Thursday, 19 August 2010
Greek Islands Painting Trip
It has been a long time since my last post but at last I have something to put up. There were 15 of us Aussies on a painting trip with artist Michael Winters in the second half of June. We stayed on the island of Leros near Turkey but made day trips to Patmos with its famous monastery and Lipsos, a small island with over 50 churches. We mainly did drawings in pencil, charcoal pencils and coloured pencils with some attempts with gouache/watercolour/pastel. Most of these are still to be developed into proper artworks as there was no time to finish the paintings and drawings. What's more it was too hot to stay outside for too long. I have many photographs I have yet to organise. These four paintings in gouache are from photographs of churches on Leros and Lipsos. I have simplified the backgrounds as I wanted the churches to stand out.
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Hi Ruth,
I like your Greek Island paintings. The colours are strong and the shapes dynamic. Thanks for the message. I am still finishing off work but am doing at my pace.
Best Wishes, Cathy.
A great series Ruth - a joy to see you painting them! Bron
Here I am on my last few days on Leros looking at your creative responses to your time here Ruth, marvellous to see.
Congratulations,
Michael Winters
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