THE WEDNESDAY STUDIO

Watercolor and Pastel Artists at CHAW

Making art on vinyl flooring material—who knew?

Anne Shields started this. She brought a floorcloth that she had made to class, along with supplies for others to do something similar. Here’s what she told us: “Two hundred … Continue reading

April 5, 2025 · 1 Comment

Ellen Cornett has new exhibition: Reception this Saturday

“Down the Rabbit Hole” is the title of this new show of works by Ellen Cornett, and, really, no other title would do. Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking … Continue reading

March 13, 2025 · Leave a comment

The Wednesday Studio does collage

Last Wednesday in the studio we had the opportunity to make paper collages. It was the idea of our teacher and coach, Ellen Cornett. Here’s what Ellen had to say … Continue reading

September 16, 2024 · 1 Comment

Student show reception coming up

This morning some of us in the Wednesday Studio helped our great teacher, Ellen Cornett, hang the art for this spring’s Adult Student. We call it “hanging the show,” which … Continue reading

June 4, 2024 · 2 Comments

Ellen Cornett exhibit to open April 4

Don’t miss “Once Upon a Time,” a new one-artist exhibit featuring 52 drawings used in four of Ellen’s recent books. The show runs April 4-24 at Artists and Makers Studios … Continue reading

April 1, 2024 · Leave a comment

Artomatic, DC’s huge annual art show, is open, and Ellen Cornett is exhibiting

If you’ve never been to the annual Artomatic event, you’re in for a treat. This year, 1,000 (!) visual and performing artists have filled seven floors at 2100 M Street, … Continue reading

March 18, 2024 · Leave a comment

Missing my buddies

The Wednesday Studio is on a summer break, and it’s lonely on Wednesday mornings. In lieu of seeing them in person, I’m posting a few pics I took last winter … Continue reading

July 14, 2023 · 4 Comments

Wednesday Studio members take extra-curricular class

This report is from Wednesday Studio member Lynne Mallonee Schlimm: A number of Wednesday Studio members branched out recently and tried a new medium—colored pencil. Responding to interest from our … Continue reading

March 24, 2023 · Leave a comment

What the Wednesday Studio artists have been doing lately

I thought you might like to see some of the artwork that we have finished that hasn’t been published in the blog, so I asked people to send me some … Continue reading

March 21, 2023 · 2 Comments

Is this peachy enough for you?

In the last post, displaying the squirrels we drew using colored pencil, I should have mentioned that trying this new medium was HARD! I personally found using colored pencil a … Continue reading

October 16, 2022 · Leave a comment