Paul Kelly Life Drawings

I just came back from taking part in a life drawing class with the well known Toronto artist, Paul Kelly who has an exhibition currently running at the John M. Parrott gallery in Belleville.
The class was at quite an advanced level as many of the participants had taken life drawing classes previously and some were art college graduates.  The poses were quite tricky to draw. We did the usual 2 min poses, followed by a ten minute, a half hour and finally a one hour pose that we did either in watercolour or pastels. Paul Kelly taught us to use unusual colours-dark blue/violet for the darks and yellow/orange for the lights. There were some very interesting results.

Hastings Arts Route

Andrew Redden from the Hastings County office, is still busy designing the new Arts Route for Hastings County and the Quinte region. I am supposed to be on it, so I have been busy sending him information for the tourist brochures.

The problem is trying to decide when to have my studio open and previously it has been" by chance or appointment". Now some definite hours are needed. As I am usually home for breakfast and dinner, I thought I should specify 9-10.30 a.m and 5-7 p.m. Anyone else have any better ideas? We obviously cannot stay home all the time, just in the off chance that someone will drop in for a visit.

"Small works" show

Belleville art association gallery at 392 Front St, Belleville, Ontario is hosting it's annual "small works" show which will run until just before Christmas.
The object of this show is to sell small paintings for $50 or less. A lot of them are $25 or less.
Half of the money goes to the artist and the other half is donated to the Christmas Sharing Program. This is a local organization run by volunteers, who give out Christmas food hampers, including a turkey, to five hundred or so needy families in the Quinte and Belleville area.

They have sold quite a few pieces already, so get down there and do a good deed-both for the artist and the charity! There are acrylics, watercolors and other media, all nicely framed.

Also check out the annual Christmas arts and crafts who at the Tweed Heritage Centre. Money raised goes to help the museum and gallery keep on going.