Mike Consentino, Vice President I have, over the last couple of years, watched with envy and awe at some of the projects that people have completed in the Desert Woodcrafters workshop here at Robson Ranch Central Activity Center (CAC). I am amazed at the…
Jaine Toth Julianne Young relocated to Robson Ranch in February 2021, all the way from Mission Royale in Casa Grande where she spent 17 years as a winter visitor from Washington. As Julianne recalls, “I joined the club in April after seeing it listed in our HOA Directory/Handbook. I contacted Pat [Serveiss] with my questions…
Deborah Dougless On May 10, a small, socially-distanced group learned various introductory techniques of watercolor. Using just a few colors and one brush, participants learned to float (layering wet paint) yellow for the leaves of a tree and then add bright blue to turn the color green. For the tree trunk, they floated brown and added blue again to give…
Bob Kehoe The 2021 summer racing season continues on a twice-weekly basis (Tuesdays and Thursdays) through September, beginning at 8 a.m. The same holds true for the weekly fun fly days (Saturdays), which include a combat competition, target landing, and other demonstrations. Flying begins at 9 a.m. Spectators are more than welcome to attend these…
Patty LaCroix The various houses pictured will be combined into a quilt of many colors, which is the current project of the Material Girls. This particular block is just one of many traditional designs that fill thousands of books and patterns. Some of the most popular design names include Hourglass, Jacob’s Ladder, Missouri Star, and Water Wheel. Some…
Cynthia Melito Members of the Stained Glass Club have been creating tissue box covers during the monthly Member’s Class on Thursday evenings. Using a jig, panels of stained glass are soldered together to create the square box that will dress up those boring cardboard tissue boxes! After the square box is put together, a design…
Deborah Dougless With Nancy Friedman and Nils Johnson using all liquid paints, especially for our Sonoran Desert Plants, two small groups that were socially distanced met on May 12 and were introduced to the color wheel. Participants learned about the primary, secondary, and tertiary relationships between colors. They also learned about hue—adding white to lighten a color; shade—adding…
Nancy Friedman, Co-Education Director On March 18, the Fine Arts Guild started Watercolor Spotlight Thursdays during which members with watercolor supplies met to paint selected subjects with Don Helmstetter as their mentor. On the first trial day, the room was filled to our 10-person COVID-limited capacity. Those participating the first Thursday were Doreen Beers, Susan Halley, Margie Calhoun,…