Break-a-Brush Newsletter for November

by David Kearnin Artists, Courses, Creativity, Exhibitions, General, Painting, Plein Airon Posted on
What great Fall weather – plein-air painting last Sunday – in watercolour this time!

My plein-air painting Summer

Thanks to everyone who came out to support my exhibition at the OSA earlier this month, both directly and by many conversations and communications. All too short of course, however I was delighted to have had the exhibition space whilst the paintings were at their freshest – one or two still tacky. I’ve been referring to it as my littlest and largest show. My smallest solo exhibition, with the largest number of paintings.

Now in the on-line gallery

Recognizing that some could not get to downtown Ottawa, I’ve set up a virtual exhibition that will run through November at: https://www.davidkearn.com/galleries/one-summer-along-our-local-trans-canada-trail/

Join us for the Artist’s Talk Webinar: “Tales from the Trail”

Tuesday, November 8th – 1 PM Eastern, (10AM Pacific, 6PM GMT)

via Zoom: email david@davidkearn.com to register (live link and recording)

 

Tom Thomson Painting Weekend – November 19th & 20th

Join us at the Shenkman Centre in Orléans for a weekend of painting, inspired by the unforgettable colour and expression of the master – Registration is still open!

Tom Thomson – The Mystery and the Magic
Saturday and Sunday, 9:30am – 4:30pm, 19/11/2022 – 20/112022 (2 days)

Register with the Ottawa School of Art: https://artottawa.ca/ Tel. (613) 580-2765

 

A couple of interesting artists, past and present:

Hilma af Klint: Swedish mystic hailed as the true pioneer of abstract art: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/16/hilma-af-klint-swedish-mystic-hailed-as-the-true-pioneer-of-abstract-art?

Karen Bailey – Portraits of the Ottawa Mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZrwDSejDP4

 

How to make a colour lighter!

Lightening a colour may seem easy however…adding white lightens, yet at the same time dilutes a colour´s intensity. Darkening the local area adjacent is often a better option as that will then make the colour appear lighter with no reduction of intensity – because there is now a higher value contrast.

When a little white is added try adding the colour complement adjacent: though the colour is washed out somewhat it will appear brighter because there is now a higher complementary colour contrast.

 

Break-a-Brush!

David & France