Comp. Tickets - The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles

Thanks for following this blog and my artwork. It means the world to me.

As a small thank you to readers that are local,  I have a few comp. tickets to The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles. Contact me at johanna@johannaspinks.com if you would like to attend. You can choose the day you would like to go at a link I will give you.

This promises to be a great show of contemporary art and I am excited to show my "POP-Traits!" for the first time which some of you have been following on this blog.

I will be blogging about the four day show so stay tuned.

Johanna

The Long And Winding Palette Knife Road

My journey with the palette knife continues, some days good, some days not...but I know I am pushing myself which I suppose is the point.

At this point I know what I can do with a brush.

The long and winding palette knife road? Leads you to your path? We'll see.

This is my quickie demo (90 minutes) from my life painting teaching class yesterday of the lovely artist/muse Mather Louth, painted on day two of a migraine. The model and pose gorgeous but a lot to take on in just 90 minutes.

http://www.matherlouth.com

I went for a color harmony of red and green trying to get as much color into Mather's skin as I could while still greying it down, working with that knife much like icing a cake. Fast.

I hope I am making some progress. What do you think?

Today I start another one, with a little more finish of a wonderful lady that I am excited about.

"Mather Louth"
Palette Knife Life Sketch
10x12"
Oil on linen board
Johanna Spinks

My weekly studio class is always great fun. Great models and great poses.
Wednesdays 10 to 2pm
Join us?

Painting Through Rose Colored Glasses?

Painting rose villas, rose terra-cotta turrets and rose wine thru rose-colored glasses. A perfect weekend with my paints and pals I'll cherish. 

All Things Rose...Portugal.

Romancing Europe Show

This afternoon is the opening reception of The California Art Club's Romancing Europe Show. I'll be there with my painting "The Cotswold Garden Party", hat and all. I had fun with this one although all those hats did make me a little dizzy at one point.

http://www.californiaartclub.org/the-romance-of-europe/

Not too many faces in the painting. I was giving myself a little break.

The Cotswold Garden Party
By Johanna Spinks, copyrighted.
Oil on linen 12' x 16'

Back To The Drawing Board

"Saturday Sheer"
By Johanna Spinks
18 x 24
Available for purchase
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Got some good drawing time in this weekend when I helped out at Jeremy Lipking's one day workshop at his studio. I did this conte and gouache large sketch of lovely Stephanie in about two hours and I loved every minute of the busy and fun day.

Lipking is a generous teacher to his students and seems to hold the room spellbound most of the day, all marveling at the work he can pull off in demo format, yet alone on his cool grey studio walls. Look out for his next one day workshops June 21st.

Order his one day workshop here:http://www.bit.ly/lipking

See his work at www.lipking.com

You can also catch a teaching day with me too here at my Malibu studio. Drop-ins welcome.

Ocean Frenzy - How to Paint Waves?

SOLD
Close-up

30 x 15
Commissioned Boat Portrait

Real time studio view

Waves are I believe one of the hardest things to paint. My mentor Everett Raymond Kinstler,  N.A., painter of seven American presidents, told me so once. He should know. I think hands come second. My students have a terrible time with them. I also have to keep myself constantly in check around painting hands. Roses come third. Students go into a complete tizzy around white roses especially.  I sometimes do too! So the key?  It is always about the structure. Study the structure of a wave. Study the structure of a hand. Study the structure of a rose. I continue to do all three. And, truth be told, there are no short cuts. YOU CAN PAINT ALL THREE WELL WITH HOMEWORK. 

Portrait Painting Relevant Versus "Selfies"?

Is portrait painting still relevant in the age of the 'seflie'? Read here:

www.theepochtimes.com

Thanks to journalist Christin Lin for this great piece about my portrait projects The Face of Ventura and The Face of Malibu, still ongoing.

The Face of Malibu By Johanna Spinks

My ongoing Face of Malibu portrait series continues with The Malibu Times. Meet this month's sitter, Ms Jackie Sutton, painted in a single life sitting. 16 x 16. Jackie is sitter number 15. It will be intesting to see what next year brings.

Read Jackie's story here:http://www.malibutimes.com

NFS