LESLIE LIENAU

THE CONSERVATORY is open and thriving!

2011-08-09T23:02:00.000-07:00


My new studio school, The Conservatory For Classical Art has been open since May! Enrollment is going well - steady and growing. Our first workshop with Grand Central Academy instructor, Scott Waddell was a huge success. We had 14 students. The workshop was 5 intensive days on Scott's techniques for painting a portrait in oil. Our next workshops include Florence Academy instructor, Nicholas Enevoldsen who will be teaching a six week class on painting the portrait with charcoal, Dan Robinson of Cave Creek, AZ, will teach The Principles of Painting Form, and Grand Central Academy instructor, Douglas Flynt, will be teaching a 5 day workshop on Painting the Figure. There is a lot going on here! Please visit the website to take a look: www.theconservatoryforclassicalart.org We are very excited about the possibilities for this school! Thanks to all who have offered support and encouragement and who have been and become students of The Conservatory!! There is more to come!

NEW WORK

2011-04-23T07:00:00.000-07:00


'The Girl in the Red Scarf" Pastel 5X5

This drawing is from reference photos I took while waiting for my son to run his heat during a track meet. As you may know, waiting for one 2 minute race can take literally hours! So, I took advantage of the time by taking pictures of people. I saw this young girl standing with her mother. The red scarf she wore was so beautiful against her face. I was thrilled to capture the variety of exquisite reds in the scarf.

STUDENT WORK

2011-04-14T19:49:00.000-07:00

The work shown in this post is done by students in my current drawing class. They are making copies from the Charles Bargue Drawing Course as homework and working from the drapery still life during class.


Ella Moore

Katheryn Lawrence

Leilani Pounders

Susan McCallum

NEW DRAWING

2011-04-08T14:26:00.000-07:00

"Lavender"
Pastel on Paper
3X6

LUSH

2011-04-05T11:24:00.000-07:00

"Lush"
Pastel on Paper
12X12
I just completed this piece and will show it at Festival of the Arts at the end of April. It was a serious challenge, but fun.

MORE STUDENT WORK

2011-04-01T08:35:00.000-07:00

This still life is in progress and is the work of Brittany Foley (16). Brittany is a very fine draftsman and painter, even at her young age. This painting, although not finished yet, is a very good example of her skill.

STILL LIFE BY CONNIE RISH

2011-03-29T14:42:00.000-07:00

This oil still life was painted by Connie Rish who has been studying with me. She recently finished this painting, which was done in oil, on linen on panel, from life, in my studio. Connie will have an exhibition of her work at "Guthrie Art Walk Second Saturday", in Guthrie, OK on April 9, 4 - 9 pm at 123 West Oklahoma Ave., Guthrie.

THUNDERHEAD

2011-03-15T08:22:00.000-07:00

"Thunderhead"
Pastel on Paper
5X7
I'm getting ready for FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS in Oklahoma City and I've just finished this piece for the show. The cloud is made up of about 15 layers of soft pastel colors. It took a little while to achieve the illusion of volume ~ but I'm satisfied with the result.

Festival of the Arts starts Tuesday, April 26 thru Sunday, May 1

ORANGES

2010-11-06T22:10:00.000-07:00

"Oranges"

Leslie Lienau

Pastel on Paper, 5X7

This drawing started as a demonstration and after working on it for several hours today, I'm happy with the result.

STUDENT WORK

2010-10-18T14:44:00.000-07:00

Here is more work from the Monday night color class...

Connie's Oranges

Connie's Tin Can

Ella's Box

Lani's Bottle

Lani's Box

Lani's Oranges

Mimi's Bottle

Mimi's Box

Mimi's Oranges

Mimi's Tin Can

Roger's Box

Roger's Tin Can

Shireen's Oranges

Shireen's Box

Shireen's Tin Can

Susan's Oranges

Susan's Tin Can

STUDENT WORK

2010-10-06T07:21:00.000-07:00

In my Tuesday evening class, my students are working on still life paintings. Here are some examples of their work in progress...

