Summer Painters,
As summer winds down and fall creeps in a little early (have
you noticed the Naked Ladies everywhere and spiders in beautiful big orb webs
in your gardens?) it was time to review our summer experiment.
Thirteen of us gathered at the Bernal Library Tuesday morning
to share our summer work. There were a
total of 87 pieces of art! We all
enjoyed seeing it all together and took time to look at the final experiment
using hard edges. As always there was a
big variety of interpretation of the “assignment”.
About half loved and half disliked working with hard
edges. We all agreed that we needed patience
to do this one. Some of the things we
tried were slightly overlapping with a transparent color to create a subtle
line, using a colored pencil to crisp the edge, and using a thicker, creamy
paint which can give more control.
Marjorie tried the gel pen and was a bit dismayed when she
removed it as she lost some of her edges.
She also reminded us to be careful and not press too had or it creates a
scored line in the paper.
We did a little “business”.
It was decided that we would continue to use the Goldsmith experiments
after a short break and alternate with the Coffee Klatch group so will have a
new experiment every other week instead of weekly so it will remain on Tuesdays
at 10-12 since most of us already have that time blocked out.
We celebrated the birth of the new blog! Thanks, Shirley!
It was decided that we would meet for the calligraphy
exhibit with Jo on a Tuesday, probably in early September and will get the
exact date and time to you as soon as we know it.
The Russelers are meeting at the Bernal Heights Library this Friday from
1-5 pm. Join us!!
Finally, we each shared what we liked about this summer experiment. We liked:
working outside of our box and trying new things, the fun of it, trying
and learning new things, the social aspects,
being pushed to do something we normally wouldn’t try, community support,
positive criticism, being in a dynamic group, focusing on watercolor (some of
us had been away awhile), not being result oriented, sitting down and doing
something without it having to be grand or a masterpiece, having to let go and
just let the brush flow, having to finish by the deadline so we wouldn’t be embarrassed,
idea sharing, the randomness of the “assignments”, being inspired by others, groaning
when we first heard the assignment and then pushing through, learning to not listen
to all those negative comments inside our heads and just painting. In other words, we all had a great time and
are looking forward to continuing to explore!!
We hope more of you can join us in the Fall!!!