Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Realistic Abstract...an oxymoron?

by Donna
Our Inspiration
The whole gang (almost)
Helga
Creating art and ideas.
Gerri's beginning
Donna's beginning...
Lee's beginning...
Uh-oh!  Karen, Mary Ann, and Nancy!
Betty's beginning...
Pat's beginning...
Gerri, Chris, Linda, Karen, Pat, and Mary Ann
Judy's beginning...
by Pat
by Gerri
Paula, Pat, Linda, Chris (all from behind)
Lee putting on finishing touches???
WELCOME to all of today's first timers.  How much fun was this?!  The project today was to create paintings inspired by the book Realistic Abstracts...and others pictured above.  There was a lot of energy in the room and everyone seemed to be in the groove.  It's really exciting to see what everyone comes up with.  Thanks to all of you for being here today!

A very special thank you to Betty for providing our inspiration and for her most interesting and thorough lesson!

One of the things I love about this group is that we learn from one another.  Each of us comes to the group with his or her own strengths and weaknesses, and by working together, we are able to perhaps see different, creative ways of approaching a subject, or a new way to use a medium.  We are all students and teachers...at the same time.