Remembering Gina
Our great friend and teacher, Gina Clapp, died on March 12. She was, quite simply, wonderful, and her loss is deeply felt by all of us. When I first suggested … Continue reading
Credit to the Backyard Bird Nerd
In yesterday’s post for April Draw-a-Bird Day, I totally forgot to give credit to the fabulous photographer who took the pictures that several Wednesday Studio artists used as the source … Continue reading
Lots of birds come home to roost for the April anniversary of the original DAB-Day
Many of you may not know that Draw-a-Bird Day began because of an incident in 1943 when a seven-year-old girl visited her uncle in a war hospital in England. He … Continue reading
“Love” was the February art challenge for Capitol Hill Art League
CHAL’s art challenge last month was–quite appropriately, given that February is the month for Valentine’s Day–“love.” These were the contributions from Wednesday Studio members: This first photo shows eight individual … Continue reading
Exhibit of Ellen Cornett work just opened in DC
Our teacher and fearless leader (she has to be fearless to deal with us . . . ) has, I think, outdone herself this time. The Hill Center in Washington, … Continue reading
Beautiful birds for February DAB-Day.
Yes, it’s Draw-a-Bird Day again! I love this month’s birds. Marian WisemanWatercolorist
Wednesday Studio member wins art league January challenge
Congratulations to Karen Van Allen, who won the Capitol Hill Art League’s monthly challenge. The art league’s theme for January was “Winter,” and eight Wednesday Studio members were among the … Continue reading
Tribute to Linda Norton
We in the Wednesday Studio are very sad this week. Our friend and fellow artist, Linda Norton, died after a short illness on Tuesday morning, January 26. Linda had been … Continue reading
New year, new DAB-Day, great birds
What wonderful bird art we have to start 2021. Yes, January 8 was the first Draw-a-Bird day of the year. An exciting development around these parts is that a painted … Continue reading
Works of seven Wednesday Studio members selected in juried show
We are so happy to congratulate seven classmates on having their beautiful works be part of the current Hill Center Galleries show. Gallery director Nicky Cymrot and artist Alan Braley … Continue reading
