It's the last day of the term for us—and it's beautiful! Sure, it's cold, but the sun makes it feel warmer than it is outside. And despite the sunshine, we had a smallish crowd today—thanks to vacation starts and stops, sinus infections and surgeries. Those of us who showed up, though, all had something to crow about...
Okay, sorry about that one. Couldn't resist. We are starting and ending with non-watercolor works of art. Here's an incredible stained glass rooster by Alan. Notice the rooster's tailfeathers and how much the glass looks like watercolor. And that's actual sunlight shining through the art glass!
The happy mood continued as we all painted "feel-good" things with a song in our hearts. Sing along (to the tune of These are a few of my favorite things) as we look at "donuts and roses and flowers and kittens...." Seriously....
Hector's donuts may be of the plastic Playskool variety, but they certainly make us smile.
Sara couldn't be with us, but she sent photos of flowers she painted long ago. They are both beautiful and springlike and give us something to look forward to. Plus the softly mixed colors are exquisite (still one of Sara's trademarks).
Seems like we haven't had a cute kitten painting in months. Here's Mohammed to remedy that situation. Layla is painted in a perfect mixture of abstraction and realism, but there's no denying how soft, warm and loving she is.
Of course, we can't skip trees.... more of our favorite things. Abla's finished her majestic urban winter tree. It's simply beautiful. No wonder she's painted herself into the picture as a sort of signature.
Alan's trees are as finely textured, but they are summer trees, painted with tremendous control on Yupo (notorious for being difficult to control). You can see the warmth of the sun and the fine details on the bark.
Stands to reason that he'd also enjoy hot press paper (below) as he begins a cozy interior. This is Napoleon House in New Orleans and we're loving the cozy warm browns.
Ken's Wacker Drive windows are some of his favorite things. And we are enamored of the warm "flannel" look he manages to impart to cold steel, glass and stone.
While we're talking about favorite things... can you ever go wrong with children? Mark paints two small children as they play music together. Probably playing our song :-)
Greeta's grandson is obviously one of her favorite things. Just look at the little cutie. Those eyes!
Greeta also manages to capture the joy and energy of Janis Joplin (below). This stamp could easily become one of our favorites (yes, Janis is really on a stamp!).
Elaine paints her husband on vacation.... a favorite theme of hers (and a favorite person).
We end as we began, with "non-watercolor" art. John has moved from colored pencil to digital as he illustrates a story of his own invention, set in Peru (as you may be able to guess from the llama).
Artist of the day. We begin at the beginning of art with Ken's book on prehistoric art. No names or famous artists, but the cavepaintings are beautiful and full of life.
Taking a break. We are at the end of our term and we'll be taking a slight break. We'll be back on March 21, just in time to celebrate some of our birthdays, so you know we'll be in a good mood. If that's too long to be without us, feel free to explore our archives or visit Ten Cat Tavern while Ken's show is still up.
See you in March!
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