{"id":4743,"date":"2018-03-17T13:39:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T19:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:03:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T21:03:00","slug":"an-afternoon-at-ohlone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/an-afternoon-at-ohlone\/","title":{"rendered":"An Afternoon at Ohlone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Quiet Cove, Garrapata, 12×16, oil on board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Perhaps I should have confessed it up front to Elizabeth, but I had had never been in an art classroom in an institution of higher learning. I have been in art classrooms at art schools, but never a college or university. Being primarily self taught the last 45 years of painting, my art comes from what I love. The only ‘formal’ instruction I have had is various workshops from artists I admire the last 15 years.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Blau<\/a>, an art instructor at Ohlone College<\/a> in Fremont saw me on a TV segment NBC Bay Area (you can watch it here if you missed it)<\/a>, so invited me to her painting and drawing class to talk about “The Creeks and Rivers of Silicon Valley”<\/a>, and a painting demo.<\/p>\n

It was a class of about 10 students, all pursuing different disciplines. After a short talk about “The Creeks and Rivers of Silicon Valley”, we launched into a demonstration painting. I chose a seascape in Garrapata State Park<\/a> for my study. I really enjoyed the intimate setting where students scooted up right around my easel to watch me paint.<\/p>\n

Here are some photos during my demo, some courtesy of Elizabeth. (Click on the thumbnails to see larger versions)–<\/em><\/p>\n

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Here is the painting about where I left it in class…<\/p>\n

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The painting about where I left it in class.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I touched up the painting a bit after returning to my studio which can be seen at the top of this weblog entry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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