January 16th, 2001 ~ Day 2  A Winter Watercolor Workshop with Monte Guynes On Tuesday We Worked on Vignettes The first painting Monte did on Tuesday was this charming vignette. In this approach, the painting does not go to the edge of the paper on all four sides. Here the image fades in and out, creating an interesting design utilizing positive and negative shapes. The line work was first drawn on to the paper with a permanent marker, then washes were applied to the dry surface. Some colors were applied out of register to give the piece a more care-free look. sandy  sandy After our critique and a lunch break, we all started up again with another vignette. This time the subject was fruit and we wet the paper in a random fashion, to provide an interesting hard and soft line quality to the piece. We also did a class painting where eight or ten artists from the group participated. Monte started off with loose bananas, then called on me and I added the grapes. I called on Kay and she added the wine bottle. She called on someone else and so on. Needless to say, we ended up with a very interesting piece! All the participants signed the back of the painting. Later we had a raffle and gave the painting to a very lucky winner. sandy "A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people." ~ Edgar Degas See Day Three of Monte's Winter Watercolor Workshop at The Pines Sunday Night Demo / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday See Monte Guynes' Memorial Tribute, Biography & More Paintings Previous Page Home Page