The St. Charles Art Guild will begin its club year Sept. 2.
The meeting will be held at First Union Presbyterian Church on Lakewood Drive in Luling. A coffee social begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by a business meeting at 10 a.m.
Jan Wilken of Harahan will speak at 11 a.m. She will demonstrate how to create textures in watercolor paintings.
The organization’s first workshop, “Basics of Landscape Painting,” will be held on Oct. 22 through 24 at Destrehan Plantation with Phil Sandusky as workshop instructor.
Registration for the workshop begins at the Sept. 2 meeting.
Sandusky, a native of Florida, received as bachelor of arts degree in physics and concurrently studied painting at the Art Student’s League in New York.
He has also written two books, two articles for the American Artist Magazine and has been an instructor of landscape and life painting at New Orleans academy.
Sandusky will teach the basics of landscape painting. The first morning of the workshop Sandusky will lecture and demonstrate. In the afternoon of the first day and all day for the remaining two days, the students will work on their own paintings under Sandusky’s tutelage. During this period he will give them advice and demonstrate for them individually and in small groups.
Other scheduled workshops are set for Jan. 26, 2009 through Jan. 29, 2009 when Alan Flattmann discusses “Landscapes and Cityscapes with Pastels,” and on May 18, 2009 through May 21, 2009 where Mae Niolet will present “Watercolors – Idea Development, Composition and Color Schemes.”
For more information, contact Evelyn Dupuy at 985-785-0275.
This program is supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council as administered by the Houma Terrebonne Arts and Humanities Council.
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