Susan Plouzek For the past few years I have talked about many different aspects of art, particularly about genre or materials. I have written about paper being acid free so that the work of art will be archival quality. But then I started thinking about lightfastness. Lightfastness is the way a pigment or color reacts…
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Generals, December 2015
Calling all artists – annual art show set for March 5
Features, October 2015
Mary Van Deman chosen Arizona Artist of the Year by Twin Cities Magazine
Oakwood Artist Mary Van Deman has been invited to represent Arizona as 2015-16 Artist of the Year in the Exploring TOSCA (Theatre Opera Shakespeare Culture Art) fifth annual American Artists Series. Exploring TOSCA is a quarterly magazine that provides residents and visitors with information about arts and culture in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The series…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
Colored pencil class
Susan Plouzek An intermediate colored pencil class is being offered to students who have a good working knowledge of how the pencils work, the color wheel, and a desire to create beautiful works of art. Classes are ongoing each Friday afternoon from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Hurry, seats go fast! Register by calling Susan Plouzek…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
Art store versus hobby store
Susan Plouzek We’ve all gone to the hobby stores with our 40% off coupon. You enter the store and find the art supplies. What? The colored pencils are under lock and key! “No big deal,” you tell yourself, “I’ll just find someone who works here.” Across the other side, you spy an employee. You make…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
Water color art classes
Rose Kelton offers ongoing classes at Oakwood Country Club Arts Center on Mondays. Watercolors class is from 9:30 a.m. to noon. With the use of transparent watercolor paint, we will strive to have each student develop his or her own artistic nature and style. We will cover different techniques of applying the paint to the…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
Fun, easy art classes
Alice Van Overstraeten Enjoy Art with a great group of art students and an inspired teacher. New ideas and materials will be introduced along with the basics. This is a fun, easy, relaxed loose style watercolor class full of new ideas; we often finish a painting in each class. Beginners and experienced students will experience…
Features, September 2015
Daily Painting helps artists grow and sell
Mary Van Deman, Oakwood Artist Recently, I was introduced to the concept of selling my art online via www.DailyPaintworks.com. The website was established several years ago by artist Carol Marine and her husband David, and has grown to include top notch artists from around the world as well as emerging artists. Carol was one of…
Clubs & Classes, September 2015
New pottery class coming to Cottonwood – hand building!
A new pottery class is starting up again at Cottonwood. This is a hand building class for those that enjoy making functional and non-functional pieces in clay. This class is open to all levels of experience. We will be working in mid fire (cone 5-6) with red or white stoneware and producing some beautiful functional…
Clubs & Classes, September 2015
Sun Lakes Watermedia Club
Diane Hitt We will have a table at the Cottonwood Open House on Saturday, October 17 from 9:00 a.m.-noon. We would love to have you stop by to talk to us about the Watermedia Club. If you have some experience in watermedia, we would invite you to visit us on a Tuesday from 1:00-3:00 p.m.…