DRAWING FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

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Held at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, 19805 W. Capitol Dr. Brookfield, WI
Thursdays, March 28 – April 25 (NO CLASS April 18) 6:00 – 8:00pm

Learn how your favorite photos and images can translate into sensitive and powerful drawings. This class will cover a brief introduction on drawing and then focus on how to translate photographs using drawing techniques and tools. Graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, and pastel will be discussed. Perfect for beginners or those looking for a new perspective!

Includes four sessions. Some supplies included.

$85.00 Register online or by phone: 262-373-5023

PASTEL LANDSCAPES

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Held at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, 19805 W. Capitol Dr. Brookfield, WI
Saturday, March 2, 2019
10:00am – 3:00pm*

Learn pastel drawing while focusing on landscape as subject matter. Students will learn how to layer and blend pastels to achieve gradation, depth, and atmosphere, while color discussions and demos will teach students how to layer color to achieve desired results. All levels of experience are welcome!

Supplies not included.
*Please bring a sack lunch to eat during a short class intermission.

$45.00 Register online or by phone: 262-373-5023

REALISM TO ABSTRACTION

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Held at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, 19805 W. Capitol Dr. Brookfield, WI

Thursdays, February 7-28, 2019
6:00 – 8:00pm

Paint the journey that some of the greats went on in a lifetime! Beginning with realism, students will work from the same image and repeat painting this image three times. Each class, students will further deconstruct the image and make it more abstract. Some experience with acrylics is recommended, but not required.

Includes four sessions. Supplies not included.

$85.00 Register online or by phone: 262-373-5023

Impressionistic Painting in Acrylic

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Held at the Cedarburg Cultural Center, W62 N546 Washington Ave

Saturday, February 2: 10 am–3 pm, (includes a break for lunch)

Discover how to capture color and light the way the impressionists did. We will discuss historical examples of impressionism, analyzing the techniques of artists such as Monet and Turner. Then using demonstration and guided steps, students will work from photographs to create their own impressionist style paintings. This class is perfect for beginners or painters who want to challenge their current working methods. Supply List available online.
$80

Register online or by phone 262-375-3676

The Modern Landscape

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Redline Milwaukee

My painting- Warm Sky, was juried into this exhibition.

Celebrating contemporary perspectives of landscape artwork
A Juried Group Exhibition

Exhibition runtime: June 7  –  July 6, 2018 (Opening reception June 7th, 6-9pm)

The Modern Landscape exhibition at RedLine Milwaukee is dedicated to the furtherance of artists whose perception of landscapes are innovative, captivating and display expert execution of the concept. Over the course of history landscape paintings have developed from capturing mountain scenes, gently rolling hills, and still water garden ponds to cityscapes and views of urban areas, even venturing further into the abstract. One thing that remains true is that landscapes are one of the most desired genres among art collectors.  By giving artists the freedom to determine what defines a landscape, this exhibition will explore and go beyond the boundaries of the traditional landscape, giving viewers a glimpse the state of contemporary landscape painting in the early 21st century.

Making Time

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Making time seemed like the perfect title for a blog post, considering that it has been almost a year since my last one. If you know me personally you know I have two little boys at home now. My studio productivity and class schedule are not what they once were. Sometimes, life gets in the way of art making. But now as I get more comfortable with finding a balance in my role as a mother, I am slowly making my way back. That being said, the days I have time to paint are not always the days when I am mentally able to. One thing that has helped recently is starting a new sketchbook. In all honesty I hadn’t kept a sketchbook for years and now I find it so therapeutic. I can have it with me anywhere and get a few moments of creative time in here and there. I can even use my kids’ watercolors while having arts and crafts time at the kitchen table. Every little bit helps keep me engaged. So when I am able to make it to my studio I don’t feel as disconnected from my work.

 

*image is a recent pen drawing in my sketchbook

Ugly Stages

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This image is from last Tuesday’s abstract painting class at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts. The image on the left was the quick expressive first layer. I was reacting to the colors and shapes from a random magazine ad. The image on the right is the second layer which incorporates different techniques such as masking, rollers, and dripping. I found the result particularly interesting because I like the first painting and then I “messed it up” for the sake of demonstrating techniques. However, I also found this to be a good opportunity to talk about the ugly stages in painting. Often there are moments when you will like a painting and moments when you will hate it. Of course the goal is to come out on the side of like. Yet, the more I look at the painting I ended up with the more I like it anyways!