Studio Happenings!

Karen's Studio #125 is "humming" with activity now that more students are coming to class. And, it's exciting to include Willie Evans' Framecare Studios as part of the "hum"! Willie comes into the studio every other Wed. evening with his frame samples and expertise. Several of us have been getting our art and photography framed. Willie is incredible and his prices are really reasonable! Now, if I can find more wall space!

My regular students who have been with me for years continue to come in and do their work: Lynn - watercolor, Candice - pastels, Susan - colored pencil and pencil drawings. Sophia and Mollie are adult beginners working through the challenges of perspective. Mollie is framing her covered bridge done from an old art instruction book by John Gnagy. Sophia is framing a square, brightly colored acrylic painting. Michelle and son Ty are working in various media. Ty's colored pencil drawing which he posted as his Facebook profile is incredible! Michelle's watercolors are wonderful, too! Cat is back from New York and has her supplies laid out and has begun working in watercolor again. Welcome Cat! And, I hope Chris starts this week, too.

Last Wed., four young adults started class, too. Their father is a Tattoo artist. He wants his children to learn the basics. He learned a lot about art from his Grandmother who told him to draw his hand, his face and now he is a professional artist. For our first lesson I asked the young people to "free-wheel it" - draw whatever they wanted for the first page of their sketch book. I then introduced them to "materials' - drawing materials - charcoals, erasers, stomps, pencils, Conte crayons, etc. For fun, I gave them copies of a fence, round moon faces and stick people which come from an antique book I have about learning how to draw.

Next week we'll progress to "lines". I have a stack of graphic arts books that may be helpful, too, for ideas and for showing how various lines are used in drawings.

I think I'll be getting even more students. I "advertise" on my Meetup.com site which helps a lot. I'm going to have students doing the breast cancer bricks again this year. The bricks are painted and donated to a silent auction in October.

Hoping the weather stays cool. I'm hoping that two more fans will help, too. Ordered two from QVC which look like they will "cover" more of the room. Classes continue on Wednesday afternoons 4 - 6:45 pm $5.00 an hour, $10 for two hours. Eventually I will have enough students to "break even". Sure hope so!