John Holdway

Drawing Class at Oasis

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:39:13 PST

I have a class starting up in a couple weeks at the Oasis Center in Eugene, Oregon.

Fun with Pencil and Watercolor
class # 103
Monday 1/23 - 2/27
1pm -3pm
6 sessions

Here is some more info about the Oasis Center

OASIS is located in the second floor rotunda of
Macy's at Valley River Center

Address:
OASIS at Macy's
100 Valley River Center
Eugene, OR 97401

Map

Tel: (541) 687-9178
Fax: (541) 338-1000

Hours: Monday through Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Friday 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., except holidays.

for more information oasisinfo@peacehealth.org

Free Drawing Demo

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:12:50 PDT

I am getting ready for my class to start next Monday. I made a post about the class in a previous post (here is a link to that post) There is still room to join if you are interested. I did a free, although short, demo at Oasis yesterday. Here is the drawing of a gourd I did in an hour. I used pencil and was able to add a little watercolor at the end. There was a great turn out. Lots of people with great questions.

Robert Canaga Studio

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:10:20 PDT

I went to Robert Canaga's Studio today. He generously walked me and a couple other visitors through the Solar Plate printmaking process. I have been wanting to do solar printing and now I feel confident to finally give it a try.

I took a series of photos of Robert printing a plate from his current Vinyard Series. I was impressed that he is able to produce his prints solvent free.

inking

wiping

through the press

pulling the print

signing the print

Drawing Class

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:38:34 PDT

I will be teaching a class at the Oasis Center in Eugene, Oregon.

Fun with Pencil and Watercolor
class # 108
Monday 10/10 - 11/14
1pm -3pm
6 sessions

I will also be doing a free demo to promote my class the week before. Come Check it out!
Monday 10/3, 1pm - 2pm (class #106)

Avocado

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:01:06 PDT

This painting is now available as a print.

On The Easel

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:56:48 PDT

Here is a painting of an avocado that I am finishing up.

Scientific illustration

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:47:39 PDT

Here is a link to an illustration I did for a scientific article. It shows the spines on neurons of zebra finches as the father is teaching the juvenile the song. Scientists are able to view the spines and how they change while the birds learns songs. They can do this by creating viruses that are engineered so they will attach to the spines and become florescent. The images that they have are remarkable but difficult to understand. The images themselves look like green blobs. A scientist had to explain with diagrams what I was seeing and show me the changes over time. After I gained some insight into what I was seeing I was able to create the image.

Paintings at Confluence Clinic

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:45:21 PDT

I am showing my paintings at Confluence Clinic in Portland. My friends Erin and Kjell Moline own the clinic. It is a holistic health care center were practitioners offer acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, massage, and counseling services. Besides showing my work they are welcoming a new massage therapist and celebrating their website redesign launch. I am planing to be there and it is an open event to the public that will be happening during the Portland first Thursday Art Walk.

1st Thursday at Confluence Clinic

Host: Confluence Clinic
Phone: 503-241-6505
When: Thursday, May 05 at 04:30 PM
Where: Confluence 506 southwest sixth, suite 801 Portland, OR 97204

You can check out the event listing on Facebook. You can sign up as a fan and respond if you can come to the event.

New Prints

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:19:00 PST

I have some new prints available.
These paintings are a couple years old. I like them a lot.

Fun with Pencil and Watercolor

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:35:15 PST

I will be teaching a drawing class coming up next month.

Fun with Pencil and Watercolor
class #108
instructor John Holdway
Mondays, 2/7/2011 - 3/14/2011, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Oasis Center
100 Valley River Center
Eugene, OR 97401
541-987-9178

Rose Hip

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:25:06 PST

Here is a shot of my drawing table. I am doing a watercolor study of a rose hip. I am using a helping hand holder for soldering to hold the rose hip. I have the helping hand because I actually do solder things from time to time but I think I will use it more for drawing small things. It even has a magnifying lens so I can draw super tiny things.

Nice Stem

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:23:58 PST

I just made this painting available as a reproduction. It is called Nice Stem, and it is from 2005. I like to grow a vegetable garden every year and that always includes some interesting heirloom tomato varieties. It can be very frustrating to grow tomatoes in the Pacific NW but maybe someday I will figure it out.

Drawing Class Wrap Up

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:12:39 PDT

I finished up the class I was teaching at Oasis, Fun with Pencil and Watercolor. It was a good group. Here is an picture I did as a demonstration in class of a Goldfinch. I first drew it with a graphite pencil then started with watercolor. I was having so much fun working on it I worked on it a little longer back in the studio. I thought I would dig out some colored pencils that my wife used in college. I haven't ever got into colored pencil but I might now. It works very well on top of watercolor.

