Thursday, February 21, 2013

March meeting



Our March meeting will be held Sunday, March 3, from 12:30 - 3:00 pm at the Darien Municipal Center. Special guest speaker is Dorothea Bilder, Professor Emeritus of Art at Northern Illinois University. Dorothea's presentation "Many Facets-One Spirit" will include showing her work and speaking about composition and design principles. A $5 studio fee will apply.

To see some of Dorothea and her work visit these links:
www.niu.edu/art/faculty/bilder2/bilder_res.html
www.dekalbgallery.com/gallery/dorothea-bilder/

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Photo's from Februray's Meeting

 Mary show us her wonderful abilities with the inside of Envelopes.

 Pat is sharing with us the difference with under paintings.

 Ann and her lovely Paste Paint papers.
 Sylvia is showing the society a wonderful little book that could hold your favorite recipes
 June is sharing with the society her type plate draws and how she fills them with wonderful keepsake items.
 Marge is sharing her techniques with Calligraphy.
 Gesture writing which is the in thing now to add to art journals and collage works. 
and lastly the Neuland Alphabet.

Looks as though the whole day was well worth it. Many things to combine with collage works.