Congratulations Winners: Mini Masters 2011

1st Place
Moonrise over Root River Parkway
Anthony Sell

2nd Place
Flash of Light
Judith Reidy

3rd Place
Fishing
Carolyn Larkin

Mini Masters: A Exquisite Collection of Small Original Artwork Priced for the Holidays!

Mini Masters 2011

Lorin Willey takes class on Tour of the Current Impressionistic Exhibit at MAM

Great Evening at the Milwaukee Art Museum touring the Impressionists Drawing Exhibit at the MAM with Lorin Willey followed by a delicious dinner at County Claire
You should have been there.

Next week Lorin's classes continue at the Raven Art School on Thursday from 6 to 8:30 pm.
For a complete list of all the classes offered see
Raven Art School

Beginning Acrylic Painting Student Third Artwork after Three Lessons

In the beginning Acrylic painting class this is an example of a landscape painting completed by a student, Diane Miller,  in their third complete 2 hour lesson.
If you drop in at the Raven Art School Studio you will see the process for making the painting,

• beginning with the watercolor like use of acrylics in the sky background,
• doing an under painting of the lighthouse
• followed by a glazes of color on the lighthouse
• concluding with creation of the foreground of grasses.

Of course there is instruction on how to mix the colors, applying glazes and various brush techniques in creating the grassy foreground during live lesson.

  Why don't you join us  on Thursday Mornings  from 10 to noon and grow as a painter!  Class instruction is reasonable.

NEW

Saturday Morning Painting a Still Life, 

Chose to work with an instructor or independently in a wonderful atmosphere of fellow painters.

Beginner through Advanced 

9:30 to 11:30 am

Remember this week is the first week for our Saturday morning still life sessions.

See the Raven Art school page for more details

Congratulations Winners: sCary aRT 2011

Congratulations Jeff Sadowski winner of the Popular Choice Award and Todd Dakins Winner of the Artists Choice award! Thanks for all the great contributors...we really had great sCary aRT!!! See you next year!

The ghost of discontinued moldings...aka Troy Tatlock

Freddy viewing Jeff Sadowskis art...

 

Barely holding it together!

Jeff Sadowski receiving the Popular Choice Award!!!

Todd Dakins Receiving the Artists Choice Award!!

The ghost of molding Past...hiding out!

Much fun was had by all!!!

Madame Baruska...fortune teller...aka Judith Reidy

Seller of Tacky Art...aka Carolyn Larkin

Enjoying the view

We all needed our new priest friend last night!!!

Care to view my new acquisition?

Call to Artists: Mini Masters 2011

More sCary aRT

Karen Norris

Orel Rooney

Judith Reidy

Wendie Thompson

Todd Dakins

Jeff Sadowski

Dan Fulwiler

Karen Norris

sCary aRT........

Christine Welman

Wendie Thompson

Jenny Anderson

Jenny Anderson

Pete Schassler

Christine Welman

Great Time At Life Drawing Tonight At the Raven

Join us tonight Tonight, Monday, October 10, 2011, at Life Drawing with our NEW model, Alice Wilson who will be our nude model. Our evening session begins at 6:30 and concludes at 9 pm.

We have a lively group that enjoys their good company.

See Life Drawing and Painting for details.

A Beginner Oil Painting is Progressing

A few post ago you saw this image of painting at the beginning stages.

As you can see the form of the pot and fruit and plate are more developed.  The important issue is reading values.  We use the common tool of squinting  plus a little known technical tool that simplifies colors and values and makes them more easy to read.

After the work in this traditional classical grisaille technique of a well developed value weighted monochromatic under-painting, we begin glazing the monochromatic under-painting with "veils" of color.  


But there is another way we learn to paint....more loosely...ala prima.  If you check the next images you will see a set up of  a still life with grapes and pomegranates with an ala prima painting of the still life near the bottom of the image.

See the still life with the wine bottle and the painting made from it.


Remember the 

sCary aRT Show 2011

 is coming in full force this month 
and
 you need to be ready for it!
go here for details

sCary aRT Show 2011

Happy Birthday, Orel, on Behalf of all at Raven Art School

Orel,  Happy Birthday

Tonight while we paint in the Lorin Willey's Thursday Evening Painting Class we will be gearing up to celebrate Orel's Birthday.

Please come and join in the fun.  

Painting critiquing, eating cake and having a great time.

Remember we have a full day of Classes today.

10-Noon Beginning Oil Painting

1-3 pm  Painting in all Media

and  of Course 

Lorin Wiley's Advanced and Intermediate Painting

6-8:30 PM

for details about these Thursday Classes and our Monday classes go to 

Raven Art School