ong story short, I managed to tag along with my decorative painter wife, Linda, as she enrolled in a special painting class conducted by none other than Donna Dewberry. Frankly, I've been watching her on Public Television for a year, now, and when Linda said she wanted to enroll in the class to learn her "One Stroke" painting method, I asked, "Can I come along?" There happened to be an empty spot, and I produced my credit card. I was in. Yes, I've been painting for years, but it's never too late to learn something new. I have a deep appreciation for Donna Dewberry's approach to painting. She makes painting accessible to anyone willing to pick up a brush. Her brush handling and application of color is not dissimilar from the great Flemish painters of an earlier century. Besides, I wanted her to teach me to paint one of those spectacular cabbage roses for which she is so famous.
Donna's able assistants supply all of the materials, brushes, paints, the works (all of which display her brand name). I loved every minute of it. I will never paint foliage the same way again. I can actually paint a beautiful rose (one of the most difficult things to paint) and I couldn't feel more accomplished. Anyway, here are the photos from the event including shots of folks met while in Springfield, Illinois for these three wonderful days.
There's a great pair of photos at the bottom of this page of a nice lady I photographed in line while we were waiting to enter the hotel ballroom where the classes were held. Donna came out and met everyone in line. It was a really special moment. She knows her public. Anyhow, this woman had a small disposible camera, I think and I had my super-fantastic Sony camera with me at the time, so I offered to take her picture with Donna and make it available on my website. |
