Thursday, January 22, 2026

2026.1.22. Copy Abstraction workshop with Sarah Bixler

1/22, Thursday, noon. About 10 students today at this Salon Studio. Today's workshop starts at noon instead of 1pm, so Sarah made the first few of us cut and arrange 2 different colors on a tableau, as an excercise of thinking about shapes, while waiting for others to show up. Here're all the different takes.

Then we were to take 3 colored pencils, and draw a triangle of 9 mixed colors. Last, pick a painting, and try to copy it with limited color, by drawing shape first. Abstract elements:
  • Shapes: round, rectangular, triangle
  • Values: dark, mid, light
  • Edges: soft, hard
  • Colors: warm/cold, neutral/saturated
This is my result.