Lisa Lesch Morrow: Oil Rub-Out – January 15-16, 2024
$295.00
The ‘Oil Rub-Out’ workshop (2 days) will teach the grid technique on gessoed panel boards. The grid method places a grid on an oil primed panel and duplicates the grid on the photo image. This allows the image to be used as a guide to “rub-out” the highlights and reveal the image on the panel. No prior painting experience is required.
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Lisa Lesch Morrow
Resides in Macomb, IL and Tubac, AZ
Education
B.A. Biology/Psychology, Stephens College, 1976
PhD. Cognitive Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 1986
Activity in the Arts
1979-2016 Denniston Street Potters Group, Nancy McNary Smith, Pittsburgh PA
2017-2020 Tubac School of Fine Art – Board Member
Studied Under Leslie Miller and Karla Runquist
Selected Workshops
Jessica Garrett Scott Gellatly Charlie Thomas
David Simons Peggy Judy Dawn Emerson
Ruth Armitage Barbara Mulleneaux Dianna Fritzler
Selected Exhibits
2013-2016 Eastside Gallery: Pittsburgh PA (on-going shows)
2015 Standard Ceramic Gallery: Denniston Street Potters Group,
Carnegie PA
2018 Solo Exhibition: McDonough District Hospital, Macomb IL
2019 Student Juried Show: Tubac School of Fine Art (Honorable Mention, Painting)
2021 Solo Exhibition: Front Street Brewery, Davenport IA
2021 Group Exhibition: Macomb Art Center, Macomb, IL
2021 Midwest Juried Show: Art from the Heartland, Buchanan Center, Monmouth IL (Honorable Mention, Painting)
2021 State Juried Show: Illinois State Art Fair, Springfield IL
2021 National Juried Show: 64 Arts, Monmouth IL
2021 National Juried Show: Untitled 2.0, Crawfordsville IN
2021 Member Juried Show: Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac AZ
2022 National Juried Show: 64 Arts, Monmouth IL
2022 Midwest Juried Show: Art from the Heartland, Buchanan Center, Monmouth IL (Honorable Mention, Painting)
2022 State Juried Show: No Place to Show, Springfield, IL
2022 Midwest Juried Show: Curious? Angad Arts Hotel, 5th Annual Exhibit, St. Louis, MO
2022 National Juried Show: October National, Decatur, IL
2022 Missouri Juried Show: Declaration, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO
2022 National Juried Show: F**cking it Up, Vestige Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Curated Two Person Show: Bold and Gold, StartaArta Gallery New York NY
2023 Curated Two Person Show: Forces Hot and Cold, Standard Gallery, Carnegie, PA
Commissioned Work: Portraiture
Teaching
Tubac School of Fine Art, Oil Rub-Out, 2021-2023
Private Collections
Maryland, Connecticut, Kansas, Maine, Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, Delaware, Iowa, Missouri, Texas, California, Washington, Virginia

The 'Oil Rub-Out' workshop (2 days) will teach the grid technique on gessoed panel boards. The grid method places a grid on an oil primed panel and duplicates the grid on the photo image. This allows the image to be used as a guide to "rub-out" the highlights and reveal the image on the panel. No prior painting experience is required.
Gessoed boards are primed with linseed oil and a mix of several oil colors (typically red iron oxide and ultramarine blue) are brushed onto the board. A 16x16 grid is etched onto the painted panel and the same grid (in proportion) is placed on a reference photo. Focusing on the gridded photo guides the student to rub-out the various values in the image. The method teaches not only values levels but allows for learning depth ratios and shapes.
No prior painting experience is required, and minimal tools/oils are needed. At the end of the class students will have successfully finished several paintings.