Reception at Fifth Third - Friday, 8/16 6-8pm

Artist's Reception @ Fifth Third Building 

@ 1 South Main St in Dayton -

Friday, August 16 6-8pm -

with light refreshments

Please park in their attached garage - free after we validate your ticket - parking garage is accessed off of Ludlow St.
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Hope you can come!   xox Libby    rsvp if you care to : ) 767-1068

Watercolor Paintings by Libby at Fifth-Third Building at 1 Main St, Dayton, OH - month of August

Hey you!  Come on down to Dayton to see a show of my recent watercolors in the lobby and upstairs at 1 Main St, Dayton OHIO  Fifth/Third building.  They have a parking lot below and you can get your tkt stamped so it's free.

I'll have paintings there through the month of August...I'm having a sharing night on: 

Friday, August 16 - 6-8pm@1Main St.   

I'd love to hang out with you downtown - I was planning on getting folks to bring a bottle of wine to share but they say that I must provide the vino...so...if you do happen to want to contribute : ), bring it to my house so I can bring it.  I'll provide the eats...maybe even some music?  

Here's a painting that's still getting it's frame but you'll see it on the walls : )

Fifth Third Gallery at 1 Main St, Dayton, OH

"Clifton,OH"

Tie Dye Fun

Had a lot of fun organizing a Tie-Dye picnic project and doing tie-dyes with 1Presby families this sunday - we had hoped to do it outside on my yard but ....rain...so into the garage we sallied.  I had cleaned it scrupiously the day before (gave the cleaning as a present to Dan for Father's Day).  We all came out as colorful as our shirts.  Melanie asked me to do a sheet so we now have custom-created linens too...

Here are some photos of the process and results. 


working on dying tees,etc



I hope that everyone wears their tees next week!  Wish we'd done it a week earlier so we could have worn them for the rainbow week-end here in Yellow Springs....ah well - next year.

Workshop fun and Yellow Springs Art Stoll this coming Friday!

Had an absolute blast painting with Fred Graff and 14 others this week.  We  did all sorts of exercises to help us think outside the box or should I say, design a better box?

We painted on illustration board, w.c. paper, yupo, etc, experimenting...One of the best things was the way he worked with each artist to help them 'see' a better way to design their values, composition & colors.

 Fred also held 2 group critique sessions where he spoke about each piece - the strengths and weaknesses of it.  He inspired confidence in his critiques, no derision or belittling.  He gave inside secrets about getting into shows, framing, etc. 

One of our homework assignments was to create a composition with a styrofoam coffee cup in black and white that features the coffee cup.  We turned them in and he spoke to the dynamicds of each persons piece.  He then assigned the same for the next night.

 Here is what I came up with....Fred had to turn it around a few time to 'see' what it was.  Hope you can see it right away.  he liked it.

I have a piece in the 'Would You, Could You' gallery in Yellow Springs in their Miniature Show.  I hope you can come by during the opening on June 14!  There will lots of art-happenings in YS then.

Project Based Learning - Art collaboration in the schools

cover

This is the cover of the book "Sunshine for Lunch" that I collaborated on with first grade teacher Ellen Guest at Mills Lawn Elementary.  I went into the classroom with materials and images for the children to use to design their book.

Ellen and I helped them figure out a theme for each page of the book.  The students then painted watercolors on a 4x4 paper.  I photographed the paintings to duplicate for the actual book so that the students could have the originals.

The students also were guided to create torn-paper collages as a group activity.  2-3 students made various elements which came together to form the central image.  The 'kids' that they made are simply delightful.  See below.  Here is a photo of the first page.  I assembled everything into a large book, 12x16, with hand-made cover and binding.  I photographed each page and made a smaller version to duplicate.  Each child will receive their own book.  They can take their watercolor paintings and glue them into their own book!
Principal Matt Housh allowed us to use his printer for the work of copying.  Amy Minehart held an art class to help the students make home-made paper which incorporated seeds and petals.  The students took some home to their families and some was used to construct the 'big' book.Yellow Springs Arts Council helped along with numerous parents and community members.

page 1

working notes

Here are working notes for design ideas, things the students want to have in the book, themes, etc.  

Here are the beautiful 'kids' the students made.