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Exploring Painting with Marci Mason at the October 7 ESAL meeting.

No matter what medium you might choose, Marci will open your eyes to making the two dimensional page come to life in simple three dimensional shapes!  We will  once again welcome Marci Mason, award winning artist and talented instructor for a live painting demonstration. 

Her demonstration is entitled, “Three Pears Still Equals Three”.  Viewers may simply watch the magic unfold or prepare ahead and paint along with the master.  Those who chose the latter will need the following materials:

colors needed….sap green, cadmium yellow, cerulean blue, burnt umber, cadmium red, black and white.

Sketch the perimeters of the pears and spoon on a quarter sheet of watercolor paper.

We will also use table salt.

Marci says, “Join us for this live zoom class and paint a great fall fruit picture. I’ll show you how to make the pears look like you can pick one up to eat and a few simple brush strokes make a spoon shine!”

ESAL members will gain great insight from our presenter, Becky Sciullo of Artisan Advantage, at the upcoming ESAL meeting.  Becky will enlighten us as to ways to receive recognition and appreciation for the wide variety of works of art we members create.  She has outlined the following topics she will cover during the zoom presentation on Thursday, September 2, 2021, at 7:00 pm.

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We are in for an informational treat this month as our own tech guru, Tom Gallovich, expands our knowledge with a fascinating demonstration of Digital Drawing techniques.   As he will point out, these programs, including the digital watercolor programs, amazingly mimic the actual watercolor and art experiences.
He will enlighten us with a discussion of some of the cutting edge programs available on the market and demonstrate their amazing capabilities.  Tom is eager to demonstrate the possibilities of the newly released program, Rebelle 4, that is easier to use than Photoshop and that can produce amazing finished art works.  

February Guest Artist Linda James The president of the Colored Pencil Society of America Linda James may well live in Michigan, but she will be Zooming in to our February Read More

Be sure to join us for this opportunity to expand your knowledge of the art world, share time with other familiar artists, and enjoy an uplifting opportunity and break from the current difficult times we are experiencing.

October Guest Artist Brandon Lacina Trafford-Digital – Computer Repair – Imaging Services ESAL’s October 1 Zoom Presentation Featuring Brandon Lacina, Founder of Digital Trafford ESAL’s October 1 Zoom presentation is Read More

September Guest Artist Blogging for A Visual Art Business About Becky I’m Becky Sciullo, and I am an art marketing consultant. I help artists at different levels in their careers Read More

March Guest Artist Rewind-Reuse Center and Workshop ESAL hosts Export’s Rewind-Reuse Center and Workshop director as first speaker for 2020 East Suburban Artists League hosts Val Wilson Paulisick, director of Read More

November Guest Artist Ted Scanga Ted Scanga speaking on “Wood” Ted Scanga speaking on “Wood” Ted Scanga speaking on “Wood” Ted Scanga speaking on “Wood” Ted Scanga speaking on “Wood” Read More