Monday Morning Critique Group Meeting

The Monday morning group met at the Brunswick library this month. We had an excellent conversation about our art projects. We discussed everything from color temperatures, depth of field and all the other usual  considerations we have in a work of art. One person in our group, Dave, is very good at showing that cropping often helps and sometimes even creates two works of art. We always see different points of view and perhaps something that hadn't even come to mind when we had looked at our own work for so long.

Photograph by Bill

Pastel by Helen

Oil painting by Dave, plein air at Wolf Creek

Pastel by Lee   This is a close up of a very wonderful small painting.

Pastel by Lee   this is a close up of a very small painting. Small paintings can be very charming.

Photograph: Original size

Dave talks about possible cropping and more than one photograph.

Pastel by Helen

Colored Pencil by Donna

The beauty of all the greens

Lee talking about her pastel before the critique

Plein air pastel by Lee

Colored pencil of red coon hound puppy by Valorie

 

Colored pencil by Donna

Oil plein air painting by Dave

Monday, 6/11/2012 Morning Critique Group

Pastel by Georgene

This watercolor was painted by Dave from his imagination, and because he was recovering from in injury to his right hand, Dave painted this with his left hand.

Pastel by Lee (Coe Lake, Berea)

Georgene and Dave totally focused

Photograph by Bill (restaurant in Venice, Italy)

Pastel by Lee (North Park)

Dave, Bill, and Georgene solving all the world's artistic problems

Pastel of southern dunes by Georgene

Photograph by Bill using an experimental technique of multiple exposures

Although a small group, we had some lovely work to critique.  I think we all came away feeling we had  gained something from the experience.

First Merit Bank featuring David Fawcett

  

 

 

Award-winning artist, David Fawcett, has a soft touch that reveals his sensitivity to the natural world around him.   His paintings will be on display at the Old Mill Branch of First Merit Bank through the end of July.  Stop in and enjoy this lovely exhibit.  Thank you to First Merit Bank for hosting these ongoing exhibits.

Photos courtesy of Bill Beuther

Morning Critique Group, 4-9-2012

Helen Jeglic, Pastel

Mary Ann Peto, Watercolor

David Fawcett, Oil

Valorie Snell, colored pencil and mixed
 media

Lee Beuther, Watercolor

George Harth, Watercolor

Peggy Lantz, Watercolor

Lee Beuther, Oil

Mary Ann Peto, Watercolor

Helen Jeglic, Oil

We had a wide variety of styles and media at this morning's critique group.  Above are the paintings, in various stages of completion, that we critiqued.  Thanks to everyone for being willing to risk, by sharing  work and allowing everyone to share their opinions.  Critiques are scary business.  The artist being critiqued is risking, but so it the person doing the critique.  The payoff is that we all learn through the process.  And, although you don't see them, we did have real, live artists there!  Bill wasn't able to be there and the person filling in (me) simply forgot to photograph the artists!  I figure everyone would rather see the artwork anyway.