We are very fortunate to have a stained glass piece hanging in our bathroom where I work. It was made by a retired elemenatary principal ...who does this now as his hobby. Iwent into the bathroom on a beautiful autumn day and saw the reflection of the leaves coming through this piece...it was so beautiful.

Fishtown, Leland Michigan 2

Another try at painting a building from our trip to FishTown, Leland, Michigan

Barn

this barn was painted in watercolors from a reference photo that I had taken just this fall while on a jaunt around the country side. It was another "lonesome" building in need of some repair, but it had a certain quaintness to it...especially with the clothesline that was out front!

Metal Rooster and Pumpkin

I had fun doing this rooster all in watercolor....trying to get the metallic effect was fun.

fishtown, Leland Michigan

fishtown, Leland Michigan
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All watercolor. My goal to be more free when painting and to not worry so much about including all of the details.

pumpkins

pumpkins
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Pastels

SAC Sketch Crawl, Sat. Oct. 25, 2008

SAC Sketch Crawl, Sat. Oct. 25, 2008
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This was our first sketch crawl at the gallery (Shiawassee Arts Center) where I work in Owosso, Michigan. That is me on the right! We had a lot of fun and had probably about 25 participants. Some went outside around town and the rest stayed inside. Our new gallery has windows all around with a view of a castle, swinging bridge, river, first settlers cabin in Owosso, and beautiful fall trees. It was very informal--registration began at 9:30 am and we wrapped it up at 3:00 pm. We are anxious to hold another one soon. There are a lot more pictures of artists on my flick'r site and blog. Hope that you didn't mind my posting this on Everyday Matters site as it is not a sketch, but thought you might like to take a look. I was one of the organizers and if you are interested I could give you more detail...so your town could participate.

October Virtual Sketch Date

pears
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This is my first attempt at using soft pastels! I really enjoyed using this media. This is for the Virtual Sketch Day to be posted on Saturday, but wanted to get it on line as we are doing the Sketch Crawl (www.sketchcrawl.com) where I work on Saturday and wanted to have this completed...also it is the big Michigan State vs. Michigan game and we have a tailgate party tomorrow night for hospital donations! I painted 11 pumpkins for centerpieces!

scan0038.jpgrooster

scan0038.jpgrooster
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Another attempt....

Sketch Crawl-Mid Michigan Area

The Shiawassee Arts Center and the Shiawassee Artists’ Guild presents:
SketchCrawl.com drawing marathons from around the world

Dear Artists and Fellow Artists Guild Members

We are anxious to hold our first ever SketchCrawl along the beautiful Shiawassee River in downtown Owosso. This event is being sponsored by the Shiawassee Arts Center (SAC) and the the Shiawassee Artists’ Guild.

You ask…what is a sketch crawl? This event is where artists from all over the world get together (so to speak) and draw! The basic idea is to record non-stop everything and anything you can around you with your favourite artist mediums…watercolour, pastel, pencil, charcoal, oils, acrylic, just to name a few. Willing participants will have their work photographed and uploaded to the www.sketchcrawl.com website to be viewed all over the world on this fun/artistic day!
One of our main goals is just for fellow artists, young and old/children and adults/professional and beginners, to meet, get together, to share, and most importantly, have fun.

Now for the details:

Where: along the Shiawassee River in Curwood Castle Park between the SAC and Curwood Castle. Registration will take place on the front porch of the Shiawassee Arts Center, 206 Curwood Castle Drive.

When: Saturday October 25, 2008

Registration begins at 9:30 a.m and we will end around 3:00 pm. You are invited to come anytime between these hours. You can stay 1 hour or the entire time…we’re hoping that when you come, you won’t want to go home!

What to Bring: Your friends, your artist supplies, something to sit on, snacks, … even walking shoes if you want to walk around town. We will be serving chilli, crackers, sheet cake and fruit/water, coffee, and cider will be available….all for a donation to SAC.

Cost: FREE…however, any donations will kindly be accepted

We will be holding this event rain or shine…in case of inclement weather, we will gather inside SAC in our beautiful new gallery (which will be open during the day). We would really like it if you would RSVP your intentions…just so we have some idea of how many to expect for food, etc. You can e-mail back to sue@shiawasseearts.org. or call SAC at 989.723.8354. You can also visit our website at http://www.shiawasseearts.org/.

Looking forward to October 25th and hopefully, seeing you here,

Susan Newcom, Gallery Manager

Across the Lake

Across the Lake
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Went away this weekend and this was a sketch done from the dock where we were staying