Norma's Art

Church at Mill Run Art Show, Sept-Oct. 2009

2009-09-21T13:32:00.004-04:00

Second week of drawing

2009-08-17T13:59:00.003-04:00

I finished 70 sketches last week, and I signed on again for this week. I'll miss today because a friend is having a paint in/out at her B&B and is also showing a watercolor DVD.

For this one done from a photo I took on a morning walk along the lake, I didn't have any pencils that were dark, so I gave up and used pen. So now it is multi-media.

Watercolor class with Bob Moyer

2009-07-27T20:37:00.001-04:00

Here's today's class work, an iris. Bob moyer did a demo in the class at the Rhein Center, and then we dabbed around and copied what he did. Everyone in the class took home a good first effort.

Final day of class

2009-07-17T13:31:00.001-04:00

Looking down the street at Third and Laurel to the lake.

Boys fishing

2009-07-16T16:08:00.003-04:00

This is today's class effort--we each chose a different photograph. 4 x 6 on watercolor block, 140 lb.

Marblehead Lighthouse

2009-07-15T14:45:00.003-04:00

This is today's class project. The instructor is John Behling who likes bright colors and sharp contrasts.

Registering at the Rhein Center

2009-07-05T05:14:00.005-04:00

If the wind settles down, or picks up, which ever the case may be, and there is a kids' sail sponsored by the Society of Old Salts (SOS), I'll be helping to register people at the Rhein Center today in my husband's place who just loves to help with that Sunday sailing activity. If too many people sign up for a class, then there is a "lottery."

My resolve to keep drawing or painting, hasn't gone too far. I did sketch an artificial arrangement, but started in lead then switched to colored pencil, which doesn't work.

Today's class project

2009-07-13T17:59:00.002-04:00

Yellow sky and purple lake. It was great fun. The instuctor is John Behling. He formerly taught in the College of Social Work at OSU, but returned to his first love, art, after retiring in 1986.

Today's pastel class

2009-06-23T19:24:00.002-04:00

Don't think this will be my medium.

No scanner

2009-06-21T21:53:00.001-04:00

I don't have a scanner connected to my laptop, so I'll have to go the digital route. This is the first drawing of the summer. I was sitting on a bench at Hoover Auditorium in Lakeside looking at the tiny, narrow cottage across the street on Walnut. The angle wasn't good. My husband is teaching perspective drawing this week, but no matter how often I take it, I still draw the same old way--I eyeball it. One thing I left out is the For Sale sign in front. No yard to take care of and you could hear all the programs across the street without going out.

First pastel painting

2009-06-22T17:41:00.003-04:00

Today at the Rhein Center I participated in a pastel class with Joan Garvarek. Not exactly a keeper, but she told us to hang on to it so that if we continue in this medium we'll be able to see improvement. I sat at a table with a very enthusiatic child and the table was constantly wiggling. Also, there were so many light sources, this gourd had 6 shadows, so I just chose two.

Portrait class 2008

2009-06-22T10:04:00.003-04:00

Last summer I took a portrait class, but didn't practice. This year I hope to practice more--with the help of this blog. Today and tomorrow I'm taking "pastel painting," and we'll do a gourd today and a flower tomorrow.