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…
Tag: Oakwood Artists’ League
Clubs & Classes, August 2015
Art paper confusion
Susan Plouzek As an artist, have you noticed the new measurement for paper? Paper can be downright confusing. Over the next few months, I would like to explore and even try to clarify everything you ever wanted to know about paper. So this month of August, all of you artists who are brave enough to…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Oakwood Artists’ League create abstract paintings
Susan Plouzek Can you believe it’s June already? It is officially summer and we are feeling the heat. In the Oakwood Artists’ League, we paint every Friday in the Arts and Crafts Room. There are artists who paint in oil, acrylic, watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, gouache, charcoal, pastel and ink. We paint on handmade papers,…
Clubs & Classes, May 2015
Oakwood Artists’ League news
Susan Plouzek Summer is once again upon us! Where does the time go? Winter friends are returning, or have returned, back to their traditional homes. We have had several new artists join OAL this past spring. As of this writing, our membership has increased to 39 members. Some of our members are moving away; you…
Clubs & Classes, March 2015
Oakwood Artists’ League invites you to Art at the Lakes
It is the countdown for Art at the Lakes – one week away! Many of us are getting our paintings matted and framed, art cards carefully packaged, change drawers ready and vendor tents looking sparkly clean. All of this in anticipation for the seventh annual art show around one of Cottonwood’s beautiful lakes. As a…
Clubs & Classes, February 2015
Confessions of a Brushaholic
Susan Plouzek, Oakwood Artists’ League I am one of 40 artists at Oakwood Artists’ League. I have collected many brushes over the years; artists’ passions for supplies can start out innocently. We try new techniques, processes and products in our quest to create art. By now, some of us have enough art supplies to stock…
Clubs & Classes, January 2015
Oakwood Artists’ League – January 2015
Susan Plouzek Happy New Year! Most can agree that the year 2014 went by quickly. They always do. For some, we realize many accomplishments from last year. We may also realize health changes or loss. And so it goes, time marches ever onward. We recently had our holiday party and voting for league officers. The…
Clubs & Classes, December 2014
Oakwood Artists League – December 2014
Susan Plouzek Most of our members are back now and we are settling in for the season – and a busy one it is! Each Friday we meet in the Arts and Crafts Room at Oakwood to paint. We show off our work a little and gab a lot, but we mostly paint. It is…
Clubs & Classes, October 2014
Oakwood Artists League
Susan Plouzek Many of us at Oakwood Artists League have returned from various places spent during the summer. It was reported to have been a little cooler and rainier than usual from wherever our artists stayed. We are getting ready for various events coming up. On October 14 Susan Plouzek will teach a workshop to…
Clubs & Classes, July 2014
Oakwood Artists’ League news
Susan Plouzek Summer is here! We at Oakwood Artists’ League continue to stay busy in spite of the heat! Recently several workshops were offered by some of our members. The workshops help inspire us to learn new materials, techniques and a new way of looking at creativity. Joyce Weary taught us how to use “scratchboard.”…