Creativity: the ability to use the imagination to develop new
and original ideas or things,
especially in an artistic context.
The sun is shining through the maple leaves outside the studio window turning them Olive Green (Americana OG) and gold. The dogwood tree is displaying a myriad of colors from fall greens to pale yellow to peach to reds and the ground below is a carpet of browns and reds. Fall is one of my favorite seasons although this fall has come with mixed blessings.
Our thoughts and prayers have been sent out to those who have been in the path of Super Storm Sandy. There are few of us that have not been touched personally in some way by this monumental storm as we think of friends, family, and for some of you, personal property.
Back at the studio we have been blessed with a warm, dry environment in which to create. 2012 is reaching completion, however, our class schedule still has a few splendid paintings for us to create, or as my thesaurus suggests: cover, coat, dip, smear, and spread, although we can be a little more artistic: creative, imaginative, and inventive (also thesaurus).
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| Fall Bouquet |
Our Wed morning group wanted to do "something different" and so have chosen the eye-catching Fall Bouquet, by Mami Ando from issue 3 of the Decorative Painter 2012. We'll start this painting next week and finish it after Kathie George's seminar and our week off for Thanksgiving. There's still time to join us.
Next we'll paint Carol Forsyth's wonderful Winter Cardinal. Please
check the schedule for more information and updates.
I will have a Tue morning open class on Nov 20, 10a-12:30p since there are painters who say that they want to come that day. We'll be thankful for another day to paint.
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| Poinsettia Chalk board |
Our
Cary class at Chambers Arts on Tue evenings is in the holiday mood. We are painting our version of a brilliant red poinsettia design by Vilma Fabretti that was in Paint Works, Christmas 2009. I've painted a chalk board and am using the new DecoArt Clear Chalk Board Coating that I have been wanting to use. My painted surface can be for the holiday menu, notes, or my list of what I want for Christmas and displayed where my husband can't help but see it.
Next we have Trudy Beard's beautiful White Santa. Please
check the schedule for details.
Our
Wed evening classes are on break until after the first of the year. I'm asking everyone interested in painting on Wed evenings in the new year to gather with us on Jan 2, 2013, at 6:00p for a planning party. We'll have refreshments, make plans for projects, and learn.
RSVP please.
It's time for our
seminar with Kathie George, starting Nov 12! Three days of creative joy with Kathie.
There are still seats available for our mixed media painting, The Door, on Wed, 11/14. Our painters may feel the least familiar with mixed media techniques although we actually do quite a few mixed media paintings using textures, various media, and more. Everyone who painted Kathie's Outside Cat with us continues to comment on how much fun it was to paint. I can't wait to experience what Kathie has come up with to create this lovely painting.
Register now to join us.
We'll have a 3 wk break for the holiday celebrations. Class go through Dec 11 and 12th and then will resume on Jan 8 and 9. Our students will help me plan our classes for after the first of the year, although we already have some excellent ideas for new paintings.
In our usual tradition we'll have our holiday gathering after the first of the year.
Our New Year of Painting gathering will be held on Jan 6, that's Sun afternoon, Plan to join us as we bring our creative resourcefulness together for 2013.
We'll have refreshments, share our holiday stories, and register for upcoming classes and events.
Mark your calendar now.
Let me hear from you. We'd like to have you back in class and painting with us in 2013, and need your ideas and creative spirit. In addition to our acrylic painting, would you like to see more mixed media, textures, watercolors, colored pencil, theory or technique classes, all day workshops, 3 hr classes, ?? I'll look forward to hearing from you. Send me an
email or leave a comment on this post.
For me 2012 summer and fall has been full with travel teaching for some wonderful new painting friends, and then vacation of course. I've learned lots, shared lots, traveled lots, and best of all made new friends all over the south east. My George, Barn Cat painting has been quite the hit at seminars, on line, and noted in the Decorative Painter. I have more travel teaching on my 2013 schedule already and am looking forward to visiting these chapters.
I'm saving up my money for my education: a trip to Art Is You in Nashville with Gail in April, and SDP Convention in May with Mary Greene. Yeah! Take classes with me and help me attend these events so that I can come back and share with you.
My goals for 2013 are to paint more, create more, dance more, computer less, eat less, and enjoy more.
Coming up at Artful Endeavors in 2013:
- Tue and Wed weekly classes taught by me.
- More 3 hr and all day workshops.
- Winter's End ArtFling with Gail Schmidt and myself at the end of March.
- Ros Stallcup Seminar July 21-23 and 25-27, 6 days.
I wish all of a safe, healthful, and joyful holiday season and look forward to our 2013 creative adventures. We never stop learning. Give yourself the gift of time for art, creativity, and learning.
Think creatively!
Liz
