Day 3 of Qiang Huang Workshop

I stopped in again on the final day of Qiang Huang's Oil Painting Workshop at the Artist's Guild in Melbourne. This time many of the paintings had already been put away and others were still in progress. (The photo above is a still life set up to paint.) Qiang was giving a presentation on using various tools like Gimp (free) and Photoshop (very expensive) for preparing photos of your artwork and on how to use the internet for marketing. I heard lots of comments about what a great class it was and what a wonderfully patient and brilliant teacher Qiang is. Hope he's back again next year. If he is, we're sure to announce it on this site so stay tuned. Following are a few photos I managed to take.



Above, a student painting in progress of the beautiful still life at the top of this post. Below, another still life and two of the student paintings in progress.








Below, Qiang presenting his process for preparing photos of his paintings for marketing purposes.



For those of you who would like to know more about Qiang and his work, here's that link to Qiang's blog.

Day 2 of Qiang Huang Workshop

I stopped in on the Qiang Huang Oil Painting Workshop in the Artist's Guild in downtown Melbourne at the end of the day today. Some people had already packed up and left so I couldn't capture all of the exciting paintings. Qiang did another wonderful set up and painting that is captured above. He demonstrates in the morning and then assists the artists with setting up interesting arrangements and then guides them as they paint. Wonderful and intense all at the same time.

Here is a picture of Qiang captured as he was putting things away at the end of the day. If you would like to know more about Qiang and his work and future workshops you can visit his blog at Qiang Huang.blogspot.com.



Following are some photos from the day of both the beautiful arrangements, the paintings in progress and some artists still at work to give you a feel for the day.

Day 1 of Qiang-Huang Workshop

Today, I stopped into the Guild to take photos of the first day of the Qiang-Huang Workshop. Qiang is an amazing oil painter and this is his second workshop held in Melbourne. If you are not familiar with Qiang and his work, stop by his thoughtful, updated almost daily, enlightening blog at Qiang-Huang.blogspot.com.

Since many of the Pieces of 8 are oil painters and followers of Qiang we are well represented at the workshop by Mary Warnick, Dennette Schweikert, Carmen Beecher, Phillis Holland and Cindy Michaud. And for that reason, I'm hoping to capture pictures of each of the three days.

Here are some of the photos from today, starting with Qiang's beautiful setup and the demonstration piece he completed in the morning hours.



Below are just some wide shots of the Guild which really is an amazing place when you fill it with such wonderful artists. I'm not only in awe of Qiang and his demo, but of all of his students and their paintings from today.





I hope to capture more tomorrow.