Surprise Crowd at the Critique

Every month I send out e-mail reminders to a list of regulars in our critique group, and Molly sends out texts to a similar group, with some names shared between us.  I did that for this month, and got one yes,  two probably, two maybe, and a whole bunch of no, but probably next month.  Molly had heard back even less than I did, so we were thinking a small crowd and a quick night.  But when Molly arrived for the event, she saw a large group of people, most with work.  Above is the initial set.  Clockwise from the upper left corner:  a group of line drawings from first time participant Ben (friend of Tim), a small freehanded woodcut from Mary L, an ink drawing from Mary G, a digital collage from Jill, small pastel drawing from Mary G, a hand colored woodcut from Harriet, a mixed media collage from Jill, and a drawing from Tim.

Lisa brought in three new sculptures.  The clear favorite was this giant cat's paw (or bear's paw, depending on how you see it), which was both scary and cuddly, with it unusual (for her) use of a furry cloth.

Of course, Molly's tables line the whole room, but she was featuring the Boys and Girls club diptych.  Many praised the drawing on the figures, especially the three children in the foreground.  Since the one in the lower right corner is based on a photo she took of me, I'm going to claim a tiny bit of credit.

Our last artist of the night was Sandy, who brought a recent painting, taking advantage of inexpensive color samples of latex paint from the local home improvement store to go wild.  She advises everyone else to do the same.