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The Painted Lady Continues

By Sharen ⋅ November 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m moving right along with my painted lady work. I am beginning to fill in with flowers from our garden, the red zinnias were in our front yard flower beds, they were spectacular. The small yellow, orange and white zinnias were also in our front flower bed. Working on keeping the composition balanced and the [...]

Painted Lady, the Beginning

By Sharen ⋅ October 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A couple of weeks ago I was out in my side garden, a beautiful Painted Lady Butterfly landed on a zinnia next to me. It was the most wonderful thing, the butterfly let me get within a couple of inches of it. It was awesome, the Lady allowed me to observe her for two or [...]

GAP Art Show and Sale

By Sharen ⋅ October 25, 2009 ⋅ One comment

We set up at the Grapevine Art Project Show and had a great time. It was a very nice venue and our booth was fantastic! We met lots of interesting people and many talented artists. Summer II won one of the two “People’s Choice” Awards, Yea!!! We got lots of great feed back on Twin [...]

Grapevine Art Project

By Sharen ⋅ September 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

WE WILL BE EXIBITING IN THIS SHOW! VISIT DOWNTOWN GRAPEVINE DURING THE GRAPEVINE ART PROJECT ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OCTOBER 2 & 3, 2009 LANCASTER THEATRE Friday, October 2nd: Art Show – 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Artist Reception – 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday, October 3rd: Art Show & Sale – 1:00 p.m. [...]

Fort Worth South Fall Arts Goggle Show

By Sharen ⋅ September 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

October 3, 2009 3pm-10pm (show is one night only) The Art Show will be curated by Kerrie Conover (Fort Worth artist/photographer) as part of Fort Worth South’s Arts Goggle on October 3, 2009. The exhibition will feature seventeen artists: Ray Albarez (painting), Candy Austin (Earthenware), Sharen Chatterton & Karen Rester (collaborative painting/mixed media), Michelle Connolly [...]

Painting and Gardening, My Simple Truth

By Sharen ⋅ September 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

We live in a suburban community, but I still really enjoy nature and the beauty that surrounds us. Most of my nature loving is in our flower garden, I love working in it, watching things grow, watching all of our many flowers bloom and observing the comings and goings of the butterflies and bees flitting [...]

Art In Quotes

By Sharen ⋅ September 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Just thought I would share some of my favorite quotes about art: A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be. -Abraham Maslow Art is Man’s nature. Nature is god’s art. ~James Bailey Art [...]

Raisin Head Drawing

By Sharen ⋅ August 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This is really a fun technique you can use to practice your drawing and also do some interesting pieces of work. Some people refer to this type of drawing as a raisin head drawing. You have to have someone willing to sit for 20 or 30 minutes, but once you get the hang of it [...]

Gesture Drawing

By Sharen ⋅ July 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Gesture drawing is a great way to practice the art of putting energy in your art work. When doing gesture drawing you are trying to capture the movement or energy of your subject, not what it looks like. Gesture drawing is typically done quickly, capturing the motion or nonmotion, the “gesture”. Don’t get bogged down [...]

Contour sketching

By Sharen ⋅ July 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I believe as an artist we have to continually work on our skills, and one of the best ways to do that is to draw. You should always be drawing. I try to keep a sketchbook handy at all times. One of my favorite types of sketching is contour drawing. This type of drawing is [...]

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