Join our mailing list!“Rick Berry did four paintings throughout the afternoon in his unplanned improv method — scribbling with the paint and lifting highlights until he found direction in the act of painting. Rick, as usual, was as inspiring as a speaker as he was a painter.” Irene Gallo writing about ART OUT LOUD 7 at Museum of American Illustration, Sept 24, 2011.
See full story and photos at TOR about this Benefit for Student Scholarships sponsored by Society of Illustrators. Click facebook button on right for photos of Rick painting, courtesy of Melannie Montenegro, Album – Sept 24, 2011
Rick, could you please explain how you make these monochromatic improv paintings? I tried one myself, but I was dissatisfied with the flow of the medium and the board which was too absorbant. I guess the paint mustn’t dry too quickly if you need some time to let the painting “talk to you”. I did it on a gessoed illustration board with turpentine for a start (then I moved to linseed oil, because the turps was too siccative).
Hello,
Just a heads up, the link to TOR’s blog doesn’t work.
Here’s the correct link to the wonderful post-
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/09/art-out-loud-7-an-afternoon-of-painting-with-julie-bell-rick-berry-donato-giancola-greg-manchess-and-boris-vallejo
-Tony
Thanks, it looks like the link was there, but got clobbered by some extra punctuation somewhere… I fixed it.