On June 22, MAG was pleased to have Sandra Fox come and teach us how to make our very own mandalas. We started by learning a lot of geometry, and finished by making some art. The mandala above is based on a trefoil (3 points), while the ones shown below are all based on “the tree [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Choc Full o’ Nuts
June 23rd, 2008 
Michele Frantz Here we are deep in thought (yeah, right) at the MAG Wine & Cheese Party. The evening was fun, weird, complicated, puffy, idiotic and cute. Fun had by all. Many thanks to the hostess! — michele
New Videos Posted to “MAG Videos” Page
June 19th, 2008 Shane Two new videos has been posted to the “MAG Videos” web page. One video is the video of Patty Rice and her presentation on “Portraiture”. The video is 1 hour and 42 minutes long, about 250MB. The second video is of Michele Frantz and her presentation on “Using a Limited Pallete.” The video is 1 [...]
And the winners are….
June 14th, 2008 Michele Frantz Paint! Manassas wrapped up today. It was a whopping success! I’ve updated the Paint! page if you want to see some of the work exhibited during this event. Artist Leonard Justinian was our judge. Here are the winners of this year’s Paint! Manassas: 1st place: Sunny Spot (Manassas Battlefield), acrylic by Michele Frantz 2nd place: Noon [...]
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No Comments »Manassas Art Guild June Members Meeting
June 8th, 2008 Selina Farmer Thursday night we had the monthly Manassas Art Guild membership meeting with our very own artist, Michele Frantz, doing a limited palette lesson and demonstration. Michele went over the advantages of using a limited palette (less paint = more $ in your pocket) and the ways she uses a limited palette to achieve consistent colors [...]
Paint! Manassas 2008 – Show Pictures
June 1st, 2008 Selina Farmer The morning was beautiful and the it rained with damaging thunderstorms in the afternoon, however, the show went on. Paint! Manassas 2008 succeeded in drawing 18 local artists to create and display over 50 pieces of fine art which depicted Old Town Manassas and the historic Manassas Civil War Battle Grounds. Numerous pieces of original [...]