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| Here we are again...Wednesday morning and it's our special time to get together and create. And what a beautiful morning it was, both outside and inside. As you'll recall, last week we had our mini- encaustic workshop (and it was a huge success). This week each of us brought whatever art project we chose to work on and, as usual, you'll see a variety of mediums used. I frequently like to start with Dave's project(s), and here is a sampling of what he did today. Always the "mad scientist", Dave played with his acrylic paint and made several abstracts...and had a good time doing them. Isn't that the point? |
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| Linda worked with alcohol inks today. Is that a mountain range....or are these expressionistic waves crashing on the shore? What do you see? |
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| Gerri also worked with alcohol inks this morning. Here's a close up of what the inks did when in contact with each other. The artist only has a limited amount of control over alcohol inks, so they lend themselves to pure play. |
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| Chris completed her collage, started two weeks ago. Please go back in the blog to see before and after photos. Her collage is so personal, incorporating family photos and her childhood immunization record. Very nice, Chris. |
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| Marsha brought with her some of the encaustic creations she did last week...now with mats around them. They are small but mighty and look great in the mats. Although abstract, you can find little hidden treasures in each one when you study them. Is something looking at you? |
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| Marsha started a new painting, too. You can see her reference photo, upper left, taken on a vacation. |
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| Just thought we would share a couple more of Marsha's encaustics. |
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| Can you feel the Spring air and light? Mary Ann shared her finished watercolor landscape, started several weeks ago. If you go back a couple of weeks, in the blog, you'll be able to see how this painting developed. |
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| Karen was working on her colored pencil birds prior to the encaustic workshop. Now finished, you can see her paintings made into paperweights. |
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| This week Karen was working on a colored pencil portrait. Notice her reference photo. |
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| Lee was working with her pastels today. First she did a small study...you can see her sketchbook. On the larger painting, notice how her colors "pop" on the dark background. |
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| This floral is painted in acrylic. Although this is the finished painting, it was started at the Rec. Center this morning. Sorry, I forgot to photograph it while it was being worked on there. Fortunately, I had a chance to work on it later at home. The first three weeks in May seemed to fly by. We won't be getting together again until the first Wednesday in June (June! Already!). Come join us on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 from 9am till noon at the Brunswick Rec. Center. Everyone is welcome. |
