From Sarah: A few pics from today! The group had a beautiful morning at Derby Pond. We were visited by a heron, an osprey, ducks and many families fishing! While the heron and osprey and children fished, we painted!
Thank you Virginia, for organizing today’s plein air session at Big Rock Garden. Learn more about the Big Rock Garden sculptures at: Big Rock Park – Public Art Collection.
The VAG poster committee distributed the Barn Posters to Lynden, Fairhaven, Bellingham and the Sudden Valley area to invite more people to come and view our Quarterly Arts Exhibit. The posters were well received and the merchants were eager to post them. In fact, the Whatcom Allied Arts is planning to include our poster in their upcoming newsletter.
This is a picture of the VAG ladies that went on the Camino Island Studio tour.
We were at the Michele Rushworth studio. Michelle is known for her heirloom and official portraits in oils. She has been commissioned to do portraits of State Governors and government officials, Academic and Medical Field Executives, Business Leader including Fortune 500 Companies.
Michelle offers half day and full day art instruction.
The date for the next silk painting offered by Stephanie Strong class is Thursday, June 21st, at 1:00 PM at Gwen’s studio. Due to the size of the project, class will be limited to 8 participants. There will be four sizes of scarves from which to choose; prices, including scarf and materials, will range from $15 to $25. For more information, contact Stephanie at strong12@yahoo.com.
A new Valley Arts Group show is on display through July 14, 2018.
This quarter, Lee Langdon is the featured artist at the Sudden Valley Clubhouse (by El Agave). Carol McMillian is the featured artist at the Sudden Valley Creekside Barn (by Ken’s Cozy Kitchen).
A sampling of the show can be see on our website: www.valleyartsgroup.org.
“Lavender Mist”, a mixed media painting by Beryl Adams tied for first place for artists of the month for the Whatcom Art Guild. During the month of April, it will hang at the Whatcom Art Market in Fairhaven. Congratulations Beryl!
On March 15, the third Watercolor Batik class, with a new theme of “Batik a Bunny” for the Easter season was attended by Stephanie Strong, Danila VanVeen, Roz Claffey, Lynn Cowan, Alice Healy, Virginia Heaven, Karen McCormick, Diana Wassal, and Gwen Callahan. The process of using masa paper, watercolors, and wax…. produced interesting individual color combinations and fun results to be framed.
From Sarah Lane, class instructor:
We had our “Lovely Dimension” class this afternoon at Gwen’s lovely studio, and I think I speak for all when I say that we had a good time! We started the class with a little video about Wayne Thiebaud, painter of desserts! I discovered him after I discovered my attraction to depth in desserts. We identified both his need for integrity and humor. He never considered himself Picasso, but his works do sell for $1.7M now. And while it sounds like any of us wouldn’t mind having that kind of renown and success, we were satisfied to work with gel medium and acrylics. Gwen warmed up the afternoon with a steamy cup of coffee, while Roz’s flowers and cupcake vibrated with brilliant color. Virginia demonstrated her mastery of color, and Victoria gave herself the opportunity to “play” that she’s offered many children in the past. She achieved, light and joy in gel medium! Whitney, graphic designer and gardener extraordinaire, brought primrose to life, blending watercolor and acrylic techniques and giving us a glimpse at spring. Beryl applied her natural attraction to subtle color to her cupcake painting. And Danila worked steadily and delicately, building and drawing the surface of her painting. And then we ate cupcakes! Many thanks to everyone for their love of art and community–for sharing a truly lovely afternoon. A special thanks to Gwen for sharing her light, bright space!
Another fun afternoon with the Valley Arts Group! Instructors Alice, Christine and Gwen organized a workshop on the art of Zentangle. Gwen guided us through the process step-by-step. Participants included members Gwen, Alice, Reka, Penny, Beryl and Robbie, plus guests Brenda and Diana.
If you would like to create your own Zentangle artwork, check out the book One Zentangle A Day by Beckah Krahula. It is available through the Whatcom County Library.
Sudden Valley Art In the Barn 