Nancy Friedman Melanie Douglas is one of our members who has been drawing and painting for as long as she can remember. She took several years off from artwork, while raising her daughter and handling a career as a lawyer. Melanie and her husband, Carlos, bought a villa at Robson Ranch five years ago, after…
During our different and difficult times in March and April, some of the officers of the Fine Arts Guild started a Sketchbook Challenge. Everyday, an email went out to the membership with a link or presentation of an art project for each member to undertake. The object was to address all mediums and to keep…
Jeana Capel-Jones Marc Capel-Jones’ creativity runs long and deep, touching every aspect of his life visually, verbally, and physically. This creativity started with his doodling at the age of eight. As an only child in Westport, Connecticut, he spent hours and hours drawing. It started when he put his pencil to paper and used his…
Carolyn Gibson On Tuesday, Feb. 18, several members of Robson Ranch’s Fine Arts Guild visited world-renowned artist Duffy Sheridan in Eloy, AZ, where he lives and works from his art studio at the Desert Rose Baha’i Institute. Duffy and his wife, Jeanne, welcomed members into their gallery/studio for what turned out to be an awe-inspiring…
Nancy Friedman The Fine Arts Guild is off and running in 2020 with beginner’s presentations in drawing, watercolor, and scratchboard. You know what drawing and watercolor is all about, but many have asked, “What is scratchboard?” Using the words of Stephanie Przybleck from study.com and Cathy Sheeter, who teaches at the Art Institute of the…
Nancy Friedman The first class of 2020 was Jan. 9. Sponsored by the Fine Arts Guild, it was presented by Mari Cicola on the topics of ‘Brushes and Their Strokes’ and ‘Techniques for Using Acrylics like Watercolors.’ Proceeds from this class will be donated to the Heart of Eloy. Mari started the class by demonstrating the strokes…
Nancy Friedman, Education Director Given line by line instructions on how to draw three different cacti, eleven members of the Fine Arts Guild were required to draw all three cacti to keep their drawing skills sharp. Once the drawing practice was finished, JoAnn Bunyea shared a multitude of cactus types which she had drawn in…
Janet Buckingham, President The Fine Arts Guild at Robson Ranch held an Open House and Demonstration for the Robson community on Nov. 9. This was an effort to demonstrate art techniques being taught at the guild to encourage Robson Ranchers to find their inner artist by becoming members of the Art Guild.
Nancy Friedman Late October, seven participants were taken on an art adventure into multimedia with guides of the Fine Arts Guild. After a short dissertation on the rule of thirds—how to make depth appear on a flat surface—and the color wheel, students were taken to a table full of found items such as old stamps,…
Janet’s love of design and color drew her to the beauty industry at an early age. Her talent in these areas quickly led to winning numerous design composition and color competitions in her industry. As her reputation grew, she opened her own successful salon in northeast Ohio where she continued to hone her expertise in…