Diana's underpainting

Melody's underpainting and beginning the form painting

Valarie's underpainting

ARTIST'S RECEPTION at THE FINE ARTS INSTITUTE OF EDMOND

2010-09-29T21:22:00.000-07:00

Please join us for an artist's reception for

SARAH CAPSHAW

and

LESLIE LIENAU

The Fine Arts Institute of Edmond

Sunday afternoon

October 3, 2010

2 - 4 p.m.

27 E. Edwards, Edmond, OK
405.340.4481

AVOCADOS & RADISHES

2010-09-21T09:38:00.000-07:00

The color class does it again!

Ella's Avocados

Lani's Avocados

Lani's Radishes

Linda's Avocados

Linda's Radishes

Connie's Avocados

Connie's Radishes

Mimi's Avocados

Shireen's Avacados

Susan's Avocados

Susan's Radishes

Roger's Radishes

Roger's Avocados

NEW DRAWING

2010-09-19T21:14:00.000-07:00

"Surf at Pointe Dume"

Pastel on Paper

2010

This drawing began as a demonstration for The Alpha Rho Tau Civic Art Club in Tulsa, OK last August. I finished it a few days ago. The drawing is from photo reference I took while visiting my sister in Malibu a few years ago. This is off Pointe Dume in Malibu.

GOOD EGGS

2010-09-13T21:35:00.000-07:00

Tonight's color class produced some really good studies of the, often painted, raw egg. Here they are...

Linda's Egg on a plate

Roger's Egg on a plate

Ella's Egg on a plate

Lani's Egg on a plate


Mimi's Egg on a plate

NICE WORK!!!

YOUNG STUDENTS

2010-09-09T09:03:00.000-07:00

Drue and Emily

I teach a class on Wednesday evenings in my studio and these are some images of the work these young artists are doing. Their work is exceptional. It is a privilege for me to be their instructor.


Drue and Emily working on their still life paintings

Emily's color-wash into opaque painting

Drue's color-wash into opaque painting

Christian's Skeleton T-shirt drawing

12X12

2010-09-05T07:54:00.000-07:00

THE OKLAHOMA VISUAL ARTISTS COALITION'S 12X12 Show and Sale

"Red Delicious"

Oil on Linen

This is the piece I contributed to OVAC's 12X12. The show is on September 25 at 7:00 p.m. Click here for more details...

Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition

NEW ARTIST TO "FOLLOW"

2010-07-30T07:37:00.000-07:00

I have a young student, Christian McCullough, 8, who is quite talented. He recently started to blog about his works of art. Here is the link: www.theboyofpainting.blogspot.com. Christian loves to draw and paint and his passion for it is contagious!

SARAH LIENAU CAPSHAW ~ new works on UGallery.com

2010-07-05T19:19:00.000-07:00

My daughter, Sarah Lienau Capshaw, has been creating beautiful and amazing works of art. She has recently placed her work on an online gallery ~ www.ugallery.com. Here is the link for her page on the site and an image of one of her pieces. Sarah Lienau Capshaw

"Still Attached"

Mixed Media on Board

JRB GALLERY EXHIBIT ~ another announcement

2010-06-27T10:00:00.000-07:00

"Flow Blue Cup"

Oil on Linen on Panel

Custom frame by Dan Robinson of Cave Creek, AZ

JRB Art At The Elms

2810 North Walker

Oklahoma City, OK 73013

405.528.6336

Here's another announcement for the gallery opening at JRB on July 2 from 6-10 p.m.

Dan Robinson, of Cave Creek, AZ custom designed 6 frames for 6 of my oil paintings. Each frame is unique and is designed specifically for each painting and along with others will be on exhibit at JRB for the month of July. This frame for "Flow Blue Cup" is an example of Dan's master craftsmanship and his ability to create beauty and elegance while featuring the artwork with expertise.

