Jordana-NYC Workshop Demo Painting

[Patricia Joyce]

In Marvin's workshop, when he is painting, it reminds me of a golf tournament, everyone so very quiet and intensely watching. So in the Atlanta class we would whisper, "he is choosing his #2 Silver Ruby Satin Filbert...a slight pickup of value 8, not too yellow, not to cool, not to warm, not too gray..holding the paintbrush, studying the canvas...he hits the tip of the nose...what a stroke...

I was thinking of you during your two weeks Marvin, wishing I were there. Your painting is gaspingly beautiful and the color is so wonderful, I imagine you must have enjoyed hanging up different colored backdrops and hitting on this perfect shade for her skintones. Can you show us some of your students' works? Please, please???

[David Draime]

As always, just beautiful! Done from life and so full of life!

[Marvin Mattelson]

Margaret, Patty and David, thank you all very much for your flattering comments. Always much appreciated. As usual I feel that the subtlety of the color notes do not come through online.

Patty, I have to process and size the pictures I took of the student's work and I will try to do so as soon as I get a moment. This group of students was very enthusiastic and quite vocal, so the workshop demos sounded more like a soccer match than a golf tournament. Not a lot of whispering with this bunch. Regarding the backdrop color, Jordana had posed for my foundation painting class at the end of the semester, so I was very anxious to have her be the demo model in my workshop, and I knew exactly which color I wanted.

[Marvin Mattelson]

Hi Patty,

I posted some of my students' work from my 2008 Summer Workshops here in the workshop discussion area: http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...1551#post81551

[Enzie Shahmiri]

Lovely as usual Marvin! She has such nice bone structure and her skin tones are beautiful.