Lafreniere Splash Park

Upon completion of the mural, we took a group photo of the Jefferson Art Guild artists. I took a panorama photo as well. It was sunny and hot that day.

Mural Painting at the Splash Park

Members of the Jefferson Art Guild helped paint the finishing touches on a tropical themed splash park at Lareniere Park in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. These photos were taken on March 25th, 2012.

The Result of Paint and Pass

This is the canvas I started on at the beginning of the workshop. The other artists worked on it after me. It changed quite a bit along the way.

The Pass and Paint Critique

At the end of the workshop the artists talked about the paintings and how they turned out. I only managed to take photos of the last critique. The artists enjoyed the workshop.

Pass and Paint

Here are the photos from the "Pass and Paint" Workshop sponsored by the Jefferson Art Guild at the Seventh Ward Senior Citizen Center (fondly referred to as "The Pink House." Artists worked 20 minutes at each station in front of a painting. When the time was up, the artists rotated counterclockwise.

The Still Lifes

Here are the three still lifes used for a workshop called "Pass and Paint."

The object of the workshop was for several artists to work on paintings in rotations. Every 20 minutes artists rotated chairs counterclockwise.

Experimental Acrylic Techniques Workshop

As a follow up to a painting demonstration I did in June 2010, I ran my first official workshop at the Westwego Art Center on March 12, 2011. I helped seven artists as they tried out various experimental acrylic painting techniques. The participants enjoyed seeing what each other did during the workshop. Here are some photos from that day.

Phil Sandusky Demonstration

Last month artist Phil Sandusky demonstrated portrait painting for the St. Bernard Art Guild. Phil also enjoys painting “en plein air” – outside from life. The husband of an artist member of the guild, volunteered to be the model.

Phil emphasized blocking in the big shapes first and trying to be accurate with them. He didn’t fuss with a lot of detail. Before the hour was up he had rendered a fair likeness of the model.

Glen Weber Demonstration

Past president of the West Bank Art Guild Glen Weber demonstrated acrylic landscape painting at the October general meeting of the West Bank Art Guild. He showed his secret method for keeping acrylics wet on his palette. With the assistance of a member relay team, he quickly painted four landscape “starts.” A start is simply the initial blocking in of paint to get a piece going. He discussed what he emphasized in each painting as he played with different sky color combinations. As usual he kept members giggling with his cheerful and casual presentation. And voilà, below are the four “starts.”

West Bank Art Guild Meeting

Here are a few of shots from the October West Bank Art Guild meeting. The Glen Weber demonstration had not begun yet.