Ingrid Christensen

LATEST ARTICLES ( 207 )

• Federation of Canadian Artists Portrait Workshop

  

  Tanned Man18 x 14DemoSometimes demos need a little tweaking and this painting is no exception. I painted it in Kelowna last week for a workshop hosted by the... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• Plein Air Two Ways

  

  Palette knife demo6 x 8Wetland8 x 10Recently, my students and I spent our final class day in a nearby wetland area, enjoying the sound of the birds and the... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• Banning Cadmium in Artist Paints

  

  Inside the sludge bucketdecanted solvent ready for reuseReading Katherine Tyrrell's excellent blog "Making a Mark" on Monday, I discovered that there;s a... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sun and Sand and Paint

  

  Sand Piles11 x 14Rope Swing20 x 16Water noodle16 x 12I never get tired of watching kids playing in water. They seem so completely engaged. Probably, they look a... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• How Long Did That Take You to Paint?

  

  Catching the Light14 x 11One of the questions that I get asked often is "how long did that take you to paint". It always leaves me feeling a bit panicked: do I... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• 2 Spots Left in Painting the Portrait from Life Workshop June 28/29

  

  My son's graduation photos came in the mail this week. "Complimentarily retouched" to perfection, his skin as smooth as a Ken doll's, it struck me that he looke... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Painting and the Study

  

  Green Pail40 x 30Green Pail Study10 x 8 The reference for these paintings was an unpromising photo in which the child was far from me and blurry. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Depth of the Moment

  

  Red Pail40 x 30Children at play are every bit as serious and focused as artists at work. Their games are intense, meaningful and thrilling, a fact that you can... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• Figure in Motion

  

  Stepping Out30 x 14Another child on the beach painting: this one came, as so many do, from a small figure far in the distance in one of the many photos that... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rendezvous Art Gallery Opening Tomorrow

  

  Wedding Gift24 x 14This is one of the pieces in the "Seasons" exhibition at Rendezvous Art Gallery. The jug was a wedding present to my parents and, knowing tha... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rendezvous Gallery Show, Vancouver, BC

  

  Wading16 x 12Showing in Rendezvous Art GalleryI shipped my paintings to Vancouver this week for a group show that I'm part of in Rendezvous Art Gallery. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• Planning with Thumbnails

  

  Inflatable Rins11 x 14I've finally accepted the importance of the thumbnail in my painting process. I fought it for years, mainly because the little charcoal... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• New Gallery Opening in Portland, Maine

  

  Teal Bikini30 x 30I've dropped off the blogger map for a while because of a silly amount of travel: teaching in Mexico, learning in Philadelphia, and teaching... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• Alex Kanevsky Master Class

  

  PAINTING BY ALEX KANEVSKYLast weekend I was one of 16 lucky painters enrolled in Alex Kanevsky's master class at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mexico Retreat

  

  I got back from Mexico last night after a wonderful week of teaching at the Casa Buena retreat. The workshop was busy and very productive though we all wished... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• High Lumens

  

  Self Portrait in Winter16 x 12I've been researching lights lately, trying to find something that has really high "lumens" to shine on my still life set ups and... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• 2 Workshops in Vancouver, BC in April

  

  A Still Life Laboratory Painting the Portrait from LifeI'll be teaching 2 workshops in Vancouver in April through the Federation of Canadian Artists. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• High Chroma Palette

  

  Self portrait in painting hat16 x 12I've been test driving some different palettes lately; trying to shake up old patterns of painting and discover new effects. Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• Looking with Peripheral Vision

  

  Still Life with Little Dancer24 x 30This replica of Degas' little dancer has been a prized, but never successfully painted, possession of mine since I bought he... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mexico is Full! Join Me in Croatia

  

  Well, the title says it all. We had a flurry of sign ups for Mexico - they coincided with flurries of snow here in Canada - and the retreat is now running a... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, SELF EXPRESSION