Mrs+Nyhof's+Painting+Workshop

=Patterns of the Mind in Art= ====Through our inkblots we have discovered our mind is full of hidden patterns which it uses to make sense of what we see. The patterns triggered in one mind may be very different from those triggered in another.==== ====Artist-tutor Brenda Nyhof uses her brain's pattern-matching to uncover shapes hidden in her paintings. As we found with our inkblots, the hidden shapes are often unusual and mysterious, fed by our imagination.====

Follow the workshop as a group of students discover Brenda's technique. Along the way they will explore different qualities of paint such as saturation, opacity, transparency, glaze and wash...

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pattern-bank triggers the eye to see the hidden shapes.
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Let's begin...
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Cadmium Yellow, Zinc White - both opaque
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Only a tiny squirt is needed...mixed with water...
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covers. A darker hue will also cover more.
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Blocking out with opaque Cadmium Yellow...
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Filling gaps with transparent Alizarin Crimson...
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Splashing... and then left to dry
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... an opaque, rather dull tan-yellow in the corner.
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 * ==Session 2: Using Glazes==

Ultramarine Blue was very vivid over patches of white canvas.
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... a beautiful, vibrant orange
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... almost-black on the thicker brush-stroke edges
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Red and yellow in different layer combinations...
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Painting 1: A glaze of Ultramarine Blue enhances orange when painted alongside.
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Ultramarine Blue when glazed over Alixarin Crimson makes beautiful purples.
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Painting1:A glaze of Ultramarine Blue over Cadmium yellow makes brilliant greens.
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Painting 1: Ultramarine Blue was very vivid when painted over white canvas.
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A glaze of Ultramarine Blue on the yellow makes green.
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Painting 2...
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Painting 2: Some final splashes...
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Left to dry for Session 3...
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alone...
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We mixed some Alizarin Crimson with some opaque cadmium yellow to make
an opaque orange ready for scumbling... ||

over the chalk outlines for a soft transition around the areas to be left untouched...
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of overallcdirection...
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Next we mixed some Prussian Blue with opaque zinc white to make an opaque
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Painting 1: We scumbled different areas of the canvas...
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with an opaque paint which soaks up the light ...
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fluidity and unity...
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Painting 2 close up showing a dramatic scumble of Prussian Blue...
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Painting 2: Left to dry for Session 4
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various forms of animals floating in space...
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around it as their starting point...
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Painting 1: A line drawn across a painting can break it up into a foreground and a background giving it the illusion of depth...
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Again using a small amount of paint the colour was scumbled on, leaving some areas with the under painting showing.
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Painting 2: Scumbling different values of blue help to sculpt the cat's face...
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Alizarin Crimson.
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visible beneath it adds some depth.
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painting. Using complementary colours also makes the area lively...
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painting is as important as the defined areas.
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visual cohesion between disparate areas...
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Painting 1: Scumbling orange over blue to soften the clean lines...
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viewer's gaze. The chalk outlines have been removed.
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resulting in vibrant glimpses of the layers of the under painting...
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of the purple bird...
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illusion of depth.
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