Art by Jodie K Brown

Detail of rag time hat painting. Hi All!   Here's an update on what has been keeping me busy. I am excited, my business  JB Interiors & Graphics has been growing.  You can check out more information on my business at  JBInteriorsandGraphics.com . Also, I have been having fun teaching with  Young Rembrandts . It has been a blast going around to different schools meeting great kids and teaching them drawing basics. If you would like more information on Young Rembrandts, please go to   http://www.facebook.com/YoungRembrandtsAnnArborPlymouth This art is property of Jodie Brown. Please contact Jodie if you would like more information. Do not download or copy any of these pieces.

Red Delicious Apples at Wasem's Fruit Farm photo by Jodie Brown JBInteriorsandGraphics.com Michigan is so fun to live in at the change of seasons. It is apple and pumpkin time here. Many of our fruit orchards are open for people to come in and pick apples and pumpkins fresh off the trees or vines. In addition to selling these fruits and vegetables, they also sell fabulous fresh hot donuts. Wasem Fruit Farm,   www.wasemfruitfarm.com , let me come in create sketches and paintings of their apple orchard recently. It was a picture perfect day with beautiful blue skies, puffy white clouds, apple smell, juicy sweet gala apple taste, and kids laughing and playing. Of course, I also had to buy the tasty donuts to take home to share with my husband. For those of you living near Ann Arbor or Jackson, we will be painting the below pumpkin scene October 16th in Jackson (pending doctor approval for me to drive to that far.) If my Ann Arbor students would like to paint this as well, please...

Progress is moving along on this painting of Round Island Passage lighthouse near Mackinaw Island. The lake and the clouds are starting to have more definition. More shadows and details are still to come. Come back in the future to see it further progress. This art is property of Jodie Brown. Please contact Jodie if you would like more information. Copyright 2013.  JBInteriorsandGraphics.com

Sunsphere from the Knoxville World's Fair Jeffrey Paul Prickett Wikipedia A Big Thank You to American House Carpenter in Ypsilanti for hosting me for an art talk this past week. We had a nice crowd and very appreciative and attentive guests. The subject was " Capturing Memories with Art" I shared some of my history on the farm with my family in Illinois and how that is reflected in two of my favorite subjects flowers and nature. Then we talked about memories of favorite events such as eating my first boysenberry yogurt out of a melon at the Worlds' Fair in Knoxville and how I took art supplies with me everywhere including camping trips that we went on in Indiana for my dad's canoe races. Capturing events like these with art helps us to remember happy times that we have. Some audience members lit up as they shared some of their own memories of going to art museums in Washington DC and the Michigan State Fair in Detroit. No matter how tough times are we ...

 "NEW WORK!  Exhibition of recent pieces by  AAWA studio members: Cheryl Bradetich, Olivia Chambers, Susan Clinthorne, Patricia Davenport, Sarah Davis, Colleen Ernst-Hodys, Katie Halton, and Bill Knudstrup, and Judy Gilmer . Please join us for the opening reception. Snacks and drinks will be served. This is a great opportunity to see the new AAWA Space if you missed the Open House! Opening reception:  Opening reception: 7-10 pm  4844 Jackson Rd, Suite 100, Ann Arbor, MI 48103. Hope to see you there!" -from the AAWA newsletter Link to AAWA

Getting this painting of the Round Island Passage Lighthouse by Mackinaw Island ready for tomorrow's painting demonstration. Don't worry it will make more sense when completed. Round Island Passage Lighthouse Painting in Progress. This art is property of Jodie Brown. Please see my website JBInteriorsandGraphics.com  and contact me if you would like more information. Do not download or copy any of these pieces.

This art is property of Jodie Brown. Please contact Jodie if you would like more information. Do not download or copy any of these pieces. "Sunflowers" Painted by Jodie Brown for Grumbacher Lesson. Great news! I am teaching painting classes at Michael's again. Come this Saturday at 1:00 - 3:00 pm to see a painting demo. Classes will be on Fridays at 10:00 am and Saturdays at 1:00 pm.