"Reflections" exhibit at GoArt!

 It has been a while since we have done a gallery show, but we are happy to announce that our "Reflections" exhibit is now open at the GO Art! Senior Center Gallery

We used our "creative girls" as a sort of theme for the exhibit, several of which are pictured on the show booklet.















The entire exhibit is shown here, even though it had to be broken up to fit on the screen!

We hope you will come and enjoy the exhibit.  Some works are available for purchase!
 

These two pictures (above and below) are the long center wall of the gallery

The creative girls

Mandalas

Painting a picture, part I

   There wasn't much show and tell this month. 





Emmy brought a couple of her most recent cards.  She apologizes for them not being fiber or quilts, but we all admire her talent in creating these small works of art!!!

 Martha brought pictures of her brand new grandson for show and tell. 














 Chris used the techniques she learned from watching this dvd by Susan Brubaker Knapp for her Oriole quilt.  Tonight we learned the first part of the process.









Chose an image with a strong focal point and contrast, and print it full page. Trace onto tracing paper.

Make a copy of your tracing on plain white paper, the size you want it to be for your quilted project, and trace it onto pfd fabric.  

For some of us, choosing the image was the hardest part!

Others knew exactly what they want to interpret on fabric and got right to work.

These are the images we will be painting on fabric next month.

Martha's Pokeweed blossoms

Kathi's mother's wedding photo

Mary Ellen's Magnolia blosson

Chris wants to try doing this zinnia blossom in another medium.

 (She used it for her Museum Quilt Guild Blooms January 2015challenge entry )

Elaine's inspiration is her Clematis in bloom

Cynda decided on bittersweet berries

We can't wait to see how Emmy does the water droplets!

Beth is doing a hamster!

Lori got a great shot of a butterfly

Mary Lee is continuing her door series

Most important is that we are having fun doing this!!!


Beginning June 22, the ArtCGirlz will have an exhibit of our work, titled "Reflections", at the GoArt gallery at the Senior Center on Bank Street in Batavia.  Information should be available here soon!

Exercising our creativity

Chris Kuehl had the only show and tell this month, which is a preview of the activity we'll be doing next month.  She did this Oriole, based on her own photograph, using watercolor pencils, paints and thread sketching.

 

After a brief discussion about our upcoming exhibit at the GOArt gallery at the senior center in June and July, (Stay tuned for details!) Cynda led us in some exercises intended to exercise our creative muscles!

All we had to bring was paper scissors, coloring media, and a glue stick.  Cynda brought the rest!

First we were instructed to create using only one shape or line.  She had five activities planned:
1- using a single line or shape to create any design
2- using a different shape and a different technique from the first one
3- create either an "animal mineral or vegetable", or one of the four elements
4-  create something with perspective.
5- deconstruct one of your previous works and make something new with it.

Playtime!!!

Mary Ellen

Chris

Susan

Elaine

Cynda 

Emmy

Connie

Martha

None of us really felt we had created a masterpiece, but we had fun, and got to explore some of our preconceptions about our own work and abilities.  Thanks, Cynda!!!