More Work from Latrobe High School

I always conduct a constructive critique before I leave. We put our pieces up against the wall and since we have such a brief amount of time I conduct the critique myself. With more time permitting, I would do each piece individually and also have student critique....five days is sometimes too short, but the students do get a lot of information from me in five days!

Latrobe High School Residency Continued

The images to follow will not show any student individually. This is a privacy act that I follow at all my schools. You will see though that some students are right or left handed. I actually ask them on one day to paint with their non-dominant hand!

Latrobe High School Impressionist Residency

It is always an honor to be asked to conduct a residency at Latrobe High School in Latrobe, PA. This will be my 6th residency if I remember correctly.....but my memory is not always correct! The result of this brief residency is that I have only 5 days to teach some color and painting techniques to students. The class period ends up being about 40 minutes of working time. I am ALWAYS impressed at the willingness and effort of these students and they are like sponges and end up with really good pieces.

Our first day is spent using only primary colors to have the students learn to use these colors to mix all other colors. They have a warm and cool blue, warm and cool red and warm and cool yellow plus white and sometimes a little bit of black. We usually choose Impressionism as this is a great era of art that reflects in the use of light, brush strokes and color. The students are allowed to choose an artist in this era to exemplify. I am not looking for a copy but rather a strong use of color and insight into what an underpainting does in the final process of a finished work.

Lydia Ross, the art teacher, also paints as do I although not during the class period. The students can then watch a work in process also. Because I am there only a short time, the photos shown right now show the beginning stages and our last day of critique before I leave. I will be sure to post finished works when Ms. Ross has time to catch up with me!

Moses is growing up

Our Moses is really growing up! He is not quite 4 months old and weighs in now at a hefty 41 pounds. He sure is delightful and smart. This morning at 5 am, while showering, I felt something licking my ankles. He was happily in the shower drinking the water as it rained from my elbow! After a great morning at The Country Market, we spent a glorious day at the barn with the horses and the dogs. The simple reminder of life is Enjoy the Moment....create as many precious moments as you can! Thank you today for such a wonderful time:)

Noah's Ark

Two other images....we have too many to post right now!

Music in the Mountains at Ohiopyle

We have some wonderful shows coming up, and Music in the Mountains was a gorgeous weekend. Our sales were really good and the images you see are just a few of the pieces we had available.

Our next dates for showing:
Ligonier Country Market Sept 18 and Oct 3
Buckwheat Festival at Ohiopyle October 8 and 9
Positively Posh at St. Vincent October 23
Glades Pike Winery November 7
Art Works November 19- January 2nd

WE are BUSY, BUSY, BUSY....and HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY

Moses the Wonder Boy

It has been a while since I posted any photos of the boy! He weighs about 32 pounds now and has grown almost 5 inches at the shoulder. He will be 12 weeks on Sunday. Every time I open up his crate I think he has grown again.

We took him to a festival and he was a super good boy along with Foxxy. They were the talk of the town. We hope to try letting him sleep in our bedroom next week. We took him to the Q dam and he is a natural swimmer alongside Foxxy, who looks like a lincoln log floating.

Stay tuned as he keeps growing on the site.