English Women In CA: BANNERS ON PARADE

One of the great things that is happening to me at the moment is that im working on my art. Im about to start teaching at the town all..The city have a schedule of classes that people run through them and in the fall i will be running some art classes. A sister in my cong wendy campbell, i stayed with her and her husband when i first arrived in the USA. Her husband and Aaron are best friends. We are regulary getting together every friday and working on art together, our aim is to gather enough work so that we can have stall at art events and the local farmers markets. Im really excited about it.

So right now im involved in a project called "Banners on Parade"

"A parade of painted banners will be on display on the light poles around the historic Courthouse and at various locations on Main Street from June through early September. These banners will be sold at Auction during the Artand Wine Festival on October 17, 2009. The proceeds will go to Art on Parade with a small percentage being shared with the individual artists. A panel of local artists will jury banners and awards will be presented to the top three banners. Every artist will
receive two tickets to the Art and Wine Festival, a $60 value!"

We had to submit a sketch of our design, which was themed "placerville past and presant" and any art related subject. My sketch was accepted and i collected my banner.. Here are some picture of me painting my banner..
Its not finished, but i have laid the base coats, i still need to work on alot of it. No details are in it yet and im going to adjust the size of the mountains and the area back there.. Ill post the finished Banner.

Me working on the shop fronts