Report on Whitelaw Workshop

Mary Sparrow · 11-22-2005, 09:26 AM

HI -

Just thought I would report back on this workshop.

I'll post several photos, so this will be in more than one message.
The workshop was held in the Hunter Museum of Art in Chattanooga. Very nice facility and had some nice portraits in their collection.
Dawn did her demo for us Friday night. About 50-60 people attended. She used only a few basic colors, explaining that she is learning to think according to the color spectrum rather than in terms of "alizarin crimson" or other tube colors.
Here are a few shots of her at work and her palette.

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Julie Deane
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Mary Sparrow · 11-22-2005, 09:28 AM

30 people attended the workshop. We had three models to work from.
Dawn was a busy lady! Luckily, the Portrait Society had plenty of people to help her out with the details.
We drew a playing card, which matched a place on the floor to set up our easels. Dawn had prepared an instruction sheet giving an outline of her process with some detail. The bare bones outline is as follows:
1. Design concept 2. Drawing 3. Establish pattern 4. Establish the value key 5. Develop form and structure 6. Finish
I like this quote from her paper "If you are not pleased with design or drawing, wash the canvas off and begin again. It is easier to "give birth" than to "raise the dead".

Mary Sparrow · 11-22-2005, 09:34 AM

A few more photos. That's my work in progress.

Mary Sparrow · 11-22-2005, 10:32 AM

Hi All, I made an error while trying to edit something for Julie and lost the earlier resonses to this thread. I'm so sorry if your response was deleted.

Julie Deane · 11-22-2005, 08:38 PM

That's okay, Mary. Although I will post my workshop "finished" piece again, because I was happy with the progress I made.

Thanks again, Steven and Michelle, for your kind comments.

Marcus Lim · 11-22-2005, 11:10 PM

Hi Mary and Julie,
Thanks for sharing insights from the workshop. You guys are so lucky to have workshops like this in your country. I'm curious about Dawn's palette.
Would you be able to provide a description of the colors used? (I presume she must mention it somewhere on the buying list attached to the workshop programme?)

And strangely, i don't see ceruleum blue on her palette. If she mixes her own flesh tones, wouldn't it be an essential color on her palette?

And last but not least, i was wondering about the green (circle) that she used. Any idea what's that green?

Sorry for so many questions, hope you can indulge this curious cat here (meow!)