A collaborative effort

Today in the Art Center some regulars were absent, probably due to the Christmas rush. 
Kathleen Richter finished a painting that had been started by Peni Baker, who broke her shoulder and couldn't finish it.  And an excellent job she did, capturing the essence of a fellow artist's relative quite nicely.  Kathleen has learned to master acrylics in a very short time.  What will she do next?  Stay tuned.

I did a quick little acrylic demo for the folks, and it's a good start, but needs 3-4 more hours work to be usable.  This will be one of my contributions to the free raffle at the Club's 75th Aniversary Reception on January 17th.

On Tuesday Roy Woodall demonstrated how to make artistically good use of the projector left behind when the Council vacated the building years ago.  The Bulb still worked and Roy's demo was very informative and helpful.  He suggested we get a cart to wheel it around for easy use.  Just so happens I saw one at a thrift store yesterday for $5 so now we have a wonderful tool to use as transferring art onto canvas.  Kudo's to Roy from the Club.

Several other people had some good paintings going, which I didn't get to photograph. 

This will probably be my last post on this blog till after Christmas, so wishing you all a great Christmas, and all you artists out there I wish you a New Years full of colorful new painitngs!

Judy Burgarella
Blogger for the
Sebastian River Art Club
Art Center

Launching Kathleen Richter's Art Career!

Pictured below is Kathleen Richter in front of her first few paintings--stunning work for a newby!  Actually she's been dabbling in art for a long time, but only just got serious.  We at the Sebastian River Art Club noticed how good she was at sketching people, the likenesses were great, so we pushed and pushed, and finally she picked up the brush and immediately began blossoming.  She was like a sponge--wanting to know as much as she could as fast as she could ... and it paid off in spades.  You can see from her paintings below that she appears to be an accomplished artist.  And day after tomorrow she will be participating in her first outdoor show!  Congratulations Kathleen--we're so proud of you.  And good luck on Saturday, you'll have a good time with the SRAC "gang," and meet lots of friendly art-loving people (maybe even sell a painting???)

Judy Burgarella
Blogger for the
Sebastian River Art Club's
Art Center