October 14, 2017

Wow! What a wet and wild weekend! The perfect weekend for watercolor.... unless you accidentally expose your masterpiece to the elements. Luckily, no one did that. Let's take a look at some of those masterpieces. Special thanks to Bill, our guest photographer!  We begin with Alan, who finished his Yupo portrait of Greeta...

... before attempting the same scene on standard watercolor paper.

Then, Alan painted a landscape of a golf course. Notice the mat? That's his "sacrifice" sheet.

Bill paints the same lily pads from last week, but from a different viewpoint. This time, we're looking from the other side of the pool and see them against a background of steps.

Ken has finished his mosaic cat ...

...before starting a corn painting in the mosaic style.

 

Madeleine finishes her sunrise in Ann Arbor.

And here, Madeleine paints herself and Bill in an old Irish churchyard.

Marva begins a new and different landscape. This is a desert landscape with a lone car. Already we love the sky.

Sara has finished her family portrait below. We like it so well she's thinking of using this as a study for a larger one.

Switching gears, Sara begins a landscape based on her recent visit to several National Parks.

Steve added a background to his four figures.

The background is designed to act as a sort of mat as all four will go in frames like the one below. Great color choice!

Like Sara, Susan is painting her vacation. Here, she revisited a scene of a cable car in the Canadian Rockies. She changed the color of the cable car and added more detail to the trees below.

Also by Susan, this waterfall empties into a river in the Canadian Rockies.

Remember to see Ken, Greeta and Alan's exhibitions and to drop by St. Gregory for an open sketch next weekend.

Food.  Alan and Greeta are featured artists in a group show about Food. The show runs through January, so there's still time to catch it. If you attend, you are asked to please bring a donation of non-perishable food for neighborhood food pantries.

      Where:
      Alderman Pawar's 47th Ward Office

      4243 N  Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL

     When:
     Exhibition: September 16–January 13
    

    

Corn and Cats.  Ken's show at Ten Cat Tavern (how appropriate!) is up. While you missed the opening reception—and it was fun—you can still drop by to see the paintings.

      Where:
      Ten Cat Tavern

      3931 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL

     When:
     September 30–November 15 

Open Sketch date. You're invited to an open sketch on Saturday, October 21 from –12:00–3:00pm at St. Gregory the Great Church. Bring your cameras, sketch pads, pens and pencils. A docent will also be on hand to answer questions. It's art and architecture month in Chicago, so this is the perfect time.  

     Where:
     St. Gregory the Great Church
     5545 N. Paulina
     Church entrance is on the corner of Gregory and Paulina;
     one block west of Ashland and one block south of Bryn Mawr

     When:
     Saturday, October 21
     12:00–3:00pm