September 22, 2012

We had a freaky number of unintentional pairings today—from the glamourous shoes in the video to two Saras, two color wheels, two birds, two vacation spots, two bodies of water, two different animal species sharing the same composition, and two mother/son paintings (you saw the other one last week!). We even had two artists sharing the same paintbox. You'll never guess which two by looking, though—Ellen kept to the cool side of the pallette while Elaine O went warm. Kind of like Chopsticks, but with paintbrushes instead of a piano.

Now, without further ado, we invite you to scroll through the paintings to see what we're talking about. Sketching party invitation and information follow (hope to see you there!), along with the summer cemetery sketches—and a couple of other things.

It's a sketching party and you're invited. Continuing our tradition of ringing in each season with a sketching party, you're cordially invited to celebrate the autumnal equinox. Join us on Sunday, September 23 at Ken's Marina City "sketch pad" (sorry—couldn't resist). We'll draw some incredible views from the balcony and the roof and socialize afterwards. Here are the details:

• When: Sunday, September 23 from 1pm–3pm
• Where: 300 N. State, Apt. 2131 (East tower)
• Phone: 312.467.7021

Summer sketches. Speaking of which, here are the sketches we promised from our summer of cemetery sketching. While not everyone remembered their sketchbooks today, we'll show what we have and add more as the weeks roll by and memories improve.

 

 

 

 

Oh, just a couple of other things....first, it's not too late to support Steve in the Out of the Darkness Community Walk to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

• Go to www.outofthedarkness.org Find the fund raising page by entering "Steve Meyer" in the search box or get to the team page by entering "Ed O'Brien's Crew Members"
• Just click here to Support Steve!

Secondly, Halloween is coming. And what better way to celebrate than with Rocky Horror Picture Show? Join Elaine T as the criminologist at the Music Box Theater, 3733 N. Southport Ave (3 blocks south of Irving, north of Addison). Her group has been performing Rocky Horror for 25 years now, so you know they have it right! For tickets, upcoming dates or more information, go to www.midnightmadness.org.

See you next week!