It has been quite a year, the Gallery continues to grow, the library exhibit included almost 40 dogs at Longwood library, and for the first time ever I conducted a 3 day drawing program for teens at the Library.
The Gallery as most of you know has been my focus for several years. It is reaching completion and will soon; become a maintenance commitment adding any new breeds accepted by the AKC on an annual basis. I remain committed to “the Gallery originals will never be sold” however they will soon be made available for licensing.
My exhibits at the library led me to an invitation to share my pencil art skills with a group of teens. To get ready I wrote an outline curriculum; put together a kit of, papers, artist pencils, and a frame with mat, practice sheets, eraser and art history materials. I wanted each 2 hour session to build one on the other, just like I sketch, layer over layer, pulling the image out of the paper. At our last session some of the participants joined in an art show of their work; where we talked about their sketches.
For the most part everyone enjoyed and for me it was the beginning of a whole new level of enjoyment. I’ m looking forward to next year its classes and some new opportunities with teens and adults. To cap off the summer activity an article was published in Newsday authored by Jim Merritt.
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