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MEDIUM: Oil SPECIALTY: ✔ Artistic Process & Mindset ✔ Color ✔ Critiques
I feel mastering color is a huge factor in a successful painting. Covering three basic elements value, temperature, and hue.
First, learning to see the value of a color, then understanding the relationships of temperature, and learning to mix beautiful grays.
There will be easy-to-understand critiques using Photoshop to illustrate adjustments and changes to a student’s work.
Discussions, demos, and info will all help to guide their progress.
Barbara’s EXPERTISE
Listed below are this Mentor’s specialty skills. Join this group if you want to grow in these areas.
Specialty: ✔ Artistic Process & Mindset ✔ Color ✔ Critiques
Technical:
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Color & Composition
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Technique Demos
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Teaching How to Self Critique
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Providing Art Critiques
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Photoshop
It really is a game changer! I absolutely love everything about Mastrius.
I thought about getting a mentor for about a year and a half before actually going through with it, and I’m so happy I joined.
Debbie Halliday, Emerging Artist
“Mastrius has done wonders for my confidence. I have managed to step way outside of my comfort zone which has in turn given rise to so many more opportunities to further my art career.”
Deb Nicolaisen, Emerging Artist
I really liked Barbara’s approach on how she’s going to teach the group, it’s everything I would be interested in. I found Barbara’s critique super helpful, giving me the opportunity to make it a better painting. She was bang on, the lightbulbs were going on as she was showing me her suggestions. It was great and I really appreciated Barbara’s words.
Kim
The information Barbara gave me for my painting was useful – I already knew the foreground was too ”noticeable” and it was very interesting to see what the painting looked like with more muted colours. I think Barbara would be a great mentor as I like the way she explained things – she has the ”chops”!
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Emerging
Mentorship Membership
$ USD87/Month
Next session: June 13, 2024
On the 2nd Thursday of every month 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM MDT Thu
Barbara worked as a Restoration Artist and Conservator for over 35 Years. Now retired from Restoration she dedicates her time to her own art.
As an oil painter her work has been strongly influenced by the bold, impressionist art of Contemporary Russian painters. As a result, her own painting has become bolder and more expressionistic.
"Painting to me is about capturing the energy of a subject. I love strong textures, thick paint and vibrant colors. I search to find a balance between the abstract and the representational.
I love the tactile feel of pushing thick paint around and layering juxtaposing color notes. I have moved away from a more literal translation of my subject to a more emotional response."
Barbara is a signature member of Oil Painters of America (OPA), and American Impressionists Society (AIS).
She is represented by:
Frames Unlimited Galleries in Michigan and Ohio Mary
