Members of Daily Companions, Inc. attended a watercolor class at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, MD. Thanks to museum staff member Kourtney Lowery and teacher Barbara Weiss, everyone was able to enjoy their first watercolor experience. The museum has a spacious classroom where all sorts of art classes are held.
For our class, Ms. Weiss suggested that a picture of a tree be painted. She emphasized that form and color were in the imagination of the artist. A simple template was demonstrated to help with the shape of the tree top, and then everyone plunged in and let their imagination run riot! A whole forest of trees, some realistic, some purely imaginary, abstract, bright, or fruit and flowered were painted. Everyone was given time to hold their picture up and explain their personal vison of a tree. The time just flew by and the class was over before we knew it. Many thanks to the museum staff, and Ms. Weiss for helping us to be a part of such an enjoyable experience.