Do Your Ears Hang Low. . .

Camp Song

Did you go to 4-H, Girl Scout, or Boy Scout Camp

and learn the song,

Do Your Ears Hang Low,

Do they wobble to and fro,

Can you tie them in a knot,

Can you tie them in a bow,

Can you throw them over your shoulder

Like a continental soldier?

Do Your Ears Hang Low?

(My best childhood memories come from 4-H camp)

Well our drawing instructor, Jeremy Cobb

can help you fix that problem.

 Jeremy will be opening a 6-week portrait drawing course, beginning Tuesday, Nov., 10-6-7:30 p.m. and continuing every Tuesday for six consecutive weeks.

This course will begin by understanding the structure of the skull beneath the face and how it creates all the highlights and shadows that take a face from flat to realistic.

You will watch as Jeremy shows you how to draw parts of the face and then you will work on your own drawings in class and outside of class.  There's only one way to get better at anything, and that is by doing the thing.

This course is designed for students 14 and up and is priced at $150 for all 6 lessons,

and can be paid in full at the first lesson or pay $75 the first lesson and the final $75 the third lesson.

Because it is a course and each week builds on the week before, there are no makeup lessons and no refunds can be given for any classes missed.

If you are interested in  learning to draw,

or improve your skills,

this course is for you.

You will need 

1. A sketchbook, no smaller than 11" x 14"
2. A set of varying sized graphite pencils or charcoal
3. A kneaded eraser
4. An enclosed pencil sharpener.

All are available at Carrollton Office Supply.

Please message me or call at 502-523-0663

to register for this fun course.  

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Garden Stones from Spring and Summer are 25% off.

Earring SALE!
Yes,
you heard right.
We're having an earring sale in River Run Gallery.

You don't want to miss this. 

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 Click HERE for information on my beginning online painting course.

Meeting Our Artists

Meeting Artists Can Be Scary

After all,

they are artists.

And we all know how crazy tempermental they can be

 Oh look,

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there's two of those tempermental artist types now.

Sylvia Brestel, fiber artist and

Kristen Beck, photographer.

Sylvia creates truly one of a kind items using her own felting process

  and she loves to show you her work and explain how she does it.

Here's a short video of just a few of her items.

To see more of her art, click HERE 

 Kristen offers beautiful scenic photography that would enhance any office or home.

Click HERE to see more of her work. 

If you fall in love with something,

but it's in the wrong size,

just let us know and we'll get it made up for you.

See, so far that wasn't so bad, meeting those two artists.

You barely have to say a word to an artist.

They can't wait to talk to you about their creative process or their art.

Now lets meet another artist.

Jeweler, Mary Ebert.

 I'll bet the headgear was a dead give away about her art.

  Here she is helping a customer with  a bracelet.  

This short video shows off some of Mary's earrings.

She also has a sale rack of earrings, which almost never happens,

so hop on in before they are all snatched up.

 Click HERE to see more of Mary's work. 

Don't give up!

We have more artists you haven't met yet.

Jeremy Cobb

Master of Fine Art with a specialty in, wait for it. . .

drawing, silly.

 You have to look close to see what he's working on in the top drawing.
But it is stunning!

This one's pretty self explanatory.

Jeremy will be hosting a class/meeting

Thursday, November 5, 6-7 p.m. where he will be demonstrating

and explaining a new 6-week course he's offering on drawing portraits.

This will be an intense 6 week course where students will watch as he teaches them how to draw portraits, and then they will do lots of work themselves.

That's really the only way to learn any art form.

Get in there and make lots of mistakes and then learn from them.

The one night class will be $10, but it will be refunded

 if you sign up for the 6-week course that night.   

The full course is $150.

And then there's me.

OK, so that's not really me,

but it is my painting of marshes near Logan, Utah.

I recently had a skin cancer removed,

and well. . .

I don't look so hot right now.

Click HERE to see more of my work. 

Now you've met all of us,
and now you know,
we're not that hard to talk to
and
we're not that crazy.

 I hope you're going to come into the gallery real soon

to see the beautiful work created by our artists

or take a painting or drawing class. 

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Before you go,

I hope you'll take a look at a new online beginning painting course I created

just for beginners and home schoolers.

Click HERE to give the course a really good look.

 

 

This course has everything you need to get started learning the basic concepts of art 

and then follow step by step instructions for two paintings.

Thanks for stopping by today 

and

I'm glad you got to meet us.

 

Drawing Portraits

Learn to Draw Portraits

Jeremy Cobb, our drawing instructor

has put together a one night class, 

Thursday, Nov. 5, 6-7 p.m.

where you can come in and watch as he teaches

the foundation of a portrait,

and explains the new 6-week portrait drawing

course he has created.

The one night class is for you to see and hear what will be taught and what will be expected to succeed.

Learning to draw a portrait takes 3 things.

1. Time
2. Patience and
3. Practice

Jeremy can teach till the cows come home,

but each student must make the time to practice in order to be successful. 

The course will be deep and somewhat intense

in order to learn how to draw portraits.