Here is a demo from the previous week showing some invented head studies. I used sepia and brown watercolor pencils and a waterbrush. First I drew with the sepia pencil. then developed some tone using plain water and the waterbrush. Later when it dried, I added a few details with the brown. A little regular graphite pencil too. I also added some blue to describe the negative space around a couple heads.

I will be doing another session of this class in the winter starting February 7.

Fun with Pencil and Watercolor

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:09:00 PDT

I am teaching an art class at the Oasis Center in Eugene. It just started Monday. It is called Fun with Pencil and Watercolor. We focus on drawing techniques and use watercolor as an extension of the drawing process. In my classes I like to do lots of demonstrations. Here is a quick demo of a piece of hard candy.

I always liked it when teachers used to do demonstrations. When I was in art school it was somewhat rare to see the teacher actually painting or drawing. I can understand the philosophy that it is important to let a creative person develop without mental restraints on how it should be done.

One of my favorite teachers at Maryland Institute was Paul Moscatt. He often did demonstrations in class. But Paul didn't do demonstrations on technique exactly and his student's paintings don't look like his own. He demonstrated how to get to work as an artist. He puzzled through problems in front of the class. That is a great lesson to learn. Painting is puzzling through the problems with brush in hand. In the end the piece is scrutinized as a product. To the artist the final piece is an artifact of a kind of performance of thought and action.

The Gay Places

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:22:56 PDT

I am the featured artist in the online magazine, thegayplaces.com. Here is the link to the feature.

paintings at Confluence Clinic

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:54:09 PDT

I am showing my paintings at Confluence Clinic in Portland. There will be a reception open to the public.

Thursday, June 3, 5:00PM

Confluence Clinic
506 SW 6th, Suite 801
Portland, OR 97204
503-241-6505

Snacks and drinks, starts at 5pm for a couple hours.

Holding A Raven in Zyzzyva

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:37:20 PDT

My three color lino-cut "Holding a Raven" is in the latest issue of Zyzzyva. There are still a few left from the edition at Mina Dresden Gallery.

My painting is on Amy Hungerford's new book

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:11:34 PDT

My painting Outer Sanctuary has been used as the cover art for Amy Hungerford's new book, Postmodern Belief: American Literature and Religion since 1960.

Sunny Patch Landscape painting

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:30:42 PDT

Here is a painting I made in the studio from my plein air session at Dorris Ranch. I prefer to make my finished paintings in the studio. I love going out to paint but I think of the work I do outside as a way of taking time to look at what I see. When I start the painting in the studio I try to work from memory using my studies as reference. I don't feel bound to record what I see but treat it more as an emotional expression. In this painting, although I was sitting next to a river I was drawn to the way the butte looked with a patch of light on the top in a treeless area and the way the mist and clouds hugged around it. It is a lonely quite feeling that is beautiful to me. If you like it you can buy it from my studio shop.

Last Week of my show at David Joyce

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:21:45 PDT

This is the last week to check out my show at the David Joyce Gallery on the LCC campus. I would love to hear what you think. You can post a comment on my blog.

David Joyce Gallery
LCC Main Campus
Building 19, 2 nd Floor
The Center for Meeting & Learning

Here is a link where you can find directions and maps.

I revised my web page

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:14:44 PDT

I actually made it a lot simpler. I have always tried to keep the design pretty minimalistic but I stripped it down even more. Let me know if you find a problem.

webpage revision

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:17:43 PDT

I am in the process of revising my webpage.

Plein Air

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:22:04 PDT

I got outside to do some painting today. I crossed a fallen log over a stream to a little island at Dorris Ranch. Nice spot next to the Willamette River with Red Breasted Sapsuckers working and Ospreys fishing. It really felt like spring.

Gallery Tours

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:32:17 PST

My show at David Joyce Gallery will be up for one more month. If anyone is interested in a gallery tour, post a comment here or send me an email and I will meet you at the gallery. I will generally be able to schedule something on a weekday afternoon.

'Fresh' fruit, ripe for the painting

John@johnholdway.com (John Holdway) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:30:11 PST

Here is the link to the article in the Torch by David Branham.

John Holdway

Drawing Class at Oasis

OASIS is located in the second floor rotunda ofMacy's at Valley River Center

Free Drawing Demo

Robert Canaga Studio

Drawing Class

Avocado

On The Easel

Scientific illustration

Paintings at Confluence Clinic

New Prints

Fun with Pencil and Watercolor

Rose Hip

Nice Stem

Drawing Class Wrap Up

Fun with Pencil and Watercolor

The Gay Places

paintings at Confluence Clinic

Holding A Raven in Zyzzyva

My painting is on Amy Hungerford's new book

Sunny Patch Landscape painting

Last Week of my show at David Joyce

I revised my web page

webpage revision

Plein Air

Gallery Tours

'Fresh' fruit, ripe for the painting

OASIS is located in the second floor rotunda of
Macy's at Valley River Center