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…
On one of the last days of rain before Cyclone Rosa came to visit us, 11 Robson Ranchers gathered in the afternoon to paint on smooth river rocks and/or be inspired by beautiful agates from which to paint a canvas. Kathy Arend and JoAnn Bunyea once again led this fun afternoon of art sponsored by…
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…
During the heat of the afternoon on July 11, the Fine Arts Guild gathered artists of all levels to learn techniques and color mixing with watercolors. With this knowledge and their imagination, the participants went on to create greeting cards. Additions to some of the cards included stamps and glitter. A hand painted card can…
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…
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…
Nancy Friedman Leaving our brushes and paints behind, five members of the RR Fine Arts Guild piled into Melanie Douglas’ SUV on April 18 and headed for the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. This is the second annual trip for the Guild. Why do we go in April, you ask? Our criteria include: 1. The…
Nancy Friedman, Secretary The Fine Arts Guild sponsored a Beginning Drawing Class for their members in April. Some participants were new to drawing and others just wanted a good review. When the participants were seated, they found a page with half of a black and white Xeroxed cat, the other half of the cat…
Agnes Wilson The annual spring sale at the Robson Ranch Creative Arts Center will feature all the clubs at the center. This event will take place on Saturday, March 10 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The Creative Arts Center clubs include the Desert Woodworkers, Ceramics and Pottery Club, Fine Arts Guild, Stained Glass, Pottery…
Nancy Friedman, Secretary No, this was not a movie directed by Nils Johnson, but an art class where a value scale of 10 to 15 different grays were created starting with black as the darkest or lowest value and white as the lightest or highest value. The word value refers to the lightness or…