News and Notes March 2025

Paul Brand • March 6, 2025

Winter Hayfields by Donlyn K Meyers

I hate flowers – I paint them because they’re cheaper than models and they don’t move!

Georgia O’Keefe, 1887 - 1986
Hadden, Peggy. The Quotable Artist (p. 11). Allworth. Kindle Edition.

Join the Toledo Artists' Club: Everyone Welcome

Award winners at a club Gallery Reception

Our club is a non profit organization that welcomes anyone with an interest in art. Members are beginners and experienced artists working in two or three dimensional media. The club is located in the Toledo Botanical Garden Metropark, with free parking next to the club building. We regularly exhibit member's work in our gallery and host painting groups and classes in our adjacent studio. Membership is $65 per year; students may join for $25.

Current members please consider renewing your membership.

More about membership

Getting Started with Plein Air Painting

Saturday April 12th, 1 to 3 pm

Toledo Artists' club

In the Garden by Berthe Morisot, Toledo Museum of Art

Meet experienced plein air painters and novices at this free event. The event is open to members who would like get started painting on location and experienced painters who wish to share information. There will be an open discussion on equipment, and a show and tell of equipment used, and materials you need. Get tips from seasoned painters on choosing locations, creating compositions and use of different media when painting outdoors.

Sponsored by the Tuesday Plein Air painters and the Monday Morning Painters

Contact Donlyn for more information

Two New Classes with Linda Shetzer

Creative Reuse Classes

Grab your friends and make it a PARTY!

Join us once a month for a FUN, creative class focused on reusing and repurposing art supplies. Each session will teach you how to transform everyday materials into works of art.

Select Sunday afternoons, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

at the Toledo Artists' Club. Save the following dates: March 23, April 27, May 18, and June 8

Time to Bloom: Flower Creation Class

Sunday, March 23

1:00-4:00 p.m.

Experiment with crepe paper, paper twist, book pages, and more. Create unique paper flowers and take home a bouquet to celebrate Springtime.

$30, most supplies included. Bring a glue gun and scissors if you have them.

Registration is limited to 12.

More Information and Registration

A Strategy for Drawing People

Jes Ludwick Charcoal on Paper by Andrea Clarkson

"Charcoal is a great way to make a clear, simple statement about what I see before me. To help me make decisions I do thumbnail sketches which answer questions like, “What is the grouping of light and dark?” I use constructive drawing, focusing on planes and symmetry, to emphasize the form in space. The crown of light on the hair is a tool that can be used to describe the roundness of the form." ... Andrea Clarkson

The Hyter Portrait Group is a great opportunity to work from a live model. The group meets at Common Space One on Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon. The cost is $5 per session. Check out the group’s Facebook page for more information.

Common Space One
Glann Elementary School
1700 North Reynolds Road
Toledo, Ohio
Saturdays 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.