Member Meeting at Bluebonnet Library

When:

Sunday, April 6, 2025
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Where:

Bluebonnet Library
9200 Bluebonnet Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70810

This program is not sponsored or endorsed by the East Baton Rouge Parish Library.

We had a record number of attendees despite the weather! Many new members, some of which won door prizes. We had four door prizes, which was great fun. Debbie Troxclair was the recipient of the beautiful sketchbook Emily decorated the cover for.

Participants wanted to see all the slides submitted for the International Exhibition so we went through them all, then viewed the ones that were juried in. One attendee stated it was so impressive to see the quality of work artists had submitted overall, it gives a new perspective on how hard it is for a juror to select entries. Quite impressive pieces were selected for the show, to say the least.

Attendees had a great time learning from our artists. Three artists participated in the portrait demos – Chryl Casso Corizzo LWS, Tracy Hebert LWS, and Kathy Miller Stone LWS-M. Attendees wandered from table to table to see how the artists work on portraits, what color palettes they use, the step-by-step process of layering colors and values, and types of paper and brushes. They asked lots of questions and got lots of helpful hints.

It was interesting to see how the artists all work a bit differently, some wet on wet, some dry but all doing successful work using different techniques. Members walked away with handouts and lots of tools to put in their portrait arsenal.