What’s New
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Hello Friends,
There is a lot going on in my artistic endeavors. I won best of show in the Holiday show at the LaGrange Art League for my plein air painting, Crystal Trees. The reception was well attended. The above painting, Irish Castle Silhouette was juried into the LaGrange Art League’s show, Eclectic Elegance. The show will be in the LaGrange Library for the month of December. Click on the link to the league for more information about it.
I have mentioned that I am taking classes from a local artist, Joyce Leas. She teaches multi media abstract and non-objective art. She has me working on large pieces. She is teaching me “controlled” splattering and throwing of paint and gluing papers. I am learning more about composition and value. Here are some pictures of our little class in her studio. Click on the image to enlarge.
The first picture is Judy Goral, Joyce Leas, and Bill Keck. The second is of me working on a piece and then there is Joyce supervising. Joyce’s philosophy is “anything goes.” Here we are in front of her painting entitled “Anything Goes.”
Joyce’s class is great fun. Another fun activity was going to a Saturday workshop by John Howard. John is an excellent watercolorist and he has fantastic drawing skills. The workshop was offered by the Town and Country Art League. We worked on drawing including drawing a model. Here are some pictures of the experience.
I am back to working in pastel. I am working larger and I am experimenting with making my own textured surface. So much to do and so little time. That is all for now.
Have a great Thanksgiving holiday!
Sue Flanagan