The St. Charles Art Guild is preparing for its second workshop, “Landscapes and Cityscapes with Pastels,” scheduled for Jan. 26 through Jan. 29. Alan Flattmann will lead the event as instructor. Flattmann is a native of New Orleans and studied at the John McCrady Art School in the French Quarter. He was to be inducted into the Pastel Society of America’s Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Masters Circle of the International Association of Pastel Societies in 2007.
The artist’s work is the subject of three books, “Alan Flattmann’s French Quarter Impressions,” “The Art of Pastel Painting” and “The Poetic Realism of Alan Flattmann.”
Flattmann’s goal is to teach his students a sound and fundamental approach to painting. The workshop will be an intensive period of study and cover, step-by-step the most important phases of landscape and cityscape painting with pastels. Flattmann will share the secrets of the tools and techniques he has developed over many years.
He will show how he hand prepares many of his own pastel materials and demonstrate the techniques he uses for his bold pastel paintings.
The workshop will be held in the Fellowship Hall of the First Union Presbyterian Church on Lakewood Dr. in Luling.
Contact Evelyn Dupuy at 985-785-0275.
February Meeting
The art guild will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 9:30 a.m. for a brief social time, with the meeting starting at 10 a.m. with guest speaker Kathy Stone.
Stone, a well-known artists from Baton Rouge, will instruct members on ways to “reinvent” an older painting, or one that isn’t working, with different mediums. Art guild vice president Etta Petit says that this meeting will be very informative for anyone who has ever had an “unfinished” piece of art.
January Artists
Merrill Zeringue’s watercolor, “Fishing Camp” received first place. Shirley Jones placed second with her drawing, “Tractor at Rest,” and Ann Clement took third place with “Shrimp Boat,” and oil piece.
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