Merry Christmas!
“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I’m enjoying my new easel. The weights in the rear counter balance the weight of the canvas. With one touch, I can reposition my painting either horizontally or vertically. How did I paint without this?
Read More..>>Sometimes I get discouraged with my artwork. I have several false starts in watercolor painting. Or I’m off to a good start and then things don’t work out the way I expected them too. My painting begins to look muddy and overworked. So I have to discard it.
At times, I lose courage and think about […]
Last week I enjoyed teaching a couple of watercolor workshops in Louisville, Kentucky. We focused on composition, focal point, glazing, and light source. We also discussed watercolor brushes and various painting techniques. While learning how to master the medium, I encouraged the ladies to enjoy the process.
Read More..>>Atelier, a French word for workshop, is a classical method of instruction in studio painting. In the atelier, the teacher paints along with a small number of students. The French Impressionist taught draftsmanship and painting in this setting.
This month I enjoyed attending Mary Whyte’s atelier in Charleston, South Carolina. Whyte is a nationally acclaimed master […]
Help support special needs kids. Attend the Tri County Little League auction at the JW Marriott.
Tri County plans to build a baseball field to accommodate children with special needs. This is one of the only fields for kids with special needs in the area.
Watercolor by Pamela will be donating an original painting and note cards […]
Did you wish that ArtPrize 2011 lasted longer? Stop by Frames Unlimited to see Braving the Wind and the artwork of 20 other artists on display through November 6.
Frames Unlimited
Ridgemoor Center
2935 28th St. SE
Kentwood, MI 49512
Phone: 616-942-0091
Hours: Mon - Sat: 10 am to 9 pm, Sundays: 12 am to 5 pm
Abbie responded to her mother’s cancer battle by creating an exhibit for ArtPrize 2011 which was exhibited at the Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavillion. This Saturday she will also be speaking for the American Cancer Society at Bras Across the Grand.
Abbie and her mother are involved in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Relay for Life, Susan G. […]
As I set up for ArtPrize, only a limited number of Hope Cards hung on the Healing Tree from an ArtPrize preview. Before ArtPrize even officially opened, the 300 cards I had set out were already on the tree. At the conclusion after 19 days, nearly 20,000 Hope Cards had been hung on the Healing […]
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