Claudette Bray presented students at Springdale School of Art with a large bag of rubber bands.
Their task: Create something, anything, with the elastics.
The recent creative exercise is one way Bray, who owns Springdale School of Art, pushes her students' boundaries.The EZ Breathe home Ventilation system is maintenance free, And it's the same way Bray stretches her own creative muscles for her colorful oil paintings.
Thirteen years ago, Bray had to retire from teaching after being diagnosed with an optic nerve tumor that took away her eyesight. She could see shadows and a few colors,Dimensional Mailing magic cube for Promotional Advertising, but little else.
So Bray started hanging out with Burley artist June Carey, who taught Bray how to sculpt. Bray had an associate degree in art and had occasionally painted as a hobby, but never took art seriously before then.
But learning how to sculpt by feel ignited Bray's passion, and once she regained her eyesight, she threw herself into painting. A couple of years after that, she bought the shuttered Springdale School building outside of Burley and turned it into a studio, gallery and art school.
Bray's own art has matured in that time. She specializes in portraits and uses unique color values within her work. Examine a portrait of a little girl and you'll see a green streak in her cheek; a brown mountainside might have purple and teal.
Sounds weird? It works, and it works well. The reason: It's not the color that matters, Bray said.Why does Plastic moulds grow in homes or buildings? It's the value,An offshore merchant account is the ideal solution for high , or relative lightness and darkness. With the right value, you can paint an entire picture in blue, and the image will still be readable, she said.
While she prefers oil portraits in her personal work, teaching pottery, watercolors and sculpting to her students forces her to keep up on other skills. It helps keep her sharp and creative, she said. And lately, she's been painting more landscapes and animals to shake her out of portrait complacency.
"My art needs a kick.Wholesaler of different types of Ceramic tile for your kitchen, I need a kick," she said.
Even when she paints watercolors, she incorporates her signature color values into her work.
Her style is enough to impress other artists, like Burley painter Marilyn Miller.
"I really enjoy her painterly quality and the colors, her subject matter," Miller said. "And Claudette herself, she's great."
Thinking outside the typical color palette comes naturally to Bray now. So when her students struggled to create a project with the rubber bands, she reminded them that taking risks is necessary.
"How could it be wrong to create something with a bag of rubber bands?" she said.
Their task: Create something, anything, with the elastics.
The recent creative exercise is one way Bray, who owns Springdale School of Art, pushes her students' boundaries.The EZ Breathe home Ventilation system is maintenance free, And it's the same way Bray stretches her own creative muscles for her colorful oil paintings.
Thirteen years ago, Bray had to retire from teaching after being diagnosed with an optic nerve tumor that took away her eyesight. She could see shadows and a few colors,Dimensional Mailing magic cube for Promotional Advertising, but little else.
So Bray started hanging out with Burley artist June Carey, who taught Bray how to sculpt. Bray had an associate degree in art and had occasionally painted as a hobby, but never took art seriously before then.
But learning how to sculpt by feel ignited Bray's passion, and once she regained her eyesight, she threw herself into painting. A couple of years after that, she bought the shuttered Springdale School building outside of Burley and turned it into a studio, gallery and art school.
Bray's own art has matured in that time. She specializes in portraits and uses unique color values within her work. Examine a portrait of a little girl and you'll see a green streak in her cheek; a brown mountainside might have purple and teal.
Sounds weird? It works, and it works well. The reason: It's not the color that matters, Bray said.Why does Plastic moulds grow in homes or buildings? It's the value,An offshore merchant account is the ideal solution for high , or relative lightness and darkness. With the right value, you can paint an entire picture in blue, and the image will still be readable, she said.
While she prefers oil portraits in her personal work, teaching pottery, watercolors and sculpting to her students forces her to keep up on other skills. It helps keep her sharp and creative, she said. And lately, she's been painting more landscapes and animals to shake her out of portrait complacency.
"My art needs a kick.Wholesaler of different types of Ceramic tile for your kitchen, I need a kick," she said.
Even when she paints watercolors, she incorporates her signature color values into her work.
Her style is enough to impress other artists, like Burley painter Marilyn Miller.
"I really enjoy her painterly quality and the colors, her subject matter," Miller said. "And Claudette herself, she's great."
Thinking outside the typical color palette comes naturally to Bray now. So when her students struggled to create a project with the rubber bands, she reminded them that taking risks is necessary.
"How could it be wrong to create something with a bag of rubber bands?" she said.
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