I'm back home from visiting my brother in Michigan. He has cancer-in the last stages. It has spread to every organ in his body- I know he won't be with us much longer. It is very sad--enough about that. I need to update with my art classes. I have 1 more week of my bird painting classes on Tuesdays at 1:00 at the Jonesborough Senior Center. The last class will be a Carolina wren. The cost is $5.00. I will post a picture of the quilt square of this bird- ours will have a little background painting and be on a 5x7 canvas paper. We do have slider frames that one of my student's husband has made that you may purchase for $6.00.

I am teaching "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" at 1:30 on Wednesday afternoons at Jonesborough Senior Center. Tomorrow will be the second class- you can still get into this 8 week class. The cost is $40.00-We could catch you up on what you missed last week. This class helps you to see things the way artist sees-you will then draw better and paint better.

New Classes are as follows: May 6th (Thursday) I will be teaching the pictured seascape. This is an oil painting done in the Robert Warren method. The canvas is underpainted in orange and has black acrylic paint over the dark areas before we paint with oil. The class will be a 1 day class beginning at 9:30 and lasting until approximately 2:30-3:00. We will break for lunch at noon. The supplies are: a 12x16 canvas, orderless turp, brushes, a pallette and paper towles. I will supply the paint. The cost of the class is $25.00. We will finish this painting in one day.

Beginning May 20th (Thursday) We will pick up our decorative painting course. The cost is $5.00 per class, (unless otherwise specified for special events). We have been painting birds and may continue painting a few more. I will update with pictures soon.

I will be starting evening classes at my studio very soon and will update the blog.