Fourth Fridays at the Foundry

Hi Friends,

Next Friday at the Foundry we're having a concert that I highly recommend. (See flyer below.)

With renewed enthusiasm and hard work from our new director, board, and the artists, 

the Foundry Art Center is sponsoring the performance of Kim Massie. I saw her last year with 

Jazz St. Louis and she was absolutely awesome! 

This is the kick-off of our "Fourth Fridays at the Foundry" Concert Series. 

Everyone wants somewhere to go on Friday night, so come enjoy some of the finer 

things in life... fine art, fine wine and really fine music! Throw in some fine friends, too!

You can't beat it for the price. 

Thanks, 

Linda

Artists' Studios Open  - 6:00 to 8:00 pm

 

Visit 23 artists in their studios, enjoy a special wine tasting by

Three Squirrels Winery on the bridge upstairs and

sample savory morsels before the concert!

 

Kim Massie serves up a platter of Jazz & Blues desserts with sweet sassy and

soulful sounds! She can Diva Dish it with “Better Than Love”, Delta Blues it in

“Come On Into My Kitchen”, take you to church with a “Closer Walk With Thee”

and rock you with Led Zepplin’s “Whole Lotta Love.” Kim is very well known in the

St. Louis Area. She is proud to have shared the stage with the St. Louis Blues

Greats of Oliver Sain, Johnny Johnson, Bennie Smith and Grammy Rock Star,

Cindy Lauper.

She is an exciting talent to launch the Fourth Fridays at the Foundry!

Fans love Kim; she makes them laugh, cry, reminisce and scream while she sings, hugs

and captures the rhythms of your heart!

Tickets may be purchased online at www.foundryartcentre.org.

                                                

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students.

 

Foundry Art Centre

520 North Main Center

St. Charles, MO

636.255.0270

 

Figure, Oil Sketch

This is a piece done recently, not framed yet. Beautiful model I just love to paint. She just makes it so easy, the work is a pleasure. Such fun! Looking forward to this weeks session, hope I can make it! I think we're supposed to have another great female model.

When doing these oil sketches, more than simply getting a likeness, I strive to create a good painting. Sometimes, in a group setting, sharing a model with other artists may mean that I don't have the exact view that I'd like to have. This means finding the best composition from the viewpoint I have for that session. But I don't necessarily have to paint the entire figure. I'm just looking for the best pattern of lights and darks, angles, etc. to lead the eye through the painting. Sometimes this is easier said than done but using a view finder (which is my favorite crutch) will certainly help.

Bag-o-Peppers, Do I really want to go there?

I've been posting lately on Facebook so I thought I'd come back to my blog tonight.
Just a little study...don't care enough about it to redo larger. Sometimes a little bit is all you need to know you don't really want to go there.

A face takes me back.

Doodling with paint on a 12 X 12 canvas brought out this face. Then I remembered, this is very similar to the first oil painting I ever did, way,way back in high school. Except that one was done, for some reason, all in reds. Then it was stolen. Maybe that was a good sign.

For Shoe Freaks, Old Shoes and New Shoes

For the "Shoe Freaks" out there I just thought I'd post my 2 favorite shoe paintings. Jess's Shoes is a pastel, done last year, from my neices "collection" of shoes. The other painting, Pom-Pom shoes is a recent piece. I've been drawing a lot of shoes in my sketchbook and for some reason, I keep putting pom-poms on them. They just wanted to be painted.

Jess's Shoes • Pastel • 12 X 12

Pom-Pom Shoes • Oil • 8 X 8 

Four Paintings, One Palette

This was a busy week, with many distractions but I managed to paint right through all the visitors and conversations around me. Quite a feat! A few years ago I would never have thought I could do it. But being at the Foundry has taught me to breathe deep and persevere rather that pulling my hair out. These are small simple studies but they do seem to have a nice freshness about them. And I don't feel resentful as I do some weeks when I've wasted too much time.

Different Strokes Portrait

This painting was done from a photograph provided on the blog "Different Strokes From Different Folks", where artists are encouraged to paint or draw their own interpretations. This month artists from all over did paintings of another randomly chosen artist. What fun! Check out the link by clicking on the post title above. It's interesting to see the interpretations. I'd love to do more.

Two Small Ones for the Week

The plan was to do one hour paintings again this week, one as a warm to start each day and get me
in the zone to conquer larger pieces. Well, I just couldn't quit. So I spent 3 days on these two 8 X 8 paintings.

My daughter asked me for a Santa painting. So here it is Betsy.
Here's Santa • Oil • 8 X 8

This Thanksgiving once again I brought out and used my grandmother's china. It always brings back memories and makes me think of my loved ones who used these pieces. I love how the light hits and reflects and the way the shadowed curves accent the gold trim. It's part of the holidays.
Grandma's China • Oil • 8 X 8

Figure Painting

Above are images of my last two weeks of figure painting. Just for a change, I've been doing them in oil at 12 X 12 inches.
What fun!

Different Strokes, Too Late!

This is a small piece I did last week. It was done from a photograph provided on the blog Different Strokes From Different Folks, where artists are encouraged to paint or draw their own interpretations. Waited too long and missed the deadline but it's still a nice piece. I'll try to get the next one in in more timely fashion.