As promised, Scott Harding has completed the painting he began at the recent meeting of the Nature Artists’ Guild, and has shared it with us. Enjoy!
As Promised
Month: February 2013
Don’t Forget Your Pith Helmet!
You may be sitting within feet of a pride of lions. You may be looking into the eyes of a leopard. You could even find yourself staring down a skunk!
Yes, you guessed it! The Nature Artists’ Guild is going to Jurica. Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum, located on the second floor of the Birck Hall of Science at Benedictine University, 5700 College Road, Lisle, IL 60532, will be the site of an upcoming expedition (paint-out) for brave Nature Artists’ Guild members.
This year’s paint-out will take place on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. No RSVP is necessary – you can drop in any time between 9 am and 12 pm, but you’ll want to get there early to allow yourself enough time to sketch, paint or photograph some of the more than 10,000 specimens in the collection. The museum has even added a new permanent exhibit featuring rocks and minerals.
The museum curators have confirmed that are expecting us and will be there to let us in, so no safaris in search of the elusive door key will be necessary this year!
For more information, please check out their website, http://benuscience.org/museum/index.php.
Illumination
On March 7, 2013 at 7 pm in Thornhill, we will have the pleasure of attending a program by one of our own members, Carol Jean Rogalski, as she shares with us the history and techniques of Illumination.
Prior to the development of the printing press, original illustrations were used to enhance medieval manuscripts. These glowing illustrations included the use of silverpoint, egg tempera and illumination with gold on vellum. Carol Jean Rogalski has spent years traveling to museums to view these early examples of illustration, while also learning and practicing these early techniques. She recently completed a techniques demonstration for the ASBA at The Chicago Botanic Garden in October, 2012.
Many of you may know Carol Jean as an instructor in The Morton Arboretum’s Botanical Art and Illustration program, and may have seen examples of her stunning illuminations in our Nature Artists’ Guild exhibits. You may also remember Carol Jean as one of the three short–program demonstrators at our “Artist Trio” event last summer.
There has been so much interest in and fascination with Carol Jean’s artwork and techniques that we have asked Carol Jean to return for a full-length program that you won’t want to miss!
Braving the Weather
Those members who braved the weather last evening to attend the program featuring artist Scott Harding were treated to a wonderful demonstration! Scott began an oil painting one of the most recognized (and hugged) trees of The Morton Arboretum, and we all were able to watch the painting transform before our very eyes. Scott has promised to send a photograph of the finished painting, and we will post it when he does. Below are a few photographs from the evening, taken by our Nature Artists’ Guild photographer, Kathy Wagner.
While you’re here, please check out our Member News page (click on the tab at the top of your screen). We can all be proud of (and inspired by) being part of such an ambitious and talented group of artists!
Upcoming events for the Nature Artists’ Guild include an exhibit at the Fine Line Creative Arts Center (prospectus due by February 22, 2013), the Spring Exhibition at The Morton Arboretum (prospectus due by February 23, 2013), a paint-out at Orchids by Hausermann on February 12, 2013 (contact Carol Jean Rogalski to RSVP), and heading into early March, a program featuring Carol Jean Rogalski and the art of Illumination (March 07, 2013) and a paint-out at the Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum on March 12, 2013 (more details to come very soon).
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