Elizabeth Reed - Trouvaille (Something lovely found by chance)

I AM SO PROUD OF MY KIDS AND THEIR BAND! JP Taravella Marching Band Competition 230 teenagers marching in formation at Vero Beach High School yesterday Check it out!  CARMEN Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3txFGFYWKg Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&v=LIAlLHBl3Hw&annotation_id=annotation_293076 Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcBfY4mOYFs We are all thoroughly exhausted!

This is a wonderful example of how this blog will work for you! WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM by Steven Johnson "If you put yourself in an environment with lots of different perspectives, you yourself are going to have better, sharper, more original ideas." Check out this review in Arts Journal http://www.salon.com/books/nonfiction/index.html?story=/books/feature/2010/10/12/steven_johnson_interview SO  Visual Archaeology!

Monday Morning Figure Drawing ArtServe Dance Studio 9:30 - 11:45 The lovely Noelle will be the model this morning. We have two more weeks of this class, then off to the Armory Art Center for me. Tuesday Painting Classes at Boca Museum School Some of you will be trying oils.  We will make an interesting still life for practice. Thursday Drawing Classes in the ArtServe Gallery We will be DRAWING MACHINES (last week's theme) Bring your viewfinders. (I have some of yours in my basket.) Cool Artists! Notice that some of them paint and draw.  Melissa Imosi Classical academic drawings and incredible paintings. Very realistic and delightfully done. http://www.melissaimossi.com/index.php Paul W. Ruiz Notice how he makes paintings on top of his drawings. Lovely play with abstraction and detail. http://www.paulwruiz.com/#4 Ray Turner I saw his work at Scope, Art Basel last year He paints on glass that has been shattered. Very very interesting. http://rayturner.u...

Monday Morning Figure Drawing at ArtServe Astrid is our model - just wonderful! Perfect model to reinforce the muscles of the head and neck. Cool Artists: Aaron Westerberg Elegant beauty Written up in Artists' mag this month http://www.westerberg-fineart.com/ Alyssa Monks Oh My!  Abstractions and reality http://www.alyssamonks.com/index.asp Kim Buck Aussie Huge lovely charcoal drawings Get to work kids! http://www.kimbuck.com.au/index.html Tuesday Painting Classes at Boca Museum School Demo more brush stroke techniques while you work on your paintings Cool Artists: Daniel Greene The master! Oil and pastel He and his wife have a farm where they teach He is master of ceremonies at the  Portrait Society of America conventions http://www.danielgreeneartist.com/ Randall Exon http://www.hirschlandadler.com/exhibitions_1.html?id=1145 David Schwindt http://www.davidschwindt.com/ Interesting article about value and color in Art...

MONDAY MORNING FIGURE DRAWING AT ARTSERVE 9:45 - 11:45 in the Dance Studio THURSDAY MORNING DRAWING 9:30 - noon in the ArtServe gallery Head and necks! Marcia will be our model for the morning Check out these cool painters Thursday we  also  try group drawings (fun!) Tony Bevan Look at his use of acrylic and charcoal Incredible perspectives and abstraction of the body http://www.tonybevan.com/Tony_Bevan_welcome.html Karen Silvestro Symbolic Naratives Totally entertaining! Enjoy http://karensilvestro.com/ D.J. Hall Just wonderful colorful realistic "Girls" paintings Huge and engaging http://www.laarthouse.net/artists.asp?artist=20 TUESDAY PAINTING CLASSES AT BOCA MUSEUM SCHOOL 12:30 - 3:30 and 6:30 - 9:30 Opposites Attract Playing with notan and complements Carry on with your personal projects Cool painters of the week Wolf Kahn The master of color He combines analogous and complementary colors  Uses landscapes as abstr...

Monday Morning Figures at ArtServe 9:45 - 11: 45 in the dance studio This morning will be a Sonya kind of morning I will bring ink for those brave souls who want to work in washes Great way to loosen up Jonathan Ahn Gorgeous work, especially drawings http://www.ahnjung.com Nancy Guzik http://www.nancyguzik.com Kate Sammons http://www.katesammons.com Tuesday Painting Classes at The Boca Raton Museum School Split complementary color schemes (examples) Perspective 101 Bring your mug for tea breaks! Richard McKinley The Pastel Pointers Blog site See....I am not crazy! http://pastelpointersblog.artistsnetwork.com/default,month,2008-03.aspx Michael Naples http://mnaples.com/ Suzanne DeCuir Interesting perspectives! http://suzannedecuirfineart.com/ Thursday Drawing Class in the ArtServe Gallery SHOE DAY! Bring your favorite pair and compare with foot anatomy Don't forget your viewfinder. It will come in handy Gordon Smedt Look at his shoe co...

INK THERAPY Bring your ink. Pens, pots and feathers We will experiment with differing dilutions of ink Value and notan Very cool Rami Efal http://ramiefal.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/watercolor-ink-paintings-and-drawings/ Will Cotton Look at his drawings.... http://www.willcotton.com/ David Downton  Fashion Illustrator Awesome ink drawings! http://www.daviddownton.com/ See you Thursday.