Elizabeth Reed - Trouvaille (Something lovely found by chance)

Kathleen will be our model today. Wonderful model, full of life! One of my very favorite models. Cool Artists of the week Jen Stark click the colored bars at the top to see her incredible paper cut outs and drawings http://www.jenstark.com/index.php Adrian Gottlieb Traditional figurative painter http://www.adriangottlieb.com/gallery Barbara Henning Loomis Our sons went to Montessori School together She is a fantastic illustrator and is now studying for her MFA We talked a few days ago.  Look at her "cautionary tales of the suburbs!" Old friend, incredible talent http://smallcanvas.net/ There have been rumblings about a thursday group. We will do a head count to see if enough are back from travels. See you tomorrow!

Vesna will be our model tomorrow morning. Stressing the gesture under the details AGAIN!  Cool artists of the week: Stephen Early "to look is to think," Leonardo Da Vinci http://www.stephenearly.com/index.html Fred Dalkey http://www.paulthiebaudgallery.com/ Ryan Woodward (Look at his gestures!) http://www.ryanwoodwardart.com/index.html Boca Raton Museum of Art Painting Classes One pigment will be spotlighted each week Painting classes Beginning to Advanced Sept. 7 ONE LOVE Value - mono-chromatic painting and the power of underpainting. Anatomy of a shadow, grisalle and verdacchio. CADMIUM YELLOW LIGHT Sept. 14  THE SYMPHONY  Composition. - Origins and practice of the golden mean. Cezanne’s compositional tools CADMIUM ORANGE Sept. 21 MOODY DAY  Experiment with analaogous color palettes. Create moods and distance with color. Perspective 101 Cadmium Scarlet Sept. 28 OPPOSITES ATTRACT  Playing with the complements. Lovely semi-neutrals and ying - yang balance. CADMIUM

It's a Sonya kinda morning. I am back from a long week helping my dear mom in Sweet Home Chicago. We ate and drank way too much while looking through old pictures and making trips to the Salvation Army. Lollapallooza, Market Days at Halsted and a Cubs game brought out Chicago's finest.  I stole a few hours to visit the Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago. What a beautiful building. I know the collection well because I had to walk by most of it on my way to class as a young adult.  Here are some of my favorites Sylvia Plimack Mangold http://www.tampamuseum.org/collections/paintings Michelangelo Pistoletto http://www.pistoletto.it/ Julia Fish http://www.juliafish.com/# These are immaculate details and plans of her apartment in Chicago I have always loved Roberto Matta His drawings stopped me when I was a teenager http://www.matta-art.com/ Sweet Home Chicago - The Bean - Millenium Park

Come meditate in the dance studio tomorrow.  Noelle will be our excellent model.  Cool artists from a very warm house (my AC left us on friday night!) Melissa Imossi Classical charcoal studies. Beautiful http://www.melissaimossi.com/home Barbara Fugate Her blog is "from life" Beautiful and sensitive drawings. Notice the delicate markings. http://www.fromlife.blogs.com/ Ken Oxley - gorgeous use of line Notice the mood he creates.  This would be great for your sketchbook. http://oxleyart.com/drawing/ I will be leaving early tuesday morning for Chicago. Not sure if I can update the blog from mom's apt.  I will, however, be scouting for more cool artists! No class August 9 I hope to visit "The Suburban." Very contemporary Very cool idea. http://www.thesuburban.org/   See you tomorrow! Stay cool.