Tag: Paint & Palette Club

’Tis the Season Art Showcase

Sandy Hestes The Paint & Palette Club offered a series of third Monday Art Experiences during 2023. The workshops ranged from watercolor, acrylic, drawing, printing, and mixed media to alcohol ink, pouring, and bookmaking. Looking for a unique and thoughtful gift? Small artwork from participants in the Pouring Workshop and Paint & Pass Workshop are…

Can You Hear Me Now?

Sandy Hestes The Art of Aging, Point Lobos, Urban Development, Girls Upstairs and a Hare, Circle Stress, Family Ties, Reflections at Water’s Edge, Bathing in the Creek, Awaiting Instructions. What do these phrases have in common? They are just a handful of the names from over 30 paintings recently on display at the Robson clubhouse…

Paint… And Pass!

Sandy Hestes Was it a collaboration activity? Was it a team-building activity? Was it an art experience? It was all that and more! Jan Marx with the Paint & Palette Club hosted a Paint and Pass activity on May 15. Participants were put into small groups and started painting their own canvas. After some time,…

Artists ‘Exercise’ to Sharpen Their Drawing Skills

Sandy Hestes Did you know that you can do exercises to help develop your own drawing skills and creativity? Pat Heberling, Paint & Palette Club treasurer, led a group of artists through several practice exercises recently to help inspire and revitalize their drawing skills. Activities were designed to help you “see” what you are drawing…

Doin’ the Blues Is Over …

Sandy Hestes … but the visitors to the Paint & Palette Art Reception on May 11 were certainly not doing the blues! There was a buzz in the air. People enjoyed visiting, meeting old and new friends, viewing the “blue” artwork, and sharing a cocktail. The variety of “blue” art ranged from oil, watercolor, acrylic,…

Artist Spotlight: JJ Melkus

Sandy Hestes Our 44-year-old and youngest artist resident hails from Nebraska. He now lives with his father Gordon Melkus here at the Ranch. JJ holds a degree from Fresno College in CNC (Computer Numeric Control). An avid sports fan, JJ enjoys football, ice-hockey, and soccer. His favorite teams are the Eagles, the Devils, and Liverpool…

Paint & Palette Club New Year News

The Paint & Palette Club recently held its meeting to discuss the upcoming elections for our board, and we discussed some of our plans for 2023. Following are the upcoming nominations for our board members: President: Francesca Romano is willing to continue as president of this club; however, any member can be nominated. Vice President:…

Building an Art Community!

Sandy Hestes The Paint & Palette Club has continued to offer Third Monday Art Experiences to the Robson community in September and October. Pat Heberling demonstrated using oil and cold wax medium to create a unique, one-of-a-kind textural abstract painting in September. Carolyn Buchmann shared multiple ways to incorporate alcohol ink as a vibrant medium…