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Author: Phyllis_Russell_Franklin, Contributing Editor
| But, let's get back on track and show you the days as they happened.
I set up a schedule for the days events and crossed my fingers for the best, knowing that we could change anything and everything depending on the weather. On Thursday, July 18, 2002, the SLAC eight began to arrive. Each time a new artist would arrive we would stop what we were doing and help get each one settled in. First to arrive was Linda Blondheim and how exciting that was! Next was Deb Carroll and later that day Carly Clements and Marsha Savage. It was actually too hot to go outside and paint but we all had settled in on talking art and I talked Linda into helping me understand some of the color problems I might encounter when we went out to paint for the first time. |
 | This is our study piece, and here are some of the things we all learned while Linda was guiding me with my painting as we were talking art and planning for the next day.
"Don't try to accomplish everything when you first begin to paint. Paint within your bubble, pushing the wall out as you grow. Learn one thing at the time and then take another step forward. Each step you take will bring you closer to your goal. When begining to paint, ask yourself, where are the lights, where are the darks, where are the value changes. How do you want to present you painting. Think. Divide your landscape into workable areas. Where is the forground, where is your middle ground, where is your background? Try not to divide the canvas in half. Decide what you want the focal point of your painting to be and only add details there, leaving everything else playing second fiddle". It's a lot to think about, that is for sure. So many decisions to make and most of them come natural to Linda who was helping me with this piece. Two most important pieces of advice from Linda: "DON'T FIDDLE, and take a step back when you get into trouble, LOOK." |
| Around 4:00 p.m. we gathered up our paints and headed out to paint on Sea Island Road.
Sea Island Road connects St. Simons Island and Sea Island. Lucky for us, both sides of the road really have beautiful scenes and plenty of room away from traffic. Linda and Deb talk over palette colors before beginning to work. |  |
| Linda dubed this a "Crash and Burn" That's when the wind blows your painting to the ground and it gets covered with dirt and bugs. All this happened about the same time Carly and Marsha were getting attacked by two dogs.
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| Always secure your easel. Remember you are fighting with Mother Nature and she will win if you are not prepared.
Bring your bug spray, sun screen, protective clothes and anything else you might need to win over the elements. |  |
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