I hope you can join me this Friday at the opening where you can see more...

JRB ART At The Elms

2010-06-24T10:04:00.000-07:00

OPENING RECEPTION

Friday, July 2

6 - 10 p.m.

"Roses in Flow Blue with Clementines"

Oil on Linen on Panel
16X20

JRB Art At The Elms

2810 North Walker

Oklahoma City, OK

405.528.6336

www.jrbartgallery.com

I hope to see you there!!

WATER AT HITHER HILLS

2010-06-18T11:07:00.000-07:00

"Water at Hither Hills"

Oil on Linen on Panel

8X6

I'm close to being ready for the JRB Art at the Elms exhibit which opens Friday, July 2. Here are a few more pieces that will be included.

"Afternoon Splendor"

Oil on Linen on Panel

14X7

"Flow Blue"

Oil on Linen

5X7

"Green Peppers"

Pastel on Paper

6X6

POINTE DUME

2010-06-08T21:15:00.000-07:00

"Pointe Dume"

Oil on Linen on Panel

6X6
Another painting for the July show. This is painted from reference I took while visiting family in Malibu a few years ago. It was a lovely California day.

RED ROSES IN SILVER

2010-05-17T19:55:00.001-07:00

"Red Roses in Silver"
Oil on Linen on Panel
6X8
I enjoyed painting these roses from my garden. Another for the show at JRB in July.

MARKET STRAWBERRIES

2010-05-14T10:16:00.001-07:00

"Market Strawberries"

Oil on Linen on Board

8X10

I finished this painting early this week. I really enjoyed the challenge of making the bag appear transparent and the effect of light in the shadow. The strawberries were fun too.

NEW PAINTINGS

2010-05-04T12:53:00.000-07:00

I am preparing for a show in July at JRB Art At The Elms in Oklahoma City. I'll post the new paintings as they progress.

Market Strawberries, beginning the form painting

oil on linen panel

Market Strawberries, underpainting

oil on linen panel

ATELIER at THE FINE ARTS INSTITUTE OF EDMOND

2010-04-21T07:52:00.000-07:00

We are coming up on the end of the 16 week Atelier I've been teaching at the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond. In my opinion, the course has been very successful. All of the artists in the class have drawn and painted incredibly well. I am so impressed and of course, proud. I've been keeping a blog for the Atelier to show the progression of the student work, www.faiclassicalatelier.blogspot.com Beginning in June, I'll offer an Atelier for beginning students (on Tuesday evenings) and an Atelier for the students who have been studying with me for the last 16 weeks (this one will be on Saturdays). Artists who have taken my drawing classes or who have some knowledge of drawing and painting are welcome in the advanced course. Below is a description of the advanced Atelier. I'll post more information about the beginning Atelier soon.

"Misty", Leslie Lienau, Graphite on Paper

THE FIGURE

In the next 16 week course we will study drawing and painting the human form in the academic tradition of the classical atelier. Drawing and painting the figure will be emphasized and will be studied extensively. We will spend the first 8 weeks of the 16 week course drawing the human form, practicing the step-by-step "block-in" process of accurately translating size, proportion, line and turning form with light and shade. We will study from the live model, doing quick gestural studies to long pose complete drawings. In the second 8 weeks we will transition to painting the human figure. Drawing on our extensive knowledge of using dry media, we will study value using grisaille and alla prima poster studies. The practice of color mixing will be strongly emphasized through alla prima color poster studies along with the final form painting method. I will lecture and demonstrate and work closely with you, using constructive critique and encouragement to help you translate with accuracy. Homework will be strongly suggested and will aid in your personal training discipline.

[This class will be held at my home studio or at another location, as the study of the nude figure will be necessary for this phase of the classical study.]

Saturdays: 9:00 – 12:00 or 2:00 – 5:00

Limited to 8 students per class.

