Terry Burke DEmo September 2023
Thank you to SRAG member, Terry Burke, who gave us a wonderful demonstration of how he creates his beautiful watercolor landscapes. He brought along many finished pieces, and also a few of his travel sketch books for us to enjoy looking through.
paul Allen Taylor workshop may 2023
Paul Allen Taylor gave an afternoon workshop for SRAG members. He demonstrated his techniques in watercolor, and following his instruction, members created their own painting.
ROSEMARY PERGOLIZZI DEMO FEBRUARY 2O23
2014
February 12, 2014
Penumbra Demonstration with Chris Kolupski. The penumbra is the soft area where the shadow area meets the full light.
April 9, 2014
Drawing Mandalas with Lesley S. Brogan. Using colored pencils, we explored this relaxing activity.
Drawing Mandalas with Lesley S. Brogan. Using colored pencils, we explored this relaxing activity.
July 9, 2014
Alice Chen demonstrated painting on YUPO paper with watercolor. This looks like fun and we are we are going to try painting on it also!
August 2, 2014 Plein Air Workshop on Penumbras with Chris Kolupski
"Penumbras refers to the color change that occurs along the border of an object that partially obscures the light source, such as when trees are silhouetted against the sky." ~ Chris Kolupski
This sounds complicated, but Chris showed us how to see penumbras and get more depth in our paintings.
August 27, 2014
Several members attended a paint-out at Braddock Bay Marina.
Several members attended a paint-out at Braddock Bay Marina.
September 10, 2014 Val Larsen Painting Motion in Watercolor
October 15, 2014 Colette Savage Demonstrating Pastel Painting. See the finished painting at colettesavage.blogspot.com.
November 12, 2014 Suzi Zefting-Kuhn draws a portrait of Aggie Windig in pastel.
2015
January 14, 2015
Paul Allen Taylor, judge for the Fall Mall Show gives an evaluation of our work. It was very informative And interesting.

March 11, 2015
Stacey Kirby Steward, muralist and plein air artist gave a power point presentationon her murals in the greater Rochester area. Many of her murals are along the ErieCanal in Greece, Holley, Albion, and Middleport. She also has a mural in Brockport and other nearby communities. In addition, Stacey paints en plein air using gouache. See her murals at staceykirby.com.
Stacey Kirby Steward, muralist and plein air artist gave a power point presentationon her murals in the greater Rochester area. Many of her murals are along the ErieCanal in Greece, Holley, Albion, and Middleport. She also has a mural in Brockport and other nearby communities. In addition, Stacey paints en plein air using gouache. See her murals at staceykirby.com.
April 15, 2015 Drawings Using a Live Model
Dana modeled for us. We enjoy having a model to sketch or paint. She was a very good model and fun to work with.
Dana modeled for us. We enjoy having a model to sketch or paint. She was a very good model and fun to work with.
May 13, 29, 2015
srag MEMBER, Diane bELLENGER, SHOWED THE GROUP HOW SHE WORKS WITH GRAPHITE IN ITS MANY FORMS. graphite IS IN PENCILS WHICH CAN BE WATER SOLUBLE, OR IN POWDERED FORM. oN May 29TH, Diane BROUGHT HER SUPPLIES AND THE GROUP TRIED THEM WORKING FROM SHELLS, NATURAL OBJECTS OR PHOTOS.
JUNE 27, 2015 Dave Braun Watercolor Workshop
Award winning watercolor artist and Suburban Rochester Art Group member Dave Braun gave a workshop for the group. Dave painted 2 landscapes. The first one showing birch trees and using resist to be able to paint the background easily. The second is a more atmospheric painting. We worked from photos and then showed off the results.
July 15, 2015
Nancy Lane, illustrator and artist has had her work in 25 + children's books. Her love of people, animals and nature are evident in her work. She talked about how to go about getting an illustration contract and showed numerous examples.
August 12, 2015
Gia conti paints lush paintings of animals, insects, mythical creatures and more in watercolor. Tonight she painted a pig in vibrant colors. The pig has a fun engaging expression which draws in the viewer.
September 9, 2015
Brian O'Neill, nationally acclaimed artist, winning awards for his figure, still life and abstract work gave a Power Point presentation and painted a still life in oils. Brian emphasized that all paintings have abstract under-structure.
October 14, 2015
Karen Arieno loves to work with Alcohol Inks. They are brilliant, somewhat unpredictable, but so much fun.
2016
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March 9, 2016 Peggy Martinez:
Possibilities - ways to increase creativity
The artist started painting again while raising a family as a single parent in 1997, where she attended a workshop with Zoltan Szabo and fell in love with watercolors. Peggy was born in Rochester, NY in 1961. She later moved to Salinas, Puerto Rico in 1971 with her family. She attended Kutztown College in Kutztown, Pa, where she took courses in Fine Art. In 1981 her family moved back to Rochester, NY. She currently lives in Chili, NY, a quiet suburb of Rochester with her husband and daughter Rebecca. In addition, she has two daughters, Jasmine and Francesca and a grandson Xavier. After many years of working in Banking, she decided to leave the Corporate world and pursue her passion for art on a full time basis.
Peggy is a self-taught artist and has participated in many workshops with local and nationally established artist, such as, Zoltan Zsabo, Tom lynch, Arleta Pech, Susan Webb-Tregay, Don Andrews, Don Getz and Lian Quan Zeng. The artist is affiliated with the Webster Art Club, as past Treasurer and workshop organizer as well as a member of the Rochester Art Club. She has independently organized non-instructional trips for artist to Martha’s Vineyard and the Chautauqua Institute.
