new plein air and classes | Terry Smith Painter

2020-2021 Plein Air Sketching and Classes

Plein Air

I joined the Plein Air group at our new community as soon as we moved to Arizona. It was a life saver for (social extrovert) me. Before the COVID vaccine, meeting outside was the only way to safely meet with people, so this was perfect! I made friends, discovered a lot of new places, and enjoyed sketching what I saw....so different from Washington where I'd spent the past 40 years!

Mission San Xavier del Bac

Digital Sketch using Procreate on the iPad

Prickly Pear

Sketchbook

Santa Ritas

Sketchbook Painting with Walnut Ink

Tubac Barrio

Digital Sketch using Procreate on the iPad

Desert Meadows Park

Sketchbook

Canoa Ranch

Sketchbook

Cactus

Sketchbook

Details

Sketchbook

Chair

Sketchbook

Tubac Golf Course

Sketchbook

Stables at Tubac Golf Course

Sketchbook

Tubac Chapel

Sketchbook

Out the window-Camano

Digital Sketch using Procreate on the iPad

Classes and studies

I've enjoyed teaching Mixed Media classes at our new community, Quail Creek, at Green Valley AZ. There is an active Fine Arts Painting Club, which makes it easier to find a new "art tribe". I also joined the Lapidary and Jewelry club, still learning that, and will have things to show later!

Terry Teaching

I started my Mixed Media classes telling the group my goals were for everyone to have fun and make new friends. We were successful!

Terry's display at the QCFAPC

After teaching at our community of Quail Creek's Fine Art Painting Club, I was invited to create a display of my work in the art center.

Terry's display at QCFAPC

This was the first larger display of my work since I moved out of my studio in the Georgetown area of Seattle in December 2019.

Mixed Media fun

I taught a series of 5 sessions of Mixed Media at the art center. I created the display to show a lot of the abundance of materials we used to have fun creating art.

Gelli Print collage

In our classes we created monoprints using a gelli plate. We then used the prints to make collage paintings.

little cactus sunset collage

This is a small collage of gelli prints and acrylic paint, created during my Mixed Media course

Zoom art classes were a new thing in 2020, brought on by "you-know-what"! Live online classes created great opportunities for learning from great teachers around the globe. And having this focus really helped my state of mind during such uncertain times and periods of isolation, not to mention 2 moves.