OPAL Events
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OPAL Member Meetings
(All member meetings generally are on the first Thursday of month beginning at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted)
Thursday, January 4, 2024 -- 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Bob Sako - "Quick Gesture Drawing"
- Location: COhatch Easton, 4182 Worth Ave. Space No. I-115, Columbus, OH 43219
- Bring your drawing materials to work along with Bob!
- Livestream for members not joining in-person will be made available so you can follow along at home
Thursday, February 1, 2024 -- 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Susan Kuznitsky (https://www.susankuznitsky.com/)
- Location: COhatch-Worthington Hardware, 659 High St, Worthington, OH 43240 (UPDATED LOCATION!!!!)
- Susan will be joining us via Livestream. She will provide a demonstration, a slide show, and will take questions throughout the demonstration
- Livestream for members not joining in-person will be available
Thursday, March 7, 2024 - 6:00 - 8:30 pm -- "Experimenting with Pan Pastels", Pam Hartford (https://www.celticartistsllc.com/animals-at-zoo.html to see a few examples) -
- Location: Old Worthington Library, 820 High St., Worthington, OH 43085 (Not CoHatch!) - Owl Meeting Room
- Bring 2 to 3 sheets of regular, smooth drawing paper (9"x12" or larger good size)
- drawing pencils or pastel pencils,
- kneaded eraser, plastic eraser,
- towel or drop cloth for workspace.
- If you have stencils, oil pastels, and black markers, bring as well.
- 2 black and white photos with good light/dark contrasts--print or use on phone/iPad
- Don't bring a ton of supplies, just a few to try the technique
- OPAL will provide the Pan Pastels and an application sponge for use.(If you have your own of each, please bring along)
- You can participate remotely! Livestream for members not joining in-person will be available. Link sent 1-day before meeting.
Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 1:00 - 3:00 pm -- Annual Group Paint-Around
- Location: Westerville Public Library, Meeting Room B, 126 S. State St., Westerville, OH 43081
- Bring your pastels, a photo reference, and your painting surface with sketched from photo reference
- We will spend up to 5 min per person on a painting and then move along.
- Plan to attend and see how each person brings their individual style to each painting.
- Lots of fun!
- This is an in-person event -- No Livestream will be available for this meeting.
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 1:00 - 3:30 pm -- "An afternoon with GOLDEN", Susan Rossiter, GOLDEN Artist Educator (https://goldenartistcolors.com/)
- Location: Dublin Library, 75 N. High St., Dublin OH 43017
- Lots of GOLDEN materials to try and hear about including Pastel grounds, PanPastels and Sofft applicators, Ampersand Pastelbord, Gels, pastes, and aggregates, etc.
- Livestream will be available.
June/July - No Meetings
Friday, August 2, 2024 - 1:00 - 5:00 pm -- Winery at Porter Central Plein Air painting/Wine Tasting
- Location: Winery at Porter Central, , 8290 Porter Central Rd., Sunbury, OH 43074
- This is a plein air event...plenty to paint and the option for wine tasting and some food
- More details to come as event gets closer
Thursday, September 5, 2024 - 6:30 - 8:30 pm -- TBD
Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 6:30 - 8:30 pm -- TBD
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 6:30 - 8:30 pm -- TBD
Thursday, December 5, 2025 - 6:30 - 8:30 pm -- Potluck/Painting Exchange
- Potluck and member painting swap