PORTRAITS ON THE AVENUE: Live Sketches
CSOPA: ARTS TO THE AVENUE 2009

Greenwich Arts Council
299 Greenwich Avenue
Open to public.  SPECIAL LECTURE by presidential artist, Robert Anderson at 3pm in the Meeting Room. FREE!
ONE DAY ONLY! Five professional portrait artists from the prestigious Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists set up their easels for LIVE portrait sketches outside the entrance to the Greenwich Arts Council/Senior Center building. As a special addition to the Arts to the Avenue celebrations sponsored by the GAC, these classical realists will sketch with charcoal, sanguine or oil paint in a series of half-hour sittings. Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn about classical portraiture. Come to Greenwich on May 16 and sit for a while!
Oil Sketch
by Jeanine Jackson
Oil on Canvas Board
Portrait artists often sketch from life
as important preparation for formal commissioned works. Unlike street artists one might
find in a piazza or at a craft fair where drawing often begins with the eyes and other fine details, CSOPA members generally use classical techniques and work "large-to-small." The likeness is secondary to the overall pattern and design that emerges from large shapes and value patterns. Thus, a half-hour sketch by one of our artists may not appear complete, but it will capture the gesture and overall character
of the sitter.

Want more?
Be sure to ask CSOPA artists participating in
Arts to the Avenue about their regular commissioned portraits, portfolios, and price lists.
Pictured are scenes from last year on the Avenue!

CSOPA gratefully acknowledges
the Greenwich Arts Council for their kind invitation to join in their Arts to the Avenue festivities. 


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for announcements for more information about The Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists
The New  Haircut
by David Luchak

Charcoal on Paper
Patricia
by Nancy Stember

Pastel on Paper
Sam D'Ambruoso
Nanci France
Dave Luchack
Jeanine Jackson
Moedl with Dave Luchack
Gretchen Tatge
Jackson Model
Nancy Stember with Frank Juliano
Jackson Model
by Jeanine Jackson
Graphite Sketch
by Sam D'Ambruoso
Graphite on Paper
Isabella
by Linda Champainer

Oil on Canvas
Isabella (c) Linda Champanier
Scenes from previous Portraits to the Avenue
Linda Champanier AtoA07
Cindy Wagner AtoA 07
A to A 07
Samples from previous A to A events:
A Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists Community Outreach Program
Sat, May 16: GAC Portraits o the Avenue 12-3pm