Montepulciano Twilight

Montepulciano Twilight, Watercolor and oil pastel on Arches paper 22"x30", Toni Youngblood 2014

Meditative Knitting

Meditative Knitting, 30"x22" Watercolor and oil pastel on Arches paper, Toni Youngblood 2014

Tabletop Tulip Topography

Tabletop Tulip Topography - 30"x22", Watercolor, oil pastel and color pencil, Toni Youngblood 2014

Acryilic Painting: Class Lessons

Beginners' Acrylic Painting students painted along with me on this demonstration. They learned to layout their composition by gridding the original and the surface on which they are to paint, blending the colors into each other to model the three dimensionality of the objects, complementary color effects and mixing ultramarine blue with burnt umber to create a lively black...and they had fun doing it!

 
Intermediates' Acrylic Painting students followed me on this demonstration by painting their own. They learned important use of positive and negative space. They examined how objects we know are of the same hue in nature can change appearance to the eye according to light and shadow. They learned to mix paint colors to "match" the colors that we actually see by evaluating the target color for: hue, value, and intensity. They also learned to create an "olive" green by mixing black and yellow together.

My Acrylic Painting Classes are out for Summer break, but will start up again in the Fall!  Watch this website for posting of the Fall 2014 Course Catalog and Registration:  Salt Lake Community Education

Portrait Workshop with John Erickson

Above:  John Erickson, 24"x18" graphite on paper, Toni Youngblood, 2014.

Last week I participated in a two-day portrait making workshop with University of Utah art professor, John Erickson.  John has a show coming up in June at Phillips Gallery.  You can see John Erickson's work here.

Below is a self-portrait painted by John Erickson...

300 Plates

 Waimea - 11"x10" Encaustic on panel, Toni Youngblood 2014

Motueka - 11"x10" Encaustic on panel, Toni Youngblood 2014

Two paintings completed for 300 Plates at Art Access 2014 event.
"Motueka" and "Waimea", were painted with encaustic medium and named for places on the South Island of New Zealand where I made the thumbnail sketches in December 2013. Read more about Art Access and the 300 Plates fundraising event at the link below:
http://www.accessart.org/support-us/300-plates-fundraiser

Parental Guidance

 

 Parental Guidance - 36"x24" acrylic on canvas, Toni Youngblood 2014.