Marilyn Fenn Studio

7/16/09 – Today I’m participating in a collaborative online project with other art bloggers. We are re-posting one of our favorite posts from our blogs. I chose to re-post some notes from art school from way back when, because I find these tips personally useful to review every so often, especially this year when I am exploring various other avenues in my creative process. Perhaps other artists will find some of these tips helpful, too.

Drawing by Rembrandt van Rijn
“Reclining Lion”
pen and paint brush
ca. 1650
Class notes from art camp classes with George Liebert and Dan Gustin, Oxbow, MI, summer 1991.
Make a list of verbs and adjectives about your own work.
When struggling with a work, isolate parts of it and do lots of sketches to come up with a better composition.
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Painting by George Tooker
Waiting Room
Egg Tempura on Gesso Panel
24″x30″
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Class notes, SAIC, 1991.