The pottery studio has had a great month learning from seasoned volunteers about everything from “how to handle clay” to “how to throw it on the wheel until your head spins.” We have been having a great time getting to know each other and learning different ways to work with clay. We are planning many…
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.Clubs & Classes, April 2019
Watercolor Techniques and Mixing Desert Greens
In the month of February, the Fine Arts Guild sponsored two classes. Melanie Douglas taught Watercolor Techniques to a class consisting of mostly new members. Each year Melanie excites new members with her enthusiasm about watercolor and encourages them to paint with her when she is monitoring. Sometimes she converts a member from another medium…
Clubs & Classes, March 2019
How many artists does it take to change a light bulb?
The answer is “you the artist.” On Friday, January 18 Nils Johnson posed this question and gave the answer to a group of 16 Fine Arts Guild members taking Nils’ class on Acrylic Abstract Art. Nils took the class down the adventurous road of imagination from squares, to arcs and finally squiggles. He then challenged…
Front Page, March 2019
Arts and Crafts Spring Show and Sale March 9
Join us for the Robson Ranch Arts & Crafts Spring Show and Sale, Saturday, March 9, 2019, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The Robson Ranch Arts & Crafts Spring Show and Sale will be held on Saturday, March 9 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. featuring Robson’s finest artists and crafters at the Creative…
Generals, February 2019
Fine Art Guild has a new home
November 2018
Rocks, and Rocks, and more Rocks
October 2018
Excitement builds for the Creative Arts Center expansion
Robson Ranch residents will soon have a new place to get creative with the expansion of the Creative Arts Center. Construction has been ongoing since early spring. “Currently, demolition, electrical work and framing are almost complete,” said Jack Sarsam, Senior Vice President of Operations, Robson Communities, Inc. “Additional ventilation is being added in the…
October 2018
Fine Arts Guild members enjoy an afternoon of silly cartooning
Nancy Friedman On the last Wednesday in August you could find some fun cartoons being drawn by participants in the Fine Arts Guild sponsored cartooning class taught by JoAnn Bunyea and Kathy Arend. The art of drawing all starts with simple shapes which can be further refined to make beautiful drawings or stopped at the…
Front Page, August 2018
Paint, Roll, Print, Repeat
Nancy Friedman Artists JoAnn Bunyea and Kathy Arend, both members of the Fine Arts Guild, introduced Monoprinting to members and RR neighbors. Monoprinting has a matrix that can be reused, but not to produce an identical result. The matrix which may be lines and textures persist from print to print, but variations are confined to…
June 2018
Buckets of sand dollars
Nancy Friedman What does one do with buckets of sand dollars happily collected from the Sea of Cortez? Share them and your artistic ideas with others. This is exactly what Melanie Douglas, co-president of the Fine Arts Guild, did last month. Bringing to the Fine Arts Guild’s first class of Summer Afternoons of Fun…