Contests and such ...

I was more than a little bit surprised to learn that I took second place in this year's Colored Pencil District Chapter 119 show! What an honor! Especially considering that I finished behind one of the people I most admire in colored pencil, John Smolko, who is also a member of our local chapter.

If you have been following my blog over the last few months, then you probably recognize the piece -- 324 --that took the award.

The show will continue throughout the month at "The Barn" in Mariemont, OH ... also the home of the Cincinnati Women's Art Club. The show runs from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept 22 and Fridays from 5-8 p.m.

324

More to the Point-illism ... 

As promised, below is the finished product of the pointillism painting -- Sailboat On the Pointe --  that I have also been working on over the last 6-7 weeks. I entered it in to the Greater Loveland Historical Society Museum show. If I failed to note this before, the acrylic painting is a pretty big piece at 30 x 40 inches, unframed. The Awards reception will be this coming Saturday (September 14) from 2-4 p.m. at the Museum on 201 Riverside Dr. in Loveland, OH. 

Sailboat On The Pointe

I entered and won this show three years ago and the winning piece of award featured below was purchased by the Museum and is on permanent display there.

That piece was done in scratchboard, which, while I don't do it very often, is one of my favorite forms of artwork. 

Stolen: Porridge Made from Scratch

Detailed close-up

As you can tell from the detailed breakout, this is another one of those tedious projects that I often find myself doing. But, much like the pointillism painting, I find doing scratchboard to be very relaxing.

This year's show will run on Saturdays and Sundays from Sept. 14 through October 6 from 1-4 p.m. at the Museum center in Loveland.