In the Fall of 2017 I had another opportunity to learn from Phillip Rubinov Jacobson and Mantra Cora, and attending Fa Presto - Grisaille Portrait Painting Workshop. Phillip was formally charged by his mentor Ernst Fuchs to carry on the visionary lineage and teach by teaching the knowledge of the old masters in the art of painting. It is such a gift to get exposed to this knowledge! I was drawing all my life, and before Phil and Mantra, I didn't have a really good painting teacher, even though I went to one of the best art schools in Poland. Instead, in this direction, I was given the space and freedom to explore my spirit, which was a perfect divine orchestration, something that I needed the most at the time, to be able to use my art as a tool for my healing and delving within to find myself. Also one of the very first things that I had to do after finishing this art school it was letting go of everything that I was being taught, so I am not too conditioned;) In these and following years I would paint a little bit, but it was a very inefficient way. Here, I am learning of how to build a painting with the light and the shadow first, and in case of this particular technique - with shades of grey, and then applying glazes of color. However with this piece I didn't follow the grisaille technique fully and I tweaked it a little bit;) I was working on a very nice smooth gesso board, and after applying a brownish layer at the early stage of development, I felt like keeping it showing through, and working with the shades of grey very softly.
At this point of my journey I am very excited to devote myself more deeply into painting and mastering my skills!
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Art products with this artwork:
https://pixels.com/featured/medicine-woman-kati-astraeir.html
If you want to learn more about upcoming workshops with Phillip and Mantra go to:
http://www.rubinovs-lightning.com/new/start.php