This past few weeks I’ve been busy creating new artwork in several workshops.
First, I took part in a wonderful workshop held in Santa Barbara with Skip Lawrence.
Skip Lawrence workshop participants
Some of my new artwork
“You’re So Sensitive” ©Ruth Armitage, Watercolor on Paper 11″x11″
Skip Lawrence has been a mentor for many years and has seen me through quite a few changes in my work, from still life to figurative to abstraction. I always value his input and am inspired by his instruction. Here are a few more new pieces that transpired from the workshop.
“Autumn Migration” Mixed Media on Paper 11″x11″ ©Ruth Armitage
“Haunted” Mixed Media on Paper 22″x30″ ©Ruth Armitage
“Thresher” Mixed Media on Paper 15″x22″ ©Ruth Armitage
“Attic” Mixed Media on Paper 22″x22″ ©Ruth Armitage
“Evening Vista” Mixed Media on Paper 15″x20″ ©Ruth Armitage
3 Whites for Watercolorists
Next I taught my own workshop: Three Whites for Watercolorists. My friend Ruth Ellen Hoag hosted me in beautiful Santa Barbara. I neglected to take many photos, but trust me when I say that my students did fantastic work. If you follow me on Facebook, you’ve seen some of them posting their beautiful paintings. Here are a few of my demonstrations:
“Sundown” Mixed Media on Paper, 7″x11″ ©Ruth Armitage
“Night Flight” Mixed Media on Paper, 8″x10″ ©Ruth Armitage
“Silent Wings” Mixed Media on Paper 7″x11″ ©Ruth Armitage
Cold Wax and Oil
Finally, this week I held a 2-day workshop featuring Cold Wax and Oil painting at my neighbor’s beautiful Studio on the Knoll. Here’s a group shot of most of the class at the end of the workshop:
Satisfied Participants
Art Buddies signed up together 🙂
And one of my demonstration paintings
“High Water” Oil & Cold Wax on Panel 12″x12″ ©Ruth Armitage
Next up, one more workshop on Oil & Cold Wax at Emerald Art Center next week!I love teaching and taking workshops because it provides me with lots of painting time, feedback and friendships. I hope you’ll join me for a future class.
Leave me a comment and let me know which is your favorite new artwork!
Wonderful paintings!
Are you teaching any workshops in the Portland metro area? When? Where?
Thank you Jane! All my currently scheduled workshop listings are here: http://Ruth Armitage.com/art-workshops. I may schedule one more in May or July. If so they will be on the same page!
I hope you’ll consider holding an abstract watercolor workshop in June or July. We’ll be back in Portland around the end of May.
Hi Naomi,
I’m working on my summer schedule now! I’ll let you know how it goes 🙂
Ruth
Lots of neat ones
I like night flight, silent wings, attic
Thanks Chris!
Ruth…I have loved watching your art work evolve over the last few years…thank you for sharing your journey! My favorites are Silent Wings (speaks to my soul of the courage to take flight), Haunted (ever present connection we share with our circle, our tribe…) and Attic (well, this one evokes memories in me…memories of maternal love through generations…)
Thanks Norene! It is interesting to me to hear which ones appeal to each person! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Hi Ruth! Thanks for sharing your recent works. Its hard to say which is a favorite. Attic, You’re So Sensitive, Haunted and Thresher were favorites as I looked at each one. I am intrigued by “High Water”. It almost looks like you have string on the panel; it has a tactile appeal!
Thanks Peggy! Yes High Water has a piece of paper collages on it that has fibers or string running through it! Glad you enjoyed the post!
Hi Ruth- so fun to see your work! When you posted “attic” on FB and asked us about our childhood memories I was taken back to Hoppy’s hill—a small sledding hill in our neighborhood that entertained us through the cold Wisconsin winters. I hadn’t thought of that memory in years! Amazing what art can do! I even painted a small sketch of my remembrances of it. Thank you.
Hi Leslie, So glad to hear the prompt gave you some good inspiration! Sounds like so much fun…