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 This is the class I had last weekend. I hope they learned a lot and will paint with a bit more confidence plus be able to understand why a paining works or does not work. |
Hello Artists, I am going to have a wonderful two day workshop. Day one will be on Edgar Paynes Composition and day two will be on Monet's 1919 palette. Hope you can join us. The dates are Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.
We will start at my house with a presentation on the 9 compositions, you will do a exercise on one of the compositions then we will go to a close location, paint a small painting using that composition. Day two we will come to my house again see and experience Monet's palette, then off to the same location as the day before, paint the same painting but this time use Monet's colors. Who say's I don't know how to have a good time! All levels welcome!!! |
 Here is the painting that I painted from Tiburon. Notice the brown house is now white. I wanted to create patterns of light and dark so the house had to be light. |
 This is the view I painted in Tiburon. I tried a different view and didn't like it as much. The drawing of this looks easy but I found it hard to get it just right. I don't think I could make this into a big painting, too much water to be interesting. I want to find a different view as well, a view looking down through trees to the water. Time will tell. |
 This is the location that St. Mary's blossom was painted. We had tried to paint a different orchard that day and it was too windy and the blossoms were not out yet. The day was sunny, then in came the clouds, it did rain just as we left. As you can see I put in only what I wanted to make a good painting. I put some of the yellow and pinks in the grass because green gets boring pretty quick. I put the ladder in because I felt this would add
something and I had seen other trees with that kind of ladder on them.
Let me know if you have any questions. Joyous painting to you. |
 This is a wonderful road with horses being ridden down in fact one time there was a parade with horses and riders all dressed as all kinds of creative things. But back to art, the last time I painted this scene I was working on a very small palette of Whistler. I am seeing what it does, it is my way of playing. |
 PAINT OUT
There will be a preserve lamorinda open space paintout on Sunday Sept. 27 on Rheem Blvd. in Moraga from 10:30 to 2. This is to draw attention to the developer who wants to put 35 houses on a very unstable hill. |
T. Onoda is a "Plein-Air" California painter who has expertise in both the form and teaching the technique to students. She wishes to utilize this page to assist aspiring students in developing a love for painting and acquiring the skills necessary to capture that love on canvas.
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 This is the Photograph of the workshop in September. There were about 10 students. I went over design elements, composition, color, brush strokes and much more. The students painted masterpieces and I think we all had a good day. |
| This is one more photo of the workshop at the critic at the end of the day. What a beautiful place to spend the day. |
Most of T. Onoda's work captures the "endangered landscapes" of Northern California, the beautiful rural areas rapidly being developed to provide housing for the state's burgeoning population. As farms, forests and meadows of wild flowers are destroyed to make way for housing, Teresa is one of a small band of plein-air painters trying to put on canvas the beauty that, ironically, attracts so many to live in one of the most attractive regions in the world.
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 This is the photograph of the scene that I see often. I knew it was going to be a challenge to create the joy I had in looking at this view. I go nuts over hay bales! I was pleased when I got done because I did what I wanted to do, and that does not always happen in art. |
 This painting I painted at Viansa Vineyard. I love the way the stock part of the grape plants grow. I also enjoy the distance one can put in this painting. I try to paint this painting in all seasons for a challenge. |
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