Mixed Media Artist Gini Bailey: VIA COLORI~#comment-form#comment-form

Mixed Media Artist Gini Bailey: VIA COLORI~#comment-form#comment-form

VIA COLORI~

Just 4 more days until Via Colori! I can't wait. Via Colori is a street painting festival in Downtown Houston. Its a wonderful 2 day event that showcases 200 artists who create large scale murals directly on the streets of Allen Parkway and Bagby at Sam Houston Park. The festival is to bring awareness to The Center for Hearing and Speech in Houston. Its a wonderful event and so much fun to be apart of. Last year was my first year to participate and I had an amazing time. I painted a big, bright, beautiful sunflower, with a magical colorful center. Now... to decide what I'll paint this year... wish me luck~

Its been awhile since I've posted, but I've gotten a lot done...lol Have had several lessons with my art student. We've been learning about water color and all the wonderful things you can do with it. He was very excited to learn about the wet on wet technique, he thought that was pretty cool. He thought the way the colors merged together was 'awesome'. Yesterday we played with some water color batik... he loved that! We used a tool that melts wax and allows you to draw with it. After he drew his picture, we very lightly sprinkled powdered pigment all over his water color paper. Then, we took a spray bottle and began to spray. When the water hit the pigments, they began to 'grow'. The more water the more color he got. It was so fun to watch him doing this project, he was so into it. I just love when that happens~ :)

Happenings....

I had my student yesterday afternoon. We talked about color mixing and I showed him how to make a color map by painting examples of the colors he uses to mix, and the results of mixing those colors together. He liked the idea of having a record of the color he creates. We worked on brush work and looseness. We painted trees using negitive painting by, "smooshing" color, any color he chose. When the "smooshes" dried, we used black paint to paint the negative space behind his tree. He loved it!

well.... I wasnt able to finish my boot painting in time. I am disapointed but cant really be too hard on myself because I only had a week to paint and get it ready for the show.... I'll continue to work on the boot and we'll see how it turns out.

I taught my 2nd art class yesterday and hada blast. We discussed color, hue and saturation. We made a gray scale and a color wheel. He was very excited to see how color mixing works. We talked about the rainbow, primary and sedcondary color, and how by using the 3 primary colors and black and white you could make any color imaginable. Next week I think we may start a painting.

My New Project

Today, I started a new project... boots! There's a jurried show this weekend that I'm hoping to enter.....if I finish! The show is called 'Boots to Heal', it benifits M.D. Anderson. The only requirement, of coourse, boots must be in the painting. Its being held at Morton Street Gallery, a local gallery in Richmond Tx. This will be my first juried show, and my first national show... wish me luck!

My art student just left. We talked about the difference in pencils, from H6, to HB to B6... We covered composition, proportion, color value, breaking things down into shapes, shadow and light... Had a great time! Hope he doesnt mind the homework... lol Now, its time to prepare for next week.

I have a new student coming today after school. He's a very cool 2nd grader, who loves to draw. I'm excited about getting started with him. I've been busy getting things ready for class.

I also have several projects in the works. I'm painting a secretary and shelf, I'm painting it for a friend who is redecorating her daughters room. I think she'll be very happy with the results. I have several jazz inspired paintings that I have been working on for my neice, who is an incredible jazz saxaphone player. She will be displaying the paintings on her website. I also have a juried art show coming up, and have to get started on at least one painting to enter. The theme of the show is 'Boots to Heal' and will benefit M.D. Anderson. Like the name suggests, all the paintings must contain a boot of some kind. If I'm able to finish in time, I will be delivering my painting to the gallery this Saturday for judging. Wish me luck.....

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