Welcome to the very first entry for the Berkshire Athenaeum Portrait blog.
First a little history .... what is this project all about anyway?
Many months ago I was invited by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum (Pittsfield's public library) to paint a new portrait of their beautiful facility to commemorate the building's 35th anniversary. When the painting is completed sometime this June, it will hang in the front entrance of the library.
The actual painting of the portrait will take place during business hours in the library, and anyone who is interested is invited to watch it unfold. A schedule will be posted, and I will be there at different days and hours in order for those with varied schedules to come and witness art in the making.
But the project involves so much more.
This blog is just one part of a multi-faceted approach to provide the public with information about what it takes to paint a building portrait in watercolor. Read the recent press release issued on March 18, 2009 for more information, and stay tuned right here as I frequently add more information.
Just so you know, I have never done anything like this before (painting in public) so I am both a bit nervous and very excited. I expect to be painting in the library the latter part of April, all of May and maybe the early part of June. Besides actually painting and answering any questions, I will display my preliminary sketches and drawings and also run a slide show continuously on a digital frame so you can see what has already taken place.
Next entry will explain the "behind the scene" steps that must be taken before even thinking about painting.
About Me
- Marge Bride
- Pittsfield, MA, United States
- I have lived in the Berkshires since 1995 and have to say it is a painter’s paradise. After working hard in my two previous careers and associated years of schooling (as an R.N. and as a software quality assurance manager) outside of Boston, I feel I have found my true calling, and that is painting. Knowledge of high tech tools has been a great advantage for me. Artists often say they shun computers, preferring the purely low-tech route but I find that using a pc, digital camera, scanner, Photoshop, and other tools get me to the low tech part that I love that much faster….and that of course involves gooey paints, brushes and paper…..the portrayal of an image in my own style. This blog will take readers through the steps I have taken, from high tech to low tech, from start to finish, to produce a watercolor portrait of the Berkshire Athenaeum in the beautiful Berkshire downtown capital of Pittsfield, MA.
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