A completed and an in process Conte Crayon drawing

In process Conte Crayon Drawing

Here's an in process drawing that I'm still working on. Been researching matting and mounting.

Snow Cartoon

Here is a snow cartoon I created in Adobe Illustrator from my imagination after we had a several big snow falls. A bit chaotic but fun.

Milwaukee Sketch Club is looking for new members

The Milwaukee Sketch Club meets Tuesday nights from 7:30pm - 9:30pm at St. Peter's Espicopal Church Hall, 7929 West Lincoln Ave, West Allis, WI. You enter on the south side of the church by the wheel chair ramp on 80th St. The sketching sessions are in the basement, the demos and critiques are held upstairs.

This is an non-college age crowd but they are very welcoming, supporting and generous. If you ask for help, they will give it to you.

Live models, both draped and undraped, are at the winter sketching sessions. There is a yearly fee to pay for the models but that's an added incentive to come on a regular basis. In summer we meet casually (anyone's welcome) for free plein aire sessions.

Our last session for 2008 is on 12/16 before we break for the Holidays. Our 2009 session dates are below:

2009
1/6 - Sketch
1/13 - Demo
1/20, 27 - Sketch
2/3 - Sketch
2/10 - Critique
2/17, 24 - Sketch
3/3 - Sketch
3/10 - Demo
3/17, 24, 31 - Sketch
4/7 - Sketch
4/14 - Critique
4/21,28 - Sketch
5/5 - Sketch
5/12 - Demo

5/26 - Dinner

Here's a monotone conte sketch I did at St. John's Painting group which meets Thursday nights from 7:30-9:30pm.

A/C Art Association presents 60th Annual Fall Exhibit at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee WI

A/C Art Association (Started over 50 years ago by a small group of Allis-Chalmers employees who wanted to learn more about sketching and painting.)

60th Annual Fall Exhibit

Dec 14,2008 - Jan 24, 2009

at Mount Mary College 2900 North Menomonee River Parkway
Milwaukee, WI http://www.mtmary.edu/marian.htm

Opening reception: Sunday Dec 14 from 2-4 pm

Jean Crane and Friends Exhibit in Pewaukee, WI

Joyce Eesley, longtime Milwaukee Sketch Club member, has paintings in this exhibit.

Jean Crane and Friends
"Watercolor Expressions IV"
Nov 14 - Dec 31, 2008

Jill Spanbauer's Lake Country Gallery 262-691-3800
Corner of Capitol Dr. & Hwy. 164
W240 N3485 Pewaukee Road
Pewaukee WI

Ken Reichert Demo at AC Art Association 12/1/08

Ken Reichert paints acrylics of turn of the century historical (1875-1940) Waukesha WI. He has paintings hanging in the Moreland Family Medical Center, Waukesha State Bank and Waukesha City Hall, to name a few places.

There wasn't much about him on the internet although he is featured about 7 minutes in on a youtube video on 2008 Art Gallery Eagle Historical Society museum in Eagle Wisconsin, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LItHB-a9ZuI . He told us that he was born in Eau Claire WI and when he was 5 years old his family moved to Waukesha. He married when he turned 21 and was a math teacher for 46 years until he retired this year. He has taken various classes thoughout the years at Carroll University from Willis Guthrie, http://www3.cc.edu/programs/art/WisGuthrie.asp , http://www.cc.edu/newsevents/newsdetail.asp?id=46 and at UWM.

He showed us several historical paintings he did of historical Waukesha, the downtown, view from the hill the hospital is now located on, various springs that were popular at the turn of the century, to name a few. He is currently branching out into sports and showed us a painting of #7 Yankee (Mickey Mantel) at Yankee Stadium.

He basically works from a historical photo and uses standard size canvases. He gave us handouts showing the mathematical formula he uses to enlarge the picture to fit the canvas. The handouts also discussed perspective and his techniques for painting block or brick walls, windows, trees and people. His paintings tend to have the light source from the left. He scrubs white over distant objects to make them appear less distinct and further away. He touches his paint brush directly to the paint tube and does not thin or blend the acrylic paint. He paints in layers allowing the colors to dry in between each coat. He generally paints dark to light. He demonstrated how he paints a tree, window and people