Aren't we all a WIP? Seasons: New Exhibit Opening, New Works, New Studio, New Website, etc etc etc.

Its Personal-featured April Fine Art Connoisseur

Been through, and done just about it all in the past several months.  It has been a whirlwind.

Grandma Jean At Seventeen A Work In Progress

 The last thing that there has been time for is updating this blog.  The last several months have been filled with the exciting part of new Seasons, and also the heartache of new Seasons too.  Lost my mom on February 6th. She and my sister of course my biggest fans. Lost my sister November of 2015.  Still getting use to that too.  Frankly it has been a very hard last 6 months.  Mom lived her dash well and will be sorely missed; mother of five, grandma Jean of 14 and great grandma Jean to 6. She rode her bike to the grocery store up until she was 85.

Grandma Jean at 83 attending my solo opening Feb. 2015 and me

 She loved her independence.  It was very hard days moving her in and out of assisted living to nursing care to hospitals and that horrible circle. She celebrated her 87th Birthday in an Assisted Living Facility. We were not able to keep her home, or I can assure you we would have.  We remained blessed in that she did receive the best of care at all the facilities she was with.  They were just nowhere she truly wanted to be.  She kept her since of humor through the end though, and that glorious twinkle in her beautiful blue eyes.
 Her portraits remain a WIP, as I have to stick to (or better said get back to) preparing for the exhibit that opens on the 22nd of March at the Hughes Gallery in Boca Grande FL.  Visions of Three Artist, Diane Mannion, Ed Hatch and myself, Karen Ann Hitt. This new season of being the only female with my three brothers and 87 year old pop, remains a challenge to get my voice heard.  But what else is new.  I have often jested that I am the petite one in my family, and I still am.  That surprises a lot of people, when they meet me and hear that, for I stand just shy of six feet tall.  The other jest,  I am going to be petite when I grow up! 

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Alas, to go along with my new Website, last website was begun way back in 1995.  A LOT has changed in cyber land since then, as has it with myself.  I will get into that more after my exhibit opens!  BUT if you want a chance to win a 200 Gift Certificate toward your very own An Original Hitt, go check out my new website and sign up to join my email list or new updates.... I am putting all the names in a hat, and drawing one name out to win.  Now if you don't 'want' An Original Hitt and just hope to follow the new, please join my list too.  We will work out something to your favor too if I draw your name.  I'm no marketer, and if it wasn't for Turner Vinson doing MOST of the New Websites Work, wouldn't have made it this far.  If you sign up, I will send you a sneak peak of the exhibit on an e-post card too.  Save the date:
22 March 2019 from 6-8 PM for the opening!  So honored to be represented by the Hughes Gallery in Boca Grande, they truly are a premiere gallery in this region.  Hope you will come have a toast with me at the gallery ( go to website events for more details ) hint hint ...
You will also see all the new publications that I have been blessed to be a part of in the last few months, The events That I have been a part and the ones coming up.  LOTS of NEW....
at ANORIGINALHITT.com website of Karen Ann Hitt - An Original Hitt

Exploring Blessings Part V... How to's of...

First, the  LAST local workshop this season looks at the  
FUNdamentals of Drawing - SEEing Like an Artist                              
Friday, Monday & Tuesday, April 1, 4 & 5 -- 9:30am – 3:30pm The essential of ANY work of art is sound draftsmanship and DRAWING. Learn how to ‘see’ like an Artist, and apply what you have learned to SEE with sound draftsmanship, composition, shape, form, character.

what may look like a scribble is in-fact an artist blueprint... Also known as a 'thumbnail'. Not all of them start the size of a thumbnail, it is just a term. They are essential to planning your work. No civil engineer would begin a bridge without a blueprint/plan... more artist might learn to see how it saves them time in the long run, if they get in the habit of starting with a plan... they will begin to see it as their Artist bridge. It is a lot easier to work out your composition on a small scale, than attempting to do so on your canvas.

We will take lessons from the Masters as you develop classic talents building a strong foundation for your own works of art.  All levels of experience

 Boca Grande Art Center link for class registration 

here is a link to a blog post when sharing about when this painting was in the works

  this is my last local class offered here in SW FL before 

HITTing the road for Tuscan and Plein Air Magazines 

Plein Air Convention & Expo... where I will be sharing MORE how to's with all that register for the Basics Course that I am so honored to be a part of the faculty for!

 Karen Ann Hitt Basics

SEEingYour Way to Getting Outdoors — Plein Air Painting FUNdamentals

Whether you are a seasoned studio painter or you’ve never picked up a brush, getting outside to paint can be a daunting challenge. Join Karen Hitt as she shares the FUNdamentals of painting oil outdoors, from setting up to sketching, design, composition, and learning to SEE en plein air — and capturing it all on canvas.

to join me in Tuscan in the Basics Course click here

There is one last adventure here in VENICE FLORIDA Before I HITT the Road, and you even have a chance to win AN ORIGINAL HITT during this NEW SEASON -- In thanks to The Buzz of Venice giving me the great honor of having my painting "Saturday In The Park- Fountain Park" be the cover for the Historical Venice Visitors Map 2016-17you have an opportunity to win the original or a "Heart Of Venice Views" version of it by participating in  Venice Art Walks and An Original Hitt Fine Art & Atelier during the Season.  Drawing is on May 5th at 7pm.  NEXT Art Walk is April 7th 2016 and that is my LAST Night here in Venice before Gary & I HITT the road !

Click on any image here for a pdf printable MAP and flyer

come on out and register to win 

An Original Hitt on April 7th 5-8pm

 

AND Last but not LEAST the fourth on this HITTing the road agenda... I am honored to be invited to be an Ambassador At Florida's Finest during The Forgotten Coast Plein Air Event in MAY 7-15  ...more of that coming soon.  I hope to see you Out & About HITTing The Road... 

at one of these learning opportunities of the 'how to's of... 

1. FUNdamentals of Drawing - SEEing Like An Artist April 1, 4&5

2. SEEing Your Way To Getting Outdoors- Plein Air FUNdamentals April 14th

3. Venice Art Walk - 12 Studio/Galleries April 7th & May 5th 5-8pm 

4. Ambassador At Florida Finest The Forgotten Coast Plein Air Event May 7th-15th