Weekly Art Sessions

The girls in my art sessions have been very busy, so I have lots of wonderful artwork to show you.

Cecile decided to try pen & ink with oil rouging, and, for her first project she chose October Pickins (designed by Mary Owens). The painting was done on 11x14 canvas. This was Cecile's first pen & ink project, and she really enjoyed it - she did a great job....love the colours.

Nancy has been very busy working with coloured pencils. The little girl with Bonnet was designed by Helen Barrick, and Nancy completed it on 11x14 mi-teintes paper. It is a tricky little piece, but, as usual, Nancy did not seem to have any problems - she whipped it up in no time.

Nicole is one of our experts in oil painting. She brought in this picture of a marsh she had completed. I do not know who the original artist was. There is a lot of work in this piece - and a lot of detail. I think it looks great.

This pen & ink with oil rouging project was designed by Mary Owens and is called Kiss of Sunlight. It was completed by Renee - it was Renee's third pen & ink project. When she started she said she wanted her sunflower to be VERY bright. So, we adjusted some of the instructions, and she ended up with her BRIGHT flower.....great job!

Ruth decided to do something different (although when she started I don't think she knew just how different this piece would be). Original artist is unknown. Ruth started by stippling the background (11x14 canvas) with acrylic paint, then she painted the objects with acrylics. After spraying she switched to pen & ink and inked in the details - then she used oils to rouge on the final details. She was very pleased with the result, and with good reason - I think it looks wonderful.

This beautiful piece was completed by Darlene - it is called Let it Snow and was designed by Mary Owens. Darlene did this on 11x14 canvas and used pen & ink with oil rouging. The colours just seem to jump off the picture, and the big red bow seems to set the whole piece off. Creating 'snow' on a pen & ink project can be somewhat challenging, but Darlene did not seem to have any problems. Great job.

That's it for now! Our fall art sessions are finished this week, and I will have a lot of finished projects to post over the next few months. In the meantime, I am busy with my coloured pencils completing several Christmas gifts....I seem to have a lot to do - hope I get everything done!

Please check my blog early in the new year - I should have some new projects to share with you at that time.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas holiday.