Milwaukee Sketch Club at Blumels 12/22/23

 

Milwaukee Sketch Club Christmas Potluck and Critique 12/19/23

 

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Blumels 12/15/22

 

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Blum Coffee Garden 12/8/23

 

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Blum Coffee Garden 12/1/23

 

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 11/17/23

 

Took Thanksgiving off. 

Friday following Thanksgiving we plan to go to Bluemel's

Gelli Plate Printing Demo at Milwaukee Sketch Club by Carole Milos

One of our members, Carole, gave us a Gelli Plate Printing Demo. All of us got to try this technique. It was a lot of fun!

Basically you just need:

• Gelli plate
• Roller - She likes speedball
• Acrylic paint - any brand - Golden Open dries slower which is useful.
• Smooth paper - multimedia for print, any paper for pressing. Someone suggested rice paper.
• Oil (olive, mineral...), followed by solution of 1 drop dishsoap in water to clean Gelli plate.
• Towels, regular and paper, for drying rollers, other items, lifting paint, and cleaning up.
• Optional, stencils, miscellaneous objects to press and make designs.
• Optional, Posca acrylic marker, China marker.

You can use Gelli plate to transfer, graphite, charcoal, conte crayon, laser print, to another sheet of paper. On the smaller plate you only need about a dime to nickel size amount of paint to make a nice thin layer. 

Here's a picture of Gelli plate package and her demo list

You can see more of Carole's art at https://www.artstudiowi.com/ or visit Serendipity in greendale https://www.serendipitygreendale.com/

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 11/10/23

 

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Bluemel's 11/3/23

 

Received some emails of upcoming events:

• Fred Bell, Sanctuary Woods Reception, 11/16/23, 6:30-8:30pm, Wauwatosa Library, 7635 W. North Ave Wauwatosa, WI. Show ends 11/30/23.
• Richeson School of Art and Gallery Holiday Sale, 11/24-25/23, 557 Marcella St, Kimberly, WI, https://richesongallery.com/
• Stacey Carlson beginning watercolor class, 11/26/23, 11am-2pm, SVA  Art Factory,  https://sheboyganvisualartists.org/
• IAPS Convention Trade Show, Hotel Albuquerque, 6/15-16/24, https://www.iapspastel.org/
• Hartland Intermediate Drawing, Wednesdays, 11/15 - 12/20/23, 4:30pm-6pm,  https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/hartlandrec/activity/search/detail/9278?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true https://www.villageofhartland.wi.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1374/Current-Program-Guide
• Hartland adult painting class, Wednesdays, 11/8-12/13/23, 10am-11:30am,  https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/hartlandrec/activity/search/detail/9286?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true
• Hartland Digital Drawing, Tuesdays, 11/14-12/19/23, 6pm-7:30pm,  https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/hartlandrec/activity/search/detail/9280?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 10/27/23

 

Next week we plan to go to Blum's cafe (Bluemel's)

Received some emails of upcoming events:

• 11/19/23 Stacey Carlson Beginning Watercolor Class, Art Factory, Sheboygan, https://sheboyganvisualartists.org/
• 11/24-25/23 Richeson School of Art & Gallery Holiday Sale, Kimberly,  https://richesongallery.com/
• 6/15/24 Richfield Art At the Mill, Richfield, http://richfieldhistoricalsociety.org/
• 11/2-12/17/23 Whitewater Arts Alliance Members' Show Exhibition, Whitewater, https://www.whitewaterarts.org/
• Hartland has some art classes, https://www.villageofhartland.wi.gov/157/Recreation

Some other places that might offer art classes

• https://milwaukeerecreation.net/Register/Activity-Guide.htm
• https://www.ci.greenfield.wi.us/1335/Program-Brochure---Recreator
• https://www.wawmrec.com/activityguides

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Bluemel's Blum Cafe 10/20/23

I really had a hard time uploading this photo. Ended up copying and pasting. Toolbar didn't work. Google must have updated something.

One of the cafe's customers posed 5' for us. Nice guy.

Next Friday we plan to go to Starbucks

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Waterford Library 10/13/23

 A cold rainy day but warm inside. Next week we probably will return to Bluemels.

Milwaukee Sketch Club's first painting critique this year 10/10/23

 It was great seeing artwork done by some of our members.

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Bluemel's Blum cafe 10/6/23

 When we arrived it was cloudy and cold so we sat inside. Sun started coming out after we left. They were set up for the Friday night harvest festival.

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Ascension Conservancy 9/29/23

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Trimborn Farms 9/22/23

 Started out cool and overcast but then the sun came out.