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Monday, January 26, 2009

Edward Potthast, 1857-1927


Hi,  I went to the Cincinnati Art museum on Saturday with a group to paint.  It is such fun and I highly recommend it if you never tried it.  They allow you to come in and do it anytime.  You have to set up 4 ft. away and bring a drop cloth.  I painted Edward Potthast's Playtime,  almost sure that is the name.  We only had around 3 hours so I wanted a fairly simple one, my husband did not understand why they did not have faces, lol.  I painted it in oil on a 11 X 14 canvas panel.  

9 comments:

Dean H. said...

What a great learning tool..I like this!

Barbara Pask said...

Hi Dean, I really enjoyed myself, if I lived closer to the museum I think I would be in there a lot doing this. As always, I'm glad you came by.

http://www.onpainting.wordpress.com said...

I'm so envious - that would be a lot of fun. Nice job on the one you picked. What a great learning tool.

Bill

Barbara Pask said...

Hi Bill, You would love it, I would do it more often if I could. Really great to be able to get close enough to see their brushstrokes.

Carol said...

Hi Barbara. Wow, you got so much down in three hours! I am impressed! Funny, I have never thought of painting in an Art Museum but it could be interesting. I wonder if they would allow it here in SA?

Barbara Pask said...

Hi Carol, You should check into it. I copied one of Sargent's paintings a while back but there is nothing like copying a painting in person. The art museum here is so great about allowing it but I guess all art museums don't allow it. Hope you try it.

Diana Moses Botkin said...

That's such a good study opportunity. Not all museums are so artist-friendly, which seems sad and stupid.

So glad to hear you have handy access to masterpieces to learn from!

Mary Sheehan Winn said...

You know, I've wondered if I could take paint into the MFA in Boston. I've only seen sketching going on. Although I extol the benefits of copying, I never do it. Should take my own advice!
You did a great job with this, Barb!

Barbara Pask said...

Thank you so much Mary, it was really fun and challenging. Go do it! You will love the experience.