iPad sketches

Artists at last night's Artisans' section meeting collaborated on finger painting/sketching on an iPad with Autodesk Sketchbook Pro. Everyone agreed that Abraham knocked one out the park with his shading technique. Check out his drawings here.

Drawing Apps at next Creative Artisans' meeting, Jan 13

Artists are flocking to smart phone and digital tablet technology. At the next Artisans' section meeting, Thursday, Jan 13th, 7pm at the St. Louis Artists Guild, we will plug in an iPad to a digital projector and take a look at two popular drawing apps: Brushes and Autodesk Sketchbook Pro. British painter David Hockney used Brushes to create all the images in his current exhibition in Paris. “I love to draw,” says Hockney and he uses his iPad as a drawing tablet to capture sunrises, flower arrangements and interior vignettes in his expressive, painterly style. Hockney also likes the feature that replays his finished paintings from beginning to end, brush stroke for stroke. Artist Susan Murtaugh’s digitally-painted images are used as promotional pieces on the Sketchbook Pro catalog page on the iPhone/iPad App Store. Many of her paintings feature distinctive brush strokes and textures. Drawings created in Sketchbook Pro can be exported as layered Photoshop files.

All are invited to attend this no cost event as well as join Artisans' section members as they conduct their regular business meeting after the presentation. Agenda items will include member nominations for the new Exhibits Planning Committee, formation of a nominating committee for 2011-2013 slate of officers and more info about the upcoming Creative Artisans’ members' exhibition in September 2011.

Creative Artisans' section meetings are now listed on the St. Louis Drawing and Painting Meetup calendar. Artists can RSVP for this event and other great meetups here.

Creative Artisans' section meeting,
Thurs, Jan 13, 7-9pm
St. Louis Artists' Guild, Second Floor Members Gallery,
Two Oak Knoll Park, Clayton, MO 63105

For more info email Mike Anderson, mike@michaelandersonstudio.com

Illustration: Brushes and Sketchbook Pro Color wheels, Michael Anderson Studio

Jerry Cox, "Furniture as art."

Jerry Cox, Creative Artisan section-member, considers furniture to be functional sculpture. He designs and builds custom cabinetry and furnishings for NewSpace, Inc. Formally trained as artist, he also mixes sculpture, painting and photography with his furniture making career. His work can be viewed on his new website that he rolled earlier this month.

Photo: Best of Missouri Hands

Congratulations Bonnie!

Creative Artisan section member Bon Rasmussen is the subject of a recent article and several photos by Kathie Sutin of the online local news source The Patch . Bonnie will also be one of several artists recognized in a video tribute for their longtime service to the St. Louis Artists' Guild at 125th Anniversary Kickoff Party on December 15th. Bon is a master woodcarver and has completed many corporate commissions for signs, sculptural elements and carvings. She is a former president of the Artists' Guild.

Photo: Bon Rasmussen works on a model of a Viking ship similar to one she built for a Webster Groves church. Credit Kathie Sutin

Margaret von Kaenel, Muralist, Nov.11, Next Artisans' Section Meeting

Margaret von Kaenel, decorative artist and muralist, will speak about her work at the next Artisans' Section meeting at the St. Louis Artists' Guild, Nov 11, 7pm. Margaret's portfolio includes murals, trompe l'oeil, and custom textural wall finishes including Venetian plaster, Luster stone, marmorino, and sandstone. Besides earning a degree in fine art and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University she has trained in the decorative arts through a variety of trade schools notably the North America School of Decorative Arts (NASODA) in Chicago, IL and Koch Brothers Studio in St. Louis, MO.

Margaret is a member of the International Decorative Artisans League (IDAL); Metro Artisans Guild - the Missouri IDAL chapter and founding president; and the Society of Decorative Painters.

Her work has been published in Better Homes & Gardens and numerous issues of St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles. Since 2001, Margaret has participated in St. Louis Designer show houses for ASID, Cardinal Glennon, St. Louis Symphony, the Dove Foundation and St. Louis Homes and Lifestyles with notable interior designers as well as on her own.

Margaret's murals, finishes, and paintings can be seen on her website. Her presentation is open to all members of the St. Louis Artists' Guild and their guests. A business meeting for section members will follow.

Creative Artisans, November 11, 7pm

Saint Louis Artists Guild, Two Oak Knoll Park, Clayton, MO 63105

314-727-6266

Photo: Detail Peacock Pavilion Wall, Margaret von Kaenel.

Recycled tire creatures!

Apropos the upcoming St. Louis Artists' Guild exhibit Collective Reasoning check out the InstaDaily blog post on art made from all kinds of trash and recycled materials. Particularly impressive is Korean sculptor Ji Yong Ho's menagerie constructed from used tires.

Collective Reasoning,
St. Louis Artists' Guild
Two Oak Knoll Park
Clayton, MO 63105

Opening: Friday, November 12, 2010 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Admission: Free and Open to the Public
Juror: John Watson

Photo: Sculpture by Ji Yong Ho, InstaDaily.com

Don Synder at Artisans' Section meeting, Thurs Oct. 14

Donald L. Snyder will be the featured presenter at the Oct. 14 Artisans’ Section meeting in the 2nd Floor Members Gallery, 7pm. Don is a Senior Professor of Washington University with interests in biomedical, electrical and optical engineering.

"I'm interested in sundials because of their mathematical relation to the position of the sun at any time. It's a thing of beauty to design an instrument on the basis of mathematics,the physics of solar and Earth motion and the effects of sunlight. Another reason I'm drawn to sundials is aesthetics. There are lots of artistic choices in designing and building one." -Don Synder, Washington University In St. Louis Newsroom

Photo: Angel Sundial at Saint Louis University Hospital, www.waymarking.com