Tuesday, August 9, 2011

THE CONSERVATORY is open and thriving!

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!   
  




Saturday, April 23, 2011

NEW WORK

'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. 

Thursday, April 14, 2011

STUDENT WORK

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

Friday, April 8, 2011

NEW DRAWING

"Lavender"
Pastel on Paper
3X6

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

LUSH

"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.

Friday, April 1, 2011

MORE STUDENT WORK

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.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

STILL LIFE BY CONNIE RISH

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.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

THUNDERHEAD

"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

Saturday, November 6, 2010

ORANGES

"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.

Monday, October 18, 2010

STUDENT WORK

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

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

STUDENT WORK

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

 

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

ARTIST'S RECEPTION at THE FINE ARTS INSTITUTE OF EDMOND


Please join us for an artist's reception for
SARAH CAPSHAW
 and

LESLIE LIENAU
at
The Fine Arts Institute of Edmond
on
Sunday afternoon
October 3, 2010
2 - 4 p.m.

27 E. Edwards, Edmond, OK
405.340.4481

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

AVOCADOS & RADISHES

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