It is a course of 6 lessons on 6 consecutive Tuesdays

beginning Tuesday, November 10, 6-7:30 p.m.

The cost is $150 and can either be paid in one payment the first night or two installments of $75 each 

the first and third classes.

Classes will be November 10, 17, 24 and

December 1, 8, and 15.

Because it is a course, students add knowledge each week 

so it is up to the student to attend all the classes.

There will be no make up classes for missed classes.

The only exception will be if Jeremy's day job

changes (not likely).  

Please feel free to come to the one night class on Thursday, November 5, 6-7 p.m. to learn about the course.

There is no obligation to continue with the course.

If it's not for you, then you've only spent $10.

If it is for you, it could very well be the opportunity of a lifetime. 

This course is for mature students who want to improve their skills and learn how to draw portraits.  

 14 and up is the recommended age. 

Please feel free to share this post with anyone you think may be interested in attending the one night class

or enrolling in the course.

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Art is Personal

Why is Art so Personal?

Art is personal because:

you create it,

you put yourself out there,

you're afraid you can't do it,

you're afraid to let anyone see it,

you're afraid everyone is better than you,

letting people in is scary,

you might want to keep it to yourself,

there's a learning curve

and a practice curve.

Boy, that's a lot of fear, worry and doubt.

Lisa is one of our beginning drawing students

and it can be overwhelming.  But she has hung in there and perserveered and improved.

I have been to painting workshops

and before anyone ever laid down a stroke,

I was sure everyone in the room was better than me

and I should just go home.

Usually when you go to a workshop that lasts for several days, you spend over $1,000, so I was staying and learning everything I could as I tried to get over my fear.

I get FEAR! 

I've been AFRAID

That's why I am so proud of all our students

as they overcome their fear and dive in to learn 

something new and often hard.

Lisa is working on a swan drawing here,

and she is learning how to draw as she works.

It's fun and hard at the same time.  

Ain't that right Lisa?

(What's the secret to learning how to draw, or paint or create any type of art?)

Secret #1.

Practice

Secret #2.

Practice

Secret #3.

Practice.

Are you seeing a pattern here?

Yep!

That's the only way!

Practice and more practice.

It's the same thing if you want to learn to:

play the tuba,

shoot hoops,

twirl the batton,

tie your shoe.

I know in painting, when that brush becomes part of your hand, your painting begins to flow better.

You begin to know intuitively what to do, how to correct  problems, and actually finish a piece of art.

FREE Advice

     Just keep at it!

Set aside some time to practice and learn.

Praise yourself.

(Don't cheat yourself out of some well earned praise.)

 Would you like to learn how to draw this comic figure?

This class is Thursday, October, 22, 5-7 p.m. and is $30.

Leave me a comment or

email me at slgraves6@gmail.com and we'll get you in.

Class is good for students 12 and up

and you'll need: a set of graduated graphite pencils,

a kneaded eraser and sharpener,

and a sketchbook, no less than 11" x 14".

All that can be purchased at Carrollton Office Supply.

Would you like to learn to paint?

I have created an online beginning painting course

that will teach you how to paint from the ground up.

Click HERE to check out the course 

Thanks for stopping by today.

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Refreshed and Revitalized

Wow!

I Needed that Vacation!!

Yes I know it really rained in Myrtle Beach,

but I needed to go and sit on the beach

 if only for a few days. 

So, we did.

 

 Everyone needs to play mini golf on vacation.

 My husband Jim, loves to create sculptures on the beach.  So here he is with his alligator.

I FOUND my first sharks tooth

on the beach.

I know!

It was huge and it was just laying there on the beach.

So I took it to Heather at Beach Beads

and she wired it up and put it on this beautiful

silk necklace for me.

Another small business lady makin good.

She has a beautiful bead shop, teaches classes and blows her own glass beads.  

You'll want to check her out.

And NOW

the party's over.

It's time to get back to work.

 My view out the back of the gallery.

I call it research.

Don't forget about our Meet The Artist Night

coming up October 23, 5-8 p.m.

OK, I won't let you forget.

Our jeweler, Mary Ebert will be demonstrating her jewelry making talent at 5 p.m.  She will also have her new fall line in the gallery.

Our drawing instructor, Jeremy Cobb, will be demonstrating drawing at 6 p.m. and you can get signed up for a class of his that night.

I'll be batting clean up at 7 p.m. demonstrating painting and you know I'm going to sign you up for a class. 

No pic.  You know what I look like.

Any way,

come on by on Friday night, October 23,

5-8 p.m.  

Start your Christmas shopping,

get inspired,

meet some "starving" artists,

or

sign up for a class.

 This is the painting I'm giving away in October.

It's a 7" x 5" acrylic of The Mains Garden

in Augusta, KY.

Art in the Garden is held there each year 

and I've been 4 years in a row.

Scroll back to the top and on the right hand side

you'll see a blue button that says,

"sign up for a free painting".

Click that button and magical things begin to happen for you.

Thanks for stopping by today.