Susan Plouzek You may think of chilly winter scenes with lots of interesting shadow effects. Or maybe you wish to imitate a master’s version of a stunning floral with emphasis on light and shadow. You envision beautiful light streaming through an old window, casting its golden haze only on your perfectly aged flowers. So you…
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…
Bev Walter Art at the Lakes will be held on March 5 with a rain date on March 12. We are looking forward to having another successful show with 85 talented artists coming throughout the Valley. Last year the show was a very well-attended gala day with a wide variety of artists, media and music…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…