Day 1 Highlights

We started Day 1 of Realism Live with an invigorating format we've never done before (read below to see how we broke tradition).

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Daily Highlights from the 3rd Annual Realism Live virtual art conference Visit RealismToday.com Share these highlights: Forwarded from a friend? Subscribe to Realism Today Here Day 1 Highlights We started Day 1 of Realism Live with an invigorating format we've never done before (read below to see how we broke tradition). Before going into the session details, we'd like to take a moment to thank the sponsors we heard from today, including Royal Talens featuring Michelle Dunaway, Savoir-Faire featuring Kate Zambrano, and Blick featuring Zhenya Gershman. Join us now to catch the rest of the event LIVE, and access the replays for the moments you still want to catch. And, remember to check out the faculty art auction! Prior to this week, Peter Trippi modeled for Michelle Dunaway's portrait painting demo in his NYC home. For Realism Live, we were able to watch the footage of the session while Peter and Michelle discussed her process, including how crucial the initial setup is when it comes to light, shadows, and more. Michelle said, for example, that she prefers to start from the focal point and work her way out. After the demo, she took questions from everyone watching. Michelle Dunaway, with her recent portrait of Peter Trippi Michelle's demo was followed by another live session – this time with Karen Offutt, who came into our Austin studios to paint a portrait from a photo reference. Throughout her workshop, she guided us through each decision she was making, including what to do – and to avoid doing. From Karen Offutt's Portrait Demo Lisa Egeli shared her approach to working from a photograph to create a larger sketch that she then used for a landscape painting. Why all the prep? To work out potential issues (composition, for example) in advance. From Lisa Egeli's Landscape Demo We also had a special guest appearance from Nancy Atherton West, who started the "Dreamliners" – a grassroots Facebook group of Streamline fans, which has 3500 members from 85 countries. "Dreamliner" Nancy Atherton West Alex Kelly demonstrated how he paints alla prima (from life observation). He shared his process for the initial block-in and then developed the drawing, value, hue, chroma, and edges to bring a painting to completion. Bonus: Alex also showed us the simple tool but brilliant he uses to determine the size of a new composition. From Alex Kelly's Floral Demo @debbsart Focused on every word Michelle Dunaway is explaining on her portrait painting on 3rd Annual Realism Live with @dunawayfineart And of course, we closed the evening with our nightly paint-along cocktail hour, complete with camaraderie, networking, and painting. Stay tuned – there's more to come! Replays are available at RealismLive.com for a limited time, and coming up next is the 3rd Annual Watercolor Live! We hope to see you there! Streamline Publishing Inc. 331 SE Mizner Blvd Boca Raton, FL 33432 United States Advertise in Realism Today Manage Your Email Subscription Preferences Unsubscribe Copyright 2022 Streamline Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Realism Live™ is a trademark of Streamline Publishing, Inc.