Painting with Color

Finished up Painting with Patterns class, now on to Painting with Color class. I have actually been using my own color combos throughout this class, mainly whatever is on hand. I'm taking the classes to learn techniques that involve painting designs on top of each other.

I opted for this particular second class because of the way the designs blend together in the middle. Here are the first four lessons.....two to a page. These are painted on the back and front of the same 5" x 10" piece of watercolor paper. It will be folded in half for a four sided greeting card, off to a special person, with a little matching painted heart inside..

Click here for a link to the artist who is teaching these classes 

More Pattern Paintings

 Finishing up one of these classes from artist Yvette St Amant......getting ready to start another one. A 5" x 5" watercolor sketchbook is recommended for these little paintings but I've been cutting out 5" x 10" pieces of watercolor paper, painting both sides of each side, then folding half to make special greeting cards. I'm also adding a little matching heart to each one, with a personal message on the back of the heart.

Click here for a link to the artist who is teaching these classes 

Pattern Class with Yvette

Now that I have a permanent residence at Art on Bridge 

feeling very inspired to start painting again.

I've been taking an online class on techniques for painting patterns https://www.yvettestamant.com/ and learned so much already, still a few lessons to go. Here are some of the prints so far. These are created  with acrylic paint, acrylic ink and white gel pens. Each paper is 5" x 10 and each little design is 5" x 5". I painted on both sides and have been folding them in half and using them as greeting cards for special people/occasions.

 

Black and White Drawings by Artist Victoria O'Neill

Drawing is the foundation for just about everything creative that I am engaged in. I started out drawing at age 16, just picked up a pen, started drawing and knew how!

For many years black and white drawing was Queen, then around age 22 started to paint, then got into fiber arts, dipped back into painting, then learned more fiber art mediums. Sketching out ideas has been constant throughout all this but now thinking about doing some serious drawing again!

Yesterday I was "supposed" to be doing so many other things, like clean up my studio, but decided to design a new rug hooking project instead. While sketching it out went a little sideways and figured why not just make this into a fine art drawing? Looking at it now realizing that this might even make a nice painting at some point.

The basics of this image will be used now for a pattern for a hooked rug wall piece.  Rug hooking is portable, something to do while tending Art on Bridge Gallery. I am a resident artist there! 

                         Art on Bridge Gallery

                                               252 Bridge Street Phoenixville PA

 My work is always there 

and I will be there in person 

from 11 to 3 every Sunday in July 2024

Artist Victoria O'Neill at Art on Bridge Phoenixville

RESIDENT ARTIST AT ART ON BRIDGE 

      

 

525 Bridge St Phoenixville PA

SUMMER HOURS are

Thursday: 4-8

Friday: 4-8

Saturday: 12-8

Sunday: 11-3

 There are 11 of us Resident Artists 

and a few Guest Artists.

This is an ongoing permanent gallery offering my paintings, fiber collages, dolls, soft sculptures and wearable art. 

   We are taking turns working in the gallery. I will be there in person on Sundays, and occasional other times.

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Spring 2024 Frog Hollow Art Show Coming Soon

A fun and fabulous event. Save the date! 

www.froghollowartshow.com

FROG HOLLOW ART SHOW SPRING 2024

 FROG HOLLOW ART SHOW 

MAY 31st, JUNE 1st, JUNE 2nd!

This bi-annual show is a fabulous HAPPENING

at the historic home of John and Markels of 

Diving Cat Gallery in Phoenixville.

We have been doing this together in the spring and in the fall for many years. We love it and so does everyone who comes to it.

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If you desire with all your heart friendship with every race on earth.....

 This piece is 35" high by 15" wide. Inspired by and included text from The Baha'i Faith Sacred Writings. This was created with fabric, cardboard and glue.

Layered Fiber Art by Artist Victoria O'Neill

This multi layered fiber art 26" work is coming along, scroll to the bottom to see where it started. This is fabric adhered to cardboard. I've used giant brads to hold it together.

36" x 20" 

                                                     The face is where it began.

Creativity Workshops and Family Nights Out with Artist Victoria O'Neill

I've been partnering with  Communities That Care and En Familia for the past couple of months to create and conduct afterschool Creativity Workshops on Mondays at Ann's Heart. These are all non profit organizations in Phoenixville. I am so happy to be back working with kids on a regular basis. Our group consists of about 10 mostly elementary aged with a couple of middle schoolers here and there.

As always my program is focused on creative self expression, offering open ended art and craft activities designed to bring out the best in all participants. So far we've been drawing, made drawn and paper shapes mandalas, made a couple of types of collages, created articulated gnome puppets and beautiful tin ornaments.

We recently met with another like minded non profit in town Barnstone Art for Kids and are going to start collaborating with them, to share supplies, ideas and other resources as needed.

Communities That Care sponsors Family Night Out each month and I will be offering the activity for some of these nights in 2024. Last month we made snowflakes and this month we are going to be focusing on The Golden Rule.