The Hardy Artists

Here is Gloria holding her pastel that she is
working on

Art Group was cancelled today because of high winds and
rain... but a couple of artist elected to go and paint.
Gloria, and Carol. Talk about troopers!!!

 This is a close up of Gloria's pastel that she
is working on. Very good values even in this
early stage of development. Great Job, Gloria.

Carol holding her sketch of a fruit basket 

This is a close up of Carol's sketch using colored pencils.
This sketch is interesting because of the varied shapes that
Carol used in the composition. Wonderful, Carol.

Temps Drop as Creativity Rises

The studio at HSSC was humming with creativity today. Many different styles as well as mediums were present, as you can see below...

Carol painted this Dogwood floral using oils. This off center flower
makes the composition interesting. Great job Carol.

Linda painted this garden scene using watercolors.
The painting is in progress. Great start, Linda!

Linda

Rita painted this scene using pastels. She deepened the
values and the painting came alive. Beautiful, Rita.

Michelle painted these Almond trees in bloom using pastels.
The values create spacial intensity and the quick strokes
she used for the flowers make the trees look like they are
blowing in the wind. Fabulous, Michelle

What child wouldn't want this painting on their wall?!
Michelle painted this purple hippo using pastels.
This just makes me smile. Love it. Michelle.

Sheila painted this scene using several mediums. She started with a
watercolor painting then she added pastels. The result is a very
beautiful painting. The sky at sunset is beautiful and created
soft shadows.. Beautiful, Sheila.

Carol

Linda...bundle up. It's cold outside!

Rita finishing her paintings

Sue painted this very large painting of her daughter.
"Yes to the Dress" is the title of this 30 X 40 acrylic.

See you next week, Linda

Mchelle

Gail with a smile!

Barbara finishing her pastel

This is a photo of Barbara's pastel.

Gail painted this Schoodic coastline using several
mediums. She started with a watercolor and then added
pastels that boosted the color. Beautiful results.
Fabulous, Gail

Sheila, Gail and Michelle discuss the paintings during the critique.

Gail painted this expressive tree suing an
underpainting of watercolors and then painted
over with pastels. Beautiful, Gail.

Gail painted an underpainting of watercolor for this colorful scene
She then added pastel to enhance the colors. Beautiful effect, Gail.

Gail used the same process of pastel over watercolor for
this scene. The trees are a vibrant orange with the blue accents that
creates an excitement within the painting. wonderful, Gail!

Rita started this pastel today and this is the underpainting. She
will be adding many layers before it is completed. Can't wait to
see it finished. Great start, Rita.

Barbara painted this cafe scene using pastels. She used complimentary
colors which enhanced this colors int he painting. The composition is
interesting and you almost feel your listening in on their conversation.
Fabulous, Barbara.

Making Art that Sings

Priscilla captured her Night Blooming Cyrus using acrylics.
The background is as important as the flower and the black
sets off the flowers. Beautiful, Priscilla!

Today's art is uplifting and thought provoking. Even though there was only a few of us attending,
we came away with some great pieces.

Charlene is finishing her pastoral painting and it is looking great. She has
just a few finishing touches to the cow and it will be complete. Fabulous, Charlene!

Michelle painted this rock formation using pastels. The
soft colors of the background are in contrast to the colorful
rock formation. Very exciting, Michelle.

Carol sketched this seagull upside down. She captioned this
gull on the rocks with great values. Can't wait to see the
painting of this sketch.

Carol painted this floral using acrylics. The light and shadows
are really beautiful. Great job Carol!

Carol painted this fern using oils. The colors are just
wonderful and the contrast in light and darks are
exceptional. Fabulous Carol!

Rita boosted the color and values in this painting that
she had done previously. She used pastels to
achieve the beautiful contrast. Wonderful Rita!

This pastel painting was painted by Rita. She added more
color and value to make a more pleasing painting.
Beautiful, Rita!

Linda hand painted this little silk cat. Her colorful
designs turned this uninteresting cat to a
cat with Pizazz! Great Job, Linda.

Rita added some color to this pastel painting to create
depth of value.  The painting is now an interesting piece
and a keeper!  Beautiful, Rita

Rita painted this piece using pastels and today
she added more color and darks to create depth.
This is now interesting and colorful...Fabulous, Rita!

Sue painted this piece using acrylics. She used
negative space to define the subject ( her daughter
trying on wedding gowns). 

Priscilla and Michelle discuss the finer points of art.

Charlene waiting for critique to begin.

Linda and Rita during the critique

Sheila looking good!

Carol packing up her gear.

Susan Toby White Workshop

Susan Toby white gave a fabulous workshop. Learning about color and how to manipulate it to your advantage in a painting is one of the many topics that she taught us.
Priscilla, Terrie, Gail, Liz and I all attended this inspiring workshop. Susan has agreed to hold a workshop just for Plein Air Thursday group...we just have to come up with a date.

Terrie painted this gull upside down.

We started off the workshop by painting a picture, using two colors plus white (red and blue) that was upside down...definitely different and very effective. Capturing the shape of an object instead of getting caught up in the details was the lesson and by painting upside down you really don't know what it is your painting so your have to rely on the shape.
The afternoon session, Susan had us painting a still-life and using lots of colors.

Sue painted this gull upside down using 2 colors

girl from Cape Bretton Island painted this gull

Gail painted this this little gull upside down

Liz painted this flying Gull upside down

Priscilla painted this gull upside down and using 2 colors.

Judy Graebert painted this landscape upside down!

Priscilla concentrating and using a palett knife

Gail painting her still-life 

Liz painting her still-life

Terrie painting a red pepper.

Priscilla's finished project...Fabulous.

Sue painted this still-life

Liz painted these pairs

Gail painted these pairs.

Terrie painted this red pepper

Susan Toby White holding up Gail's painting

Susan Toby White standing by her painting of flowers