I just completed the Strada easel 30 day plein air painting challenge. I did 30 small paintings, one each day and posted them on FB in order to have a chance to win a Strada Easel. Of course the real reason I did it was to be able to do a small painting every day […]
Author: Jean Wilkey
Intersections show opens Oct 7
You are all invited to come out to my solo show, Intersections, at The Gallery at Big Picture. It opens on Friday, October 7 with a free reception on ramble night from 5 – 7 pm. The show runs through October. The gallery is located at 311 N Main st. in Las Cruces. 575-647-0508. I hope […]
Portrait of Tess
Tess took painting classes from me. She was already quite talented and drew well. I shared the basics of painting in oils with her. Then she became a teen ager and I lost her to boys. This is an oil sketch I did of her using a less limited palette. It’s basically the Zorn palette, along with a […]
Portrait of Zoie on a Monday
Having a model is a great way to start off the week. This was a quick two-hour portrait study of Zoie, one of my students. She’s a great model. Didn’t move an inch! I used the Zorn palette that I wrote about last post, which consists of Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red light, Ivory Black and Titanium White. This is […]
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Popcorn Skies and a month of Plein Air
I want to win a Strada easel. I know. Fat chance. Strada easels are the brain child of Bryan Mark Taylor and they are a cool, light-weight field pochade box. They’re running a contest for the month of September and no doubt thousands will enter. You have to paint en plein air every day […]
Anders Zorn, his palette & color charts
Anders Zorn was a Swedish painter (1860-1920) whose work was popular in both Sweden and the United States, and as a well-known and successful portraitist, he was one of Sargent’s chief rivals. Recently there has been a lot of interest in Zorn in the U. S. due to the 2013-2014 retrospective of his work which traveled to […]
Cardboard Sky
I enjoy painting from observation. For me so much about art is really learning to see both with the internal and external eye. One thing I’ve been focused on over the past few years is trying to get accurate color temperature and value in the work. That’s what really describes the quality of the light and the atmosphere […]
Upcoming classes
My oil painting classes will begin again in September. If you’re interested in taking small group classes in the intimate environment of my studio, please get in touch with me. I’ll be teaching both beginning and more advanced levels and all subjects. You can email or call me for more information or click the ‘classes […]
Three Pears with Sky & Chocolate Bunnies
I’ve recently been painting skies and I love the wonderful red blush of pears so it was a no brainer to put the two together. But I wanted to emphacize the pears more than the sky and so I kept the clouds whispy in the background instead of the big puffy, rain filled ones I tend to favor. […]
White Azaleas in Blue Pot
I bought this beautiful white Azalea as soon as I saw it. Or maybe it’s a Rhododendron. I’m not really sure. I didn’t notice that the tag was missing until I got home. So I can only guess at what it is and how to care for it. I set it in a pot that was a gift […]
My Summer drawing classes at the Art Museum for children and adults
I’ll be teaching three classes in July at the Las Cruces Museum of Art. Sign up if you like, and please note the registration deadline is one week before the classes begin.Check the dates so you don’t miss out. Here’s the info. Figure Drawing Class, adults, Thursdays, July 14 – Aug 4, 6:30-8:30pm, Museum of Art, [Register […]
Apple demo for ghosts
Cray-cray, I know, but not long ago, I did a demo for no one. I admit I didn’t publicize it well and it WAS on a Wednesday evening after all. But ever hopeful, I wagged my gear to Mas Art and set up for the demo. No one showed. But, I was already there so what the […]