Thursday Evening Critique Group Photos

Pastel by Mario Ortez

We had our Thursday Evening Critique at Kelly's Cafe again and they are so nice. They make room for us at three beautiful and comfortable couches and then chairs for the paintings to be viewed from. We thank them very much for all they do. If you don't come for the critique you should check them out some time for the food. They serve crepes that are really good and you just don't find them often around town.

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Shaggy Valorie's Service dog

Photograph  of raining night in Italy

Pastel.  Waterfall over edge in Hinkley Park

Photograph Medina square using Bill Beuther magic

Painting with watercolor and colored pencil

Photograph from trip Tuscany

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

Featured Artist for September Wed 5

 

Wednesday    Sept. 5th

7:30 P.M.      

                  Brunswick City Hall

                     4095 Center Road.  

Marleen Farley is our featured artist for September 2012.

Maureen Farley is inspired by the grace and beauty of animals and the natural world. She has enjoyed a lifelong love of painting and drawing which lead to a B. A. degree from the University of Nevada in psychology and fine art. Her artistic achievements include receiving the Douglas County Historical Association Photography award, the Carson Valley Library Award, as well as many awards from the Nevada Artist Association and Western Nevada College.

Her favorite media are colored pencil, digital photography, and transparent acrylic collage. She is known for painting original harmonious images of birds and animals. 
"At this time I am exploring mixed media and collage to produce free flowing abstract assemblages." The assemblages appear to have a fluid quality as they represent the interaction between mankind and our natural environment. She arranges interesting found objects such as colorful rocks or leaves with man made materials including transparent glass and beads. 

The creations are designed to be felt as well as seen due to the depth of the textural qualities. After she fuses the elements aesthetically they are permanently sealed with a non yellowing transparent acrylic glaze. 

She has been selected to join the Avant-Garde Art and Craft Shows organization  in North East Ohio. 

To view more of her work visit: http://maureenidafarley.artistwebsites.com or www.fineartamerica.com/artists or www.nevadaartists.org. You can contacted her by email at mifarley@live.com.

Please Join Us For Talks, Presentations and Demonstrations

                           Wednesday    Sept 5,  2012

                                         7:30 P.M.      

                                Brunswick City Hall

                                     4095 Center Road.  

                           Brunswick, Ohio         44212

free   

Artist of the Month is Always the First Wednesday of the Month

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July 5 2012 Evening Critique

We had a great meeting viewing paintings.

Thursday, 6/7/12 Evening Critique Group

Pastel Still Life by Mario

Watercolor of statue by Teenia  Geig (camera shy)

Acrylic still life rendering by Neil

Colored pencil by Liz

Medina photograph by Bill

Necklace by Barb (camera shy)

Colored pencil by Liz

Abstract acrylic  rendering by Neil

We had a wide variety of styles and media represented this evening.  It is so scary to present your art to a group, especially in public, and especially if you are a relatively new artist.   Of course, it is also difficult to critique..   I applaud everyone who participates in these critiques for being willing to risk.  We're all learning.

A good way to start the day! Critique Group

Photo of scene from Vincenza, Italy (Bill Beuther)

Getting in close to view Mary Ann Peto's watercolor

Seeing double!  Two different takes on a California coastline (Donna Crane)

Acrylic abstract on its side - folks decided they liked it best viewed this way (Lee Beuther)

Old house on Rt. 18, watercolor by Mary Ann

Acrylic landscape by Valorie Snell

Valorie showing photo she worked from.  Unanimous:  a better painting than photo!

Pastel landscape, North Park in Brunswick (Lee)

Black and White photo of Spring Grove Cemetery (Bill)

Colored-pencil portrait (Val)

We had an energetic group at this month's Morning Critique.  Some lovely artwork and insightful comments to help us all grow as artists.