The Fine Art Guild has enjoyed all of the enthusiasm with our returning artistic members and all the new members. This spring we have four weekly workshops with very high attendance. The workshops are for beginner or intermediate watercolor, acrylic painting, and colored pencil enthusiasts. We find that the workshops are very popular, and they…
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Clubs & Classes, March 2023
News from the Fine Art Guild
We were pleased that we had a very enthusiastic response to the Creative Arts Center Open House. We have added many new members and are enjoying the surge of new creativity! Here are some of the exciting projects that we have created these last few weeks: * Intermediate Watercolor Workshops led by Don and Terry…
Front Page, March 2023
Robson Ranch Spring Arts & Craft Fair and Sale
Clubs & Classes, December 2022
Fine Arts Guild—Three Workshops
The Fine Arts Guild has created three weekly workshops over the last year to help members improve their skills. If you are new to the art world and have taken a basic class, these workshops will help you develop your inner creative side. If you have painted or used colored pencils before, the workshops are…
Clubs & Classes, October 2022
Summer’s Beginning Watercolor Class
Susan Halley The Fine Art Guild just completed their final summer Beginner’s Acrylic Class. The instructor, Nils Johnson, did a wonderful job showing five enthusiastic painters how easy it is to finish a sunset landscape in just three hours. We started out learning about the different types of brushes and how they can be used…
Features, September 2022
Experience a Journey at Madaras Gallery’s Annual Show!
‘Journey’ is the title of this October’s Annual Show at Madaras Gallery, featuring 20 new paintings by award-winning Tucson artist Diana Madaras. “For everyone, myself included, the last two years have been filled with unexpected challenges,” Madaras said. “My outlet is my art.” Since opening the gallery in 1999, Madaras has been on her own spectacular…
Features, September 2022
Madaras Gallery Presents ‘Sunflowers in Bloom’
Visit Madaras Gallery Tuesday, Sept. 1 through Friday, Sept. 30 and experience ‘Sunflowers in Bloom.’ Diana Madaras celebrates the vibrant and natural beauty of sunflowers in a way that is beautiful and joyful. During this month-long event, Diana’s colorful sunflower paintings will fill the gallery. Madaras Gallery is located at 3035 N. Swan and open six…
Clubs & Classes, April 2022
Black and White to Gray with a Little Color
Nils Johnson Back by popular demand, the Fine Arts Guild held an acrylic painting class instructed by Nils Johnson. The class started with black and white color mixing to learn value, which in the art world is essentially how light or dark something is on a scale of white to black (with white being the…
Clubs & Classes, April 2022
The January 27 Beginning Watercolor Class
Doreen Beers As the instructor, my focus was on very beginning beginners, so we concentrated on the basics. We discussed paper—the differences in quality and how paint reacts. Then we discussed the differences in paints between tube paints and cake paints and how to mix colors. We used a variety of brushes to demonstrate their…
Front Page, March 2022
From Icebergs to Gourds—How Did That Happen?
Martha Spillane From Icebergs… Robson Ranch resident Becky Montgomery and her husband Richard have lived in Iowa and Alaska. Both educators, Becky taught grammar school and Richard was a principal. Their love of teaching and the outdoors helped draw them to Alaska. So, with two young sons in tow, they moved to Wainwright, a 100%…