The next Wellington Art Society meeting will be held Wednesday, Feb. 12 at the Wellington Community Center featuring a presentation by artist Deb LaFogg Docherty.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a raffle, followed by the general meeting at 7 p.m., with the presentation and demo to follow. Guests are welcome for a $5 fee.
Docherty grew up on a small farm in Connecticut exploring the woods and swamps around her house. She received no formal training till attending art college, where she majored in advertising and illustration. She has studied with world-renowned artists.
Docherty will be talking about some of the basics of painting and pastels. She will do demonstration in which she explores different forms of underpainting, application techniques, and illustrates how light, color, contrast, composition, texture and atmosphere make any painting in any medium luminous and breathtaking.
For more information, visit www.wellingtonartsociety.org or www.wellingtonartsociety.blogspot.com.
