Pattern Painting

The last morning of the workshop at Dana Point Harbour/beach was very cloudy - no sun at all and, therefore, no shadows.  Peggi talked about how the Japanese block prints greatly influenced the impressionist painters, especially Degas, Cassatt, Monet and Van Gogh.  The Japanese art was more of a graphic design and they painted the elegant, fluid line to outline things and used flat and very bright colors.  So, our assignment was to do one of these pattern paintings.  Here are two that I did.
Linda