April 13, 2015 Business Meeting and Figure Drawing
Aggie is our model this evening
April 16, 2016 Workshop with Kathleen Giles
Kathleen is an award winning watercolorist from Lockport. She teaches at the Kenan center and has had her work published. Kathleen's paintings have an inner glow. SRAG had an exciting and informative workshop with Kathleen.
May 11, 2016: Kathleen Hanney Paints a Landscape in Pastels
July 13, 2016 Jan Davidson paints in encaustics
Jan is an artist who paints and draws in many mediums. Her latest love is encaustics, an ancient medium thousands of years old with examples still in existence. The encaustics are wax plus a resin. each layer must be fused with a heat gun. Paper, dried materials, photos and almost anything can be added as long as they are coated with clear wax to seal and fused. Colored wax can be painted on to add detail. The waxes come in a range of colors and some are iridescent or metallic. An exciting old medium given a modern update.
August 10, 2016 Zentangles or Zendoodles?
Anne McCune and Colette Savage both do similar pieces, but Anne calls her work Zentangles and Colette calls hers Zendoodles. The difference is in the approach. Zentangles use patterns and designs which were developed in California. The artist is free to develop and use these in any way they please, but they still retain the formal Zentangle foundation. Zendoodles on the other hand are freer in approach. Starting with a free form line that develops into shapes, Colette then fills in the shapes using repetitive patterns. She looks for something form nature, a snail, mushroom or flower and then develops the image. Both are meditative and relaxing. A fun activity.
September 14, 2016: Pam LoCicero Paints in Watercolors
Pam likes to paint the eternal elements of rocks and water. she uses plastic wrap, salt, lentils (wow!) scraping and splattering paint to get the beautiful effects in her work. The painting couldn't be finished in the allotted time but we will show the final result at a later date.
October 12, 2016 Sari Gaby' pastel portrait
Rochester artist and teacher Sari Gaby's demonstration her approach to doing a portrait. She learned this method from Daniel Green at the Art Student's League in NYC. Sari uses pastel pencils in this portrait.
November 9, 2016 Judy Soprano talks about oil workshops and what she learned from them
2017
January 11, 2017 Jeanne Beck talks about art
Jeanne Beck, who judged our Fall Mall Show talked with us about our art. Members brought in 2 paintings and Jeanne talked with us about our work. It was an informative and interesting evening.
February 15, 2017 Cindy Arnold Paints with paper
SRAG members used paper from magazines, greeting cards, newspaper,tissue etc. instead of paint to create works. The paper is cut or torn and glued to a backing.
May 10, 2017 - Pastel Artist, Colette Savage
SRAG member, Award winning and very talented Pastel Artist Colette Savage brought supplies so members could work along with her. Colette did an underpainting on sanded paper and set it with alcohol. Adding the clear and brilliant pastels on top of this made the colors pop.
July 12, 2017 Karlene Van Deusen - Painting Adjectives
Using Adjectives to describe our work leads us beyond just painting a pretty picture. Karlene presented exercises using words such as breezy, calm, hot, cold etc to enhance our portraying our subject. We were given cards with 3 adjectives on them and asked to do a 15 - 20 minute sketch to illustrate those words. It was a fun and informative meeting!
August 9, 2017 Kristin Malone Paints Watercolor
Elizabeth Durand - September 13, 2017 Printing without a plate
OCTOBER 1, 2017 Plein Air Paintout
October 1 was a beautiful fall day for a Plein air paint out hosted by Karlene VanDeusen in Adams Basin. Some artists enjoyed painting the Erie Canal, while others painted the woods behind Karlene’s home. Everyone gathered for a picnic lunch.
October 11, 2017, Drawing from a model
Michelle modeled for members to sketch. it is always a challenge and fun to work from a model.
'Michelle' by Debra Becks Cooper
November 15, 2017 Andrea Durfee paints in Gouache and pen & ink
Andrea Durfee's presentation was of her gouache and pen and ink work. She has a series based on figures in the landscapes. Building on myths, she incorporates giant figures as part of terrain.
APril 11, 2018 Laurie Maddalina does a Portrait
Laurie uses pan pastels, charcoal and erasers to pull out the highlights in this demo.
May 9, 2018 Debra Becks Cooper still life in Oil
SRAG Member, Deb, paints beautiful and realistic still life Paintings.
July, 18, 2018 Paintout along Lake Ontario in Greece
October 10, 2018 - SRAG Member, Dave Braun paints
a beautiful Fall Scene in watercolor
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April 10, 2019 demo by Jeff Lindgren.
JEFF STARTED THIS PAINTING AS A DEMONSTRATION, COMPLETING ABOUT 80% OF IT IN THE ONE AND A HALF HOURS OF THE DEMO. THIS IS THE COMPLETED PIECE FINISHED OFF IN HIS STUDIO.
Spring Greece Ridge Mall Show April 26, 27 and 28, 2019
SRAG artists exhibited and sold their beautiful paintings. Here are the award winning works.
May 15, 2019 Debbie Becks Cooper Paints in Oil
Debbie did a still life at the May 15th meeting. She spoke about her set-up, color choices and painting methods. While she couldn't complete it during the meeting, she worked on it the next day and the results are beautiful!