Quite possibly the best Fall Retreat ever!
Here's my slideshow:
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Drawing on paintings and drawing conclusions!
After having missed 2 meetings, I was so glad to be back at the Sea Horse Studio in July. The gardens were full of lush vegetation and all the animals were full of energy. Besides finding myself mixed up in the new puppy's game of hide and seek with the grumpy old cat and helping capture a batch of crickets in the kitchen, I also managed to see some artwork over the course of the evening.Here we have Michelle fearlessly drawing on top of a perfectly lovely wet oil painting with an oil pastel!
Later in the evening, Jo asked for our input on the rough layouts for her new picture book. I enjoyed looking across the table at Jo and Gudrun and imagining that Suzy's beautiful silk wrapped antlers were coming out of their heads!
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Rebecca's Marvelous Show
Last night was the opening for Rebecca's marvelous show--it is unbelievable how much work she has done in just the past few short months. From her first tentative exploration of fabric and paint creation, she has created a beautiful collection of vivid, imaginative and gentle works--they are WONDERFUL! Everything is hanging in a perfect high-ceiling light splashed space, displaying them to perfection. Major congratulations on an amazing and beautiful show!
I have another great picture but blogger doesn't seem to want to indulge me at the moment--will post later.
Monday, May 02, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
belated retreat photots
Oh dear--we do seem to sadly defunct. I know Tara has completely (and rightly so) given up on us. BUT, anyway, here are some photos from our marvelous retreat with our special visitor that I came upon as I was belatedly cleaning out my camera.
Monday, April 25, 2011
April Critique Meeting - Part II
We had a special treat at our meeting this month!
Suzy has been incubating Serama eggs in her studio where we meet - and while we were there we got to watch the last two hatch!
It was fascinating seeing them struggle out of their shells -
And then transforming into bright-eyed and adorable little fluff-balls!
yay - chicks!
April Critique Meeting - Part I
Lovely meeting - with so many varied projects. Some of us are in early sketching stages, while others-
Michelle continues with her fabulous painting -
Gudrun and her sculpture -
Kathleen and her ongoing cool experiments!
So looking forward to Rebecca's one-woman show in June!!
Suzy, who is teaching far and wide - and doing so many different projects -
Isobel, who is doing some really beautiful collage work out of very creative materials -
And Sarah - who brought this beautiful prayer jar that she designed and help make.....
It was also a month of birthdays, so there was much cake and celebrating -
- with 'favors'! (Lovely antique glass 'Cinderella' slippers filled with spring!)
There was even MORE spring at the meeting - see part II of this post!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Thinking about the Future of Illustration & Publishing
Another month and another inspiring meeting of our lovely lively critique group. There was wonderful artwork, stories and the most decadent chocolate cake!
Tara told us about the Alice in Wonderland for the iPad and later shared this link, which shows a bit of the animated imagery that they've created for this version of the book. Take a peek and let us know what you think - do you think that this the direction in which book illustration is going to go?
At one point our attention turned to the question of the future of illustration with the general decline of print publishing and uncertain future of digital media. (Perhaps spurred by an upcoming local SCBWI meeting topic- if anyone attends this lecture on March 15th, please let us know what you learned)
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