SCARSDALE ART ASSOCIATION OFFERS EXCITING JOURNAL WORKSHOP

Sunday November 11, 2012, from 1-4 PM

On Sunday, Nov. 11, from 1-4, the Scarsdale Art Association will hold another Journal Workshop  at the Leahey Gallery of the Girls Scout House in Scarsdale.

The program will be  multi layered, with several elements aimed at challenging artists to use their talents in new and
exciting ways.

The members' Fall Art Show will adorn the walls of the Leahey Gallery. The theme:  "Food, Glorious Food"  which will include oils, watercolors, graphics and sculpture. Prizes will be awarded.

During the Journal Workshop, members will be invited to share journals they have created since the last workshop in July. Expanding the concept beyond travel, two presenters will demonstrate how artists can use art journals to enhance their work, to explore thinking prior to starting a painting as well
as for experimenting with colors, objects and form for use in later works.

As with all Scarsdale Art Association events, the public is invited, there will be refreshments, and there
is no charge.

The Girl Scout House is located in Scarsdale, just south of Scarsdale High School, on Wayside Lane, 2/10 of a mile west of Route 22 on the right.

Meet the presenters:
     
Janet Patterson, retired textile designer and winner of numerous awards for her oils and watercolors. Janet will show her watercolor sketch books as a means of explaining how she works out color and composition prior to beginning a painting.  Here is Janet Patterson in her studio.

 Phil Wallace, artist, illustrator and cartoonist. Phil will demonstrate some fun and easy-to-master ways of placing figures in paintings. He observes that "painting figures can be a challenge to those whose work does not normally include people, yet oftentimes, a landscape can take on additional meaning with one or two figures in it".

Here is Phil at his French easel, painting "en plein air".