We were a big group of ten today and took most of the chairs! We were also noisier and chattier.
Shirley asked our hostess if there was anything we could do for them and, as usual she said “no” but Shirley pressed on and asked if positive Yelp reviews would be okay and this was greeted with a much more positive response. So, please, take the time to give a positive review, although you might want to also say that Tuesday mornings seem a bit busier than other days. :o))
On to # 53, Elusive Planes. Many of us found this project difficult although we did a pretty good job of it. Our enthusiastic Marjorie loved it!
- Avelina did “Elusive Trains” in gentle colors with spots of brights. She also did “The Elusive Crosswalk” with her familiar version of people in a similar color palette. Both had a sense of movement. She also did a sweet portrait of a young girl in graphite with a very colorful background and this made her much happier.
- Janie did a fall tree that was more elusive that she thought. We saw cactus and cliffs as well!
- Pam shared a small watercolor sketch from a walk in West Marin where a path disappeared into trees with lovely light.
- Shirley was exploring Kandinsky and tried denser and denser spatter. She worked from the bottom up and added one of her favorites, splatter, and some ink.
- Sue did a quiet piece with Viridian Green and Chinese White with plastic wrap. She used saran wrap and the result made us think of ocean, waves, glaciers……
- Marjorie was gone for three weeks so she was playing “catch up” and managed to marry a couple of the experiments quite successfully. First was a blue and green with frisket and candlewax, then she went bigger with reds and purples which was a response to a fortune cookie fortune (I will continue to take chances and be glad I did), and finally a greenish, blueish, goldish piece with more wax and frisket that took us to mystery places. One of the pieces had a place where the water and paint puddled thickly and it was a bit shiny when it dried and we thought that could be useful. They all had a lot of energy, just like Marjorie.
- Carmel also enjoyed this project and liked that the planes lend themselves well to geometric designs. She incorporated alcohol, salt and tea and it made her paper stink but the color moved back and forth and no one has to smell the paper anyway.
- Joanie did a moon picture of a moonrise she and Shirley saw last week but she wasn’t thrilled with it. Then she did another of the bay with that pinky/mauvy look the atmosphere gets around here sometimes and she felt that was more successful.
There will be NO MEETING AT CREIGHTON’S NEXT WEEK!!!! We will be going to the Academy of Sciences on a Field Trip arranged by Pam. The trip is full and those who registered will be getting an email from her with details.
Our next meeting at Creighton’s will be on November 25 and we pulled two experiments: #21-Grey Fields with Bright Accents and
#59-Use Just One Brush
If you are feeling clever you could combine the two!
Have a great two weeks!
Joanie and Shirley