to do all these different ways. ...
Read MoreBig to Small-a year’s work
In the early part of this year I thought and painted large for quite a while. Doing the work for the hotel’s walls meant painting pieces up to 10-14 feet long, big strokes, big brushes and lots of paint. At the end of the year our thoughts turn to miniatures-5×7 to the smallest at 2×2. Lynda and I don’t enter the miniature show, of course, we do show small pieces here in Florence, and we have a Christmas tree in Charleston where we show minis. This year we are proud to add a tree at...
Read MoreLemelia Finished
One of the things that I love to do is to choose a favorite photo and do it in more than one medium. You have met Lemelia ( then known as Lemesha) before in a previous post. She was done in watercolor on Yupo. I had always meant to do her in colored pencil though. Look how different they are. The colored pencil took about two months to do and is 16×20. Where as the Yupo piece was airy and light, this one is lush and dark. In fact I spent a great deal of my time getting everything dark enough. The...
Read MoreCall for Entries Lynda English Studio Miniature Exhibit and Sale
Lynda English Studio Miniature Exhibit and Sale ELIGIBILITY- Open to all artists 18 and over residing in South Carolina. Any 2 or 3 dimensional fine art media. All works must be original. No photography. Lynda English Studio reserves the right to refuse any work that does not comply with the requirements stated in this prospectus or does not match the size requirements. In case of questions the juror’s decision will be final. The registration form must be completely filled out. The information on the...
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