Barbara Greenwood, an art therapist, was our second presenter.  She joined Euclid Art in 2017.  Barb has an undergraduate degree in art and taught art for 12 years.  She was also an illustrator for a long time.  Then, she obtained her masters in art therapy from Ursuline College.  She uses a mixed bag of techniques...collage, mix media, watercolor...in her art work.  She calls her unique technique “A Scribble a Day Keeps the Doctor Away”.  In October, 30 pieces of her artwork hung at the Euclid Public Library for the month and at her reception, 15 pieces sold!

 

Instead of talking about her art, she did a demonstration of her scribble technique.  Asking for a volunteer from the audience, Emma, our youngest member, volunteered.  Barb gave her a green crayon and asked her to scribble something on the white bristol board, anything, all over the paper and stop when it felt done.  “You can’t make a mistake”, she said to Emma.  Then, she asked “what do you see?”  The audience responded...bird, treble clef, swan, aliens, preying mantis.  Barb rotated the paper and asked again...”what do you see?”  and again.  Emma responded “a dog”.  “This is where your story begins,” Barb says.  Barb pulled the dog image from the scribble and then handed Emma, the Cray-Pas, an oil pastel drawing medium, and asked her to start coloring.  Tip from member Suzette Cohen: use baby oil instead of turpentine to dilute and move the medium. Better for your skin.  Another tip: if you’re faced with a blank page, just scribble something! Tap into you inner creativity.

For Barb’s “A Scribble A Day Keeps The Doctor Away” artist statement....click here.  For her definition of a Scribble Drawing....click here.