My wife encouraged me to join her at the Teller Street
Gallery for their Saturday night Painting and Wine night featuring a work
inspired by Van Gogh’s “Poppies and Butterflies” circa 1890. The studio was cozy but well lit and had a
very happy feel. There were several
table set up to accommodate nearly 30 of us.
As an added perk, the background music was classic rock. After dropping off our stuff, we went over to
Rally Pizza for a bite to eat.
Rally Pizza offers Jersey style pizza which had a thin crust
and a cheese blend that was very much to my liking. We ordered a medium pizza and ate about half
of it. In the future we will probably go
with slices.
Heading back we met some of the other people at our table,
got our paints and then began instruction.
Our teacher was very nice and encouraged us to just kind of go for
it. We started with some background
stuff, created the poppies and then finished with the butterflies. Looking around at the finished works,
everybody had a different interpretation.
Some featured a lot of details, some featured fewer. Also the background colors went from rich
blues and dark grass to lighter sky and more yellow in the field.
I was quite pleased with my painting and would be interested
in going in the future. It is great get
together as you can talk and socialize while learning something.
Me left, my wife's interpretation on right
Van Gogh "Poppies and Butterflies" finished in 1890
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