June 5 – October 2

NO CLASS ON July 3 or August 14

Tuition: $589 (includes model fee)
Registration through the Fine Arts Institute begins April 26.

A HOME SHOW...

2010-04-13T11:33:00.000-07:00

OPENING RECEPTION

for

DAN ROBINSON

SUE ROSS

LESLIE LIENAU

Friday, April 16, 2010

5:30-8:30 p.m.

at the home of

LESLIE LIENAU

405.822.1011

(Call for to RSVP and for directions)

TO VIEW THE SHOW ONLINE

visit

www.ahomeshow.blogspot.com

WAVE

2010-02-09T15:10:00.001-08:00

"Fading Into Sky"

Leslie Lienau

Oil on Linen, 5X7, 2010

I just finished this oil sketch. It's a study for a larger painting I plan to start this week. This is painted from photo reference I took in Montauk, New York a few years ago. I remember it was evening and there was fog on the horizon, so it was very hard to see it. The water faded into the sky.

"PORTRAIT OF ALEENE, CHEROKEE ELDER"

2010-01-18T19:41:00.000-08:00

"Portrait of Aleene, Cherokee Elder"
Oil on Linen on Panel
2010

I finished the painting, finally! It will hang in the Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery at City Arts, Oklahoma City beginning January 29. The annual fund raising event, Cafe City Arts, Elevation, is Friday evening, January 29th from 7:00-11:00 p.m. Check their website for more details and to purchase tickets.
www.cityartscenter.org

PROGRESSING

2010-01-03T17:08:00.000-08:00

"Portrait of Aleene, Cherokee Elder"
Color wash into form painting

Progressing... form painting

Still progressing... almost finished!
This painting of Aleene will be finished soon! I will deliver the painting, along with three others to CITY ARTS, Oklahoma City for their benefit "Elevation" on January 29. Here's the link...http://www.cityartscenter.org/events/cafe_city.html

Classes I'll be teaching this winter:
CLASSICAL ATELIER
January 9 - May 1, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Full, with waiting list

January 9 - May 1, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. - still accepting students

CLASSICAL DRAWING I for the beginning student
Thursday, January 7, 6:30 - 8:30 pm - accepting students

CLASSICAL DRAWING II for the advanced student
Tuesday, January 12, 6:30 - 8:30 pm - accepting students

CLASSICAL DRAWING for the home-schooled student
Wednesday, January 11, 9:00 - 10:30 am - accepting students

2009-12-15T08:20:00.001-08:00

PORTRAIT OF ALEENE

I've been working on this oil portrait of a woman called Aleene Koontz. She is a Cherokee Elder from Choctaw, Oklahoma. She's been sitting for my Portrait Drawing class at the Fine Arts Institute for the last 5 weeks. The students in the class have been drawing, but I decided to demonstrate the process of painting, starting with a refined drawing on the canvas and the subsequent development of the painting into the underpainting, which is what this photo illustrates. The bit of paint in the middle between the eyes is the beginning of the form painting, which is the final phase. I'll post my progress as I continue to work it out. (The unfinished bit in the lower right corner is not intentionally left undone - I do plan to finish that part when Aleene sits for me again!)

Roger Lawrence, a student in my class provided the photographs in this post. Aleene is posing and I am demonstrating. Aleene is a delightful individual and a terrific model. And she is BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for the photos Roger!

ATELIER CLASS DATES SET

2009-11-10T10:17:00.000-08:00

CLASSICAL ART ATELIER

"Flow Blue Cup"

Oil on Linen

7X5

2009

January 9 - May 1, 2010

Saturdays, 9:00 - 12:00

I will begin teaching this intensive study course at The Fine Arts Institute of Edmond, 27 E. Edwards, Edmond, OK (just north of the downtown Edmond post office). The course will run 16 weeks and will include drawing and painting from the cast, the drapery still-life, the still-life, portrait and figure. To learn more about the class link to the FAI website here. You can also find a syllabus and enrollment information.