Tag: art

Robson Ranch Fine Art Guild Spring Update

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…

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…

Robson Ranch Spring Arts & Craft Fair and Sale

Mark your calendar! Saturday, March 11 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hermosa Ballroom For those of you new to Robson Ranch, our Arts & Craft Fair showcases our very artistic and talented residents. We have a huge variety of hand-crafted items that will be available for you to purchase: * Books * Fused glass *…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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%…