Elizabeth Reed - Trouvaille (Something lovely found by chance)

Astrid - beautiful inside and out! Charcoal on Fabriano Artistico Those of you that attended the Steven Assael Workshops at the Boca Museum School know of his practice to clip his palette next to his painting for a seamless evaluation of color.  Look at this cool product by David Jon Kassan. The parallel palette comes in two sizes. Check this out! David Jon Kassan Beautiful blended skin tone palette. His technique differs from the full palette of Steven Assael. Different results, both exquisite.  Check out his sketchbook live videos. Be prepared to learn from this man. I just realized he is having a week long workshop in Civita Italy - one week painting from a nude model. I am finishing some of my life drawings and will be posting them on facebook and this blog.  Is anyone interested in small classes at my studio? My ideas are open and limited to up to 5 - 6 students. Cost will depend on demand and model fees. Life drawing with ...

Please join Bonnie, Jane and Me at the opening of our collaboration Color, Form and Substance Sunrise Civic Center 10610 W. Oakland Park Blvd. Sunrise, FL 33361 954-747-4641 Gallery hours Closed Monday and Sunday Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 10 - 5 Wednesday and Thursday 12 - 7 Admission: Free Good things come in threes!

Finally, a grouping of 12 pieces on my studio wall.  My dear friend, Amanda Miles, gave me a book by Anne Morrow Lindberg called "A Gift from the Sea." In the 1950's, Lindberg took a sabbatical from being the matriarch of a large family. She spent time in a beach cottage at Sanibel Island, FL. Her introspective time away from her family ultimately led her to compare the shapes of sea shells to passages of life as a woman and mother.  My imaginary shells were inspired from three words Lindberg used to connect the shells to motherhood. As you walk down the beach, you will notice that eroded shells were once cradles, shield and vessels. Inevitably, nearby will lie a piece of plastic that is almost untouched by the weather. Both elements are "discarded." Their purpose, somewhat like the seasons of a woman's role as a wife and mother, has changed. The connections between the function of the worn plastic and shell shapes inspired these compositions.  Th...

Tuesday, April 19, 2001 Sorry for the delay! My computer was in the hospital. I am now teaching tuesday and friday all day  Boca Raton Museum School. Robert Vickrey's incredible egg tempera paintings on exhibit at the Boca Raton Museum of Art I found out today that he passed away recently, like a few days ago. Fantastic work. Don't miss it. Cool Artists of the Week: Malcolm Morley Check out the size of these classic fighter pilot paintings! Camille Patha Dynamite use of color! For the tuesday few. Freya Grand Absolutely stunning landscapes! Hurvin Anderson Little Paper Planes Pae White ! See you in class!

Thursdays at ArtServe have officially come to an end. I will miss all of you as you have become my friends. DRAW EVERY DAY!  I look forward to one more day in my studio. Upcoming events: Bonnie Shapiro will be substituting for my Boca Museum School Painting classes on Friday, Feb. 11 and Tuesday, Feb. 15 She makes incredible landscape and figure paintings in oil A fantastic painter and fellow critique group member I am asking her to bring in some of her work and discuss her methods http://bonnieshapiro.artspan.com I am excited to be Steven Assael's assistant at his Drawing workshop February 9 - 12 - It is not full - Care to join me? http://www.stevenassael.com/ The Armory Art Center 1700 Parker Avenue West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561.832.1776 www.armoryart.org I will also be presenting a 3 day workshop for The Delray Art League Tuesday - Thursday, Feb. 13 - 15 10 - 4 We will experiment with aluminum, mylar and silk chiffon. Cool Artists of the w...

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.

INK Bring any ink you have to play with. Brushes for ink (never to grace paint again!) sticks, q tips, anything to manipulate the ink I will share my supplies. Paper suggestions: Bristol Hot pressed WC paper Cold pressed WC paper (this is rough) Experiment with color: WC or pastels or paint. We will be building textures with varied line qualities. Experiments with value through washes. Gao Xinjian http://www.artnet.com/artist/726059/gao-xingjian.html Mike Staines Oil and ink! very cool http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mikestaines.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Oil-and-Ink.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mikestaines.com/buy-art/&usg=__Rg-lVK9FlEz4V7ReJJ3eNl5IRMk=&h=600&w=450&sz=272&hl=en&start=44&sig2=bcSc8jmj4vkQ3wpBdRPBKQ&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=E6lrRt4qiDYv8M:&tbnh=135&tbnw=101&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dink%2Bartists%26start%3D42%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=jiwDTLfiCYXGlQf...