What an adventure it was!    A wonderful group of people journeyed together into the terra incognita of ART.  We came together for six lessons and worked with laughter and concentration.

BUT the ever fabulous KB Cafe will no longer be open on weekends, and I have too many deadlines looming.  It did take much more time than I had expected because I loved thinking about it and making plans.

Not only did Bob Turner go to the Southern Hemisphere to get his drawing’s subject matter, he also went into the Right Hemisphere of his brain to get the job done.   Bob is a retired mechanical engineer, and you can tell he made the brave trip over the Corpus Callosum  into the La-La Land of Artists by the fact that he missed the date by a month.… Read the rest

Last week’s lesson turned out to be a surprise due to last minute events!  We drew individual flowers plucked from the Cafe bouquets.  We covered  structure,  gesture, and contour.Jane Barlowe’s quick flower study

Tip for structure:  to connect the stem to the flower head, draw the connection right through the area where it is visually blocked by the petals in order to make sure that the stem connects to the center of the blossom.… Read the rest

Welcome to our Drawing Workshop!  All adults and all levels of experience are welcome!

We will begin with a painting demonstration showing how to insert figures into a landscape painting.  Figures can be used to animate a painting and tell a story or just to add a touch of color.  You can  play with them until they add the right feel.… Read the rest

Well, that was fun!

July 9 – 11:30 to 1 pm.  Always free.  All adults welcome:  This week we’ll do a different fold to get a bigger surface and then we’ll get some  instruction on human proportions so that we can slip little figures into our drawings.  You’ll get all kinds of tips on animating drawings with people.

Stick figures are cool, but even Mr.… Read the rest