Sue, Carol, and Liz Hill

Sue Bagwell left foreground, Liz Hill taking a break on the right, Carole Berry in far back, then Janie in a blue shirt, all so intent on observing the model, sketching in charcoal and then painting.

Down at the Ranch

Caboose Girls

Four of the Caboose Watercolor Society were at the Liz Hill Figurative Workshop on the Wenmohs Ranch. In front is Sue Bagwell and back left to right is Kay Smith, Leada Wood and Carole Berry. The Bunkhouse is a fun artist retreat with world class instructors. To see a list of workshops click here: http://www.wenmohsranch.com/.  Dena is a wonderful lady, great artist and awesome hostess. You can stay at the ranch and paint your heart out! She has three day and weeklong retreats for artists.
Liz Hill was a great teacher, we had a different model each day and would draw in the mornings and paint in the afternoons. It is not your ordinary figurative workshop. Liz teaches you to draw with charcoal on prepared surfaces and then paint the figures in watercolors. It makes unusual and exciting figurative paintings. To see Liz's work and her upcoming workshops  click here: http://www.lizhillart.com/

Pet Art Show Coming Soon to Heritage Museum!

Caboose WC Society's next art show will be at the Heritage Museum in Big Spring, TX on Sept. 17 through Nov. 2! Subject is PETS.
We will feature all types of animals people have for pets.  Questions? Give me a call or text 432-213-1153 cell or email kay1971smith@aol.com


RECEPTION is Sept. 23, Friday, 5-7 pm at the museum on 510 Scurry St.

Featured artists:  Kay Smith, Linda Rupard, Carole Berry, Estelle Howard, Leada Wood, Sue Bagwell
To see some awesome watercolors by our small group of painters please stop by.  You can also see our historical museum with the world's largest collection of longhorns and other pioneer memorabilia.

Fun Friday at Studio Twenty

Caboose gals just wanna have fun! Here's looking at you Carole! Sure wish you lived close enough to play on Fun Fridays. Just one week until all these Walton women will be enjoying their 8th year painting together at master painter Douglas Walton's workshop in Big  Spring. Stay posted there will be more to come on that later. Back row left to right: Linda Rupard-Irvin, Kay Smith-Zant, Sue Bagwell, front row: Leada Wood and Estelle Howard.

Our Name is up in Lights! Angel Show!!

We're on the marquis once again to all passersby that another watercolor show, this time of angels, is nigh. Oh come all ye faithful to our splendid show and gaze upon the angels on high!
We have worked on this show for over 1.5 years so prepare city of Big Spring, Texas, to be wowed once more!
Congratulations to Carole Berry, Linda Rupard Irvin, Sue Bagwell, Kay Smith, Leada Wood, and Estelle Howard!

Congratulations to everyone!

The Caboose Watercolor Society racked up this weekend at The Big Country Art Show! Sue Bagwell received 2nd place, Kay Smith, 2nd place, Estelle Howard 3rd place, Leada Wood 3rd place and Linda Rupard honorable mention. Congratulations to all! I am sure if Carole had entered she would have won something too! Sorry I didn't take pictures of Kays and Estelles if someone else did please post. The show only lasts one day so you have to be quick!

Carole, Leada, and Sue

Three of the gang smiling happily at my camera after painting nonstop the entire rainy weekend. Note Sue's lovely new couch.

Four Butterflies - Big Spring Art Association - Sue Bagwell

This was entered in the Big Spring Art Association show at Howard College. YEAH.....I won 1st in Watercolor. It will also be in the "4 object" show at the Herritage Museum.

Linda had a great idea about everyone bringing one object and then we all had to create compositions from them. We could add anything we wanted, but could take nothing away.

I first had wine glasses in the background, but had to take them out because they were too distracting.

Linda, thanks for the challenge.

Sue Bagwell

Sue Bagwell's web site

Hey guys, check out my web site. At the bottom of the first page I "linked" the Caboose blog. You guys all need to do this with your web sites and we need to link the Caboose site to all of ours. Diane, my personal computer guru, says that the more links you have and the more links you are connected to through other sites, the more powerful your site is through search engines.

www.suebagwellart.com

Walton Watermedia Workshop Experience

Walton Watermedia Workshop 2010 is beginnning!  Today we composed four images on 22x28 index paper and learned how to squirt-tex.  The paper is very wet and allows the colors to do some fabulous things of their own accord.  Here is Estelle front and center absorbing all the master has to show us and Sue on the sideline. Leada is behind the camera as usual :0) Doug Walton wetting his paper

The Same...but Different

I ran my paintings for the Kerrville show to Linda today and we went to see Sue's new show at the college.  What a wonderful job she has done!  The title of her show is The Same...but Different: An Artist's Approach. If you can't get to Big Spring in person the next best thing is to view it online; http://www.suebagwellart.com/.  Here we are in front of one her paintings, left to right: Sue Bagwell, Linda Rupard, Leada Wood.