February 18, 2012

Today was a beautiful, spring-like day--a perfect day for painting! And, as you can see, some beautiful paintings resulted. From Valentine's Day roses to the rugged Hawaiian coastline, we all seem to be looking forward to spring. And with spring comes the annual DePaul Community Chorus Concert (see poster), featuring Steve M. Mark your calendars for March 18--and get there early. These concerts are very popular. Don't worry, we'll remind you again as the date nears.

Also making a return today by popular request is the ability to watch an artist at work. Click on these links to watch us paint a variety of subjects. It's your chance to watch the magic happen--and to learn from the masters! Here's a list of links to your favorite artists, with more to follow:
Ken paints stripes
Ken paints cats
Elaine O. paints pictures at a gallery
Susan paints an apple
Susan paints an apple, part 2 (it's a big apple!)
Elaine T. paints a leaf

We continued playing with color today. Looking around our circle, you might guess that orange was the color of the day. But actually, we wore "any primary, secondary, or tertiary" color we wanted. We had a lovely rainbow (and a lot of fun sorting ourselves by color!) with a preponderance of blue and green. Next week's color--gray!

February 11, 2012

Strange, the worse the weather, the better the attendance! Not that the weather was that awful, actually. Just a tad brisk. So today, we all wore purple--but we were spared the task of painting swatches and trying to match all the purples. Instead, we just looked at each other and used our spectrum of purples to arrange ourselves for Showtime!

Interestingly enough, we found ourselves dipping our brushes into the purple more often too. It's a phenomenon we've noticed before. People tend to paint the colors they wear. Tune in next week to see what we wear...and paint, too, of course.

February 4, 2012

Class is definitely back in session. Just look and see! From Wisconsin to Japan, everyone seemed to be interested in painting vacations. Vacations....or pure, glorious color. It may have been gray outside, but there was plenty of color inside from the color wheels to the cats to the search for a quintessential red--which, by the way, we didn't manage to find. Undaunted, we'll be searching for purple next week. Tune in then. Meanwhile, enjoy!

January 28, 2012

Happy New Year! Sure, it's a little late, but we just got back...and we're ready to paint! See for yourself.

January 2, 2012

Happy New Year!

And here's Ken's traditional (belated) holiday greeting. Actually, lest we give you the wrong impression--it's only the Christmas card itself that's traditional, not the fact that it's belated. It always arrives in a quite timely manner.

All the best this year from all of us to all of you.

December 17, 2011

Here it is, the last class of 2011, marking the end of another year for us. We wish you all the peace, beauty and joy of the season and look forward to seeing you again in the new year. All our best!

December 10, 2011

Only one more class to go before break and you can feel the pace quickening! Between finals, vacations, and shopping, attendance was a little sparse--but we had a wonderful time nonetheless. So slow down, relax, hum a holiday tune and enjoy the art below. See you next week!

December 3, 2011

It was gray and rainy outside, but spirits were high inside. We're getting ready for winter with a last flurry of fall landscapes and warm, fuzzy kittens. There were joyous bursts of color (despite it being "paper towel" day). And we're looking ahead to snow days and Christmas sleds. Enjoy yourself. We certainly did!