by admin | Sep 17, 2016 | Bob Bahr
by Bob Bahr Participants in Susan K. Black’s Dubois workshops know that Mentor Day is a big deal. A majority of the artists teach art to local kids for one morning at a nearby ranch during the workshop, and the results often indicate significant artistic...
by admin | May 28, 2016 | Bob Bahr, Texas
By Bob Bahr Some great pieces of art were created over the past week at TexArt, but a Society of Animal Artists (SAA) show at R.S. Hanna Gallery in nearby Fredericksburg, Texas gave everyone a chance to see some of the TexArt participants’ best finished work on...
by admin | May 27, 2016 | Bob Bahr, Texas
by Bob Bahr Texas scratchboard artist Sally Maxwell created excitement among TexArt participants with her one-day scratchboard instruction. We caught up with her at the Quick Draw and documented the steps in her process. The artist had already completed all the...
by admin | May 27, 2016 | Bob Bahr
By Bob Bahr In 1992, Doug Hiser was standing on an unsteady, toadstool-like platform, trying not to fall off while a giant, muscle-bound man pummeled him with a foam bat. Hiser, a dedicated athlete and bodybuilder, was a regular contestant on the “American...
by admin | May 26, 2016 | Bob Bahr, Texas
By Bob Bahr John Banovich shared a lot of information at TexArt during his one-day presentation/demo. One of the chunks of information that participants may not have had time to write down is his color palette. Banovich explained how some of his colors he only uses in...
by admin | May 25, 2016 | Bob Bahr, lee, Texas
By Bob Bahr Painting historical scenes from one of America’s favorite real-life stories can mean you don’t get a lot of leeway in how you depict things. But SKB’s key cowboy found a way to thread the needle. Lee Cable was approached by Jim Parkman...
