Often we are moving and thinking at such an accelerated pace we often miss the beauty that is all around us. You have heard the simple saying, “stop and smell the roses,” well, most of the roses are gone now. But as you leave your front door, stop, smell the leaves. If they are wet, [...]
After literally decades of absence from the visual arts, these two women have made a very strong return, Nancy Bindas and Sharon Brackett. Sharon is a lifelong resident of this area, daughter of Charles and Mary Catherine Cecil. She was active in 4-H and the Madison County Fair earning several blue ribbons. After graduating from [...]
Here it is September already. In our senior painting class at the Madison County Senior Center, 280 W. High St., London, we have worked on skies at different times of day. This week, we start doing trees that are in a distance which will be added to our sky horizons. The next week, I will [...]
Going to school is only the first part of the learning process, and college or technical/trade school only the second part. It’s those schools that help prepare you for the third and most important learning part: ground work for the life learning process. I have met a lot of people who, when they finish college, [...]
This week at the Madison County Senior Center, I will be demonstrating painting sunsets. Demonstrations will be done in acrylic paint but the same process is used also in oil paint. When using watercolor, it is different. The class starts at 9 a.m. Friday at the center. The demo will start at 9:15 sharp. I [...]
Did you know how many different grays there are and the great variety of ways to mix them? At the Madison County Senior Center we have been working on midday skies and gray is an important color for the underside of a cloud. It is what gives it definition and volume. The standard way of [...]
In my case, it is just across the street. It was too hot to bike ride today. Besides, I didn’t feel steady enough so I took a hike down my road to my neighbor’s drive. I followed his road across the first field to the tunnel made by trees crossing a small creek, then up [...]
Finding a hobby is necessary especially when so much negative is going on in the world. Of course, you know my personal leanings are toward the visual arts: painting, drawing, sculpting and photography. But for me, these are an extension of what I did before I retired so in this area, it’s really not a [...]
