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14 Wednesday, September 6, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon SPRD classes touch the nature of art By Jim Anderson Correspondent If you’ve looked at water- colors, oil, or just plain black- and-white art and said to yourself, “I wish I — and my kids — could do that…” give Sisters Park & Recreation District a call and connect with Jodi Schneider McNa- mee; she can get you started. Teaching watercolor is number-one on Jodi’s list of what she loves to do in life. So, last March she decided to really promote herself as an art teacher and began an art program at SPRD. She started teaching an adult class on Thursday morn- ings, a class where no draw- ing was necessary. Partici- pants transferred any picture of their liking onto watercolor paper. The class lasted for over two months, and will start up again in September. McNamee also got a few kids together for an art class that began in early July. “Lets Paint Nature” was the title. She ran it on Monday morn- ings at SPRD. Like many wonderful ideas, this one came from Jodi’s nine-year- old granddaughter, who lives in Southern California. Hav- ing taught watercolor art ear- lier in her career, Jodi jumped right on it. She says, “Children ages 9 to 13 are more like little adults, as they already have an idea of what they like and don’t like.” If you ask McNa- mee how things went last summer in the SPRD art class she will tell you, “It’s been so much fun teaching the kid- dos because they are having fun and don’t realize they are learning. It’s creative work that’s play!” Jodi taught a lot of differ- ent watercolor techniques, such as the “salt” effect and dry brushing and dropping in wet paint, which she and her students thought were fun projects. During the times she and the kids were work- ing together, they designed their own butterfly cards and bookmarks. Sahara Lucus, age 14, who was in Jodi’s first class this summer had this to say: “I really enjoyed the art class because it wasn’t just educational, it was also fun. And I learned different water- color techniques that I haven’t learned in regular school yet and so it opened my eyes to new things in art.” They also painted Har- mony Farm Sanctuary ani- mals, and kept their original watercolor cards of the ani- mals. Jodi will be helping them make prints in card form of the animals they painted, which will profit Harmony Farm Sanctuary. Jodi will be starting this class up again, “Easy YOU ODAY FOR T L L A C R IN O 541-588-6245 257 S. Pine St., #101 | farmersagent.com/jrybka AUTO • HOME • LIFE • BUSINESS PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER MCNAMEE Harmony Farm Sanctuary animals, pictured by Olivia, Asha, Sahara, and Abby; all members of Jodi Schneider McNamee’s Nature and Art class. Watercolor Class for Kids,” at SPRD on Thursday, Sep- tember 21, as an after-school class, an ongoing educational and fun project that will run daily from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. Young students will be using pets, animals, birds, flowers and other subjects as models. She will also be offering a beginner watercolor class for adults (all levels), on September 21 at SPRD from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. No drawing experience will be necessary; all the participants will need is the enthusiasm to get started and to look for- ward to having fun learning. Contact SPRD at 541-549- 2091, or email Jodi at wildlife watercolors@gmail.com. Jukebox Heroes, out of Portland, will play Hardtails Bar & Grill on Saturday night, September 9, in the close of a summer season of classic rock tributes. Jukebox Heroes pays trib- ute to Foreigner with a high energy show featuring a lineup of some of the finest rock musicians in the Pacific Northwest, starting at 9 p.m. O v e r t h e s u m m e r, Hardtails hosted tributes to Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Guns n Roses and more on their outdoor stage. R E C N A R U S FREE I N ISON! COMPAR COME Foreigner tribute closes summer concert series No idea what to get them? Honor them with an ad in the The Nugget! Birthday? Anniversary? Graduation or Special Occasion? T A H T S ’ O H W L? R I G Y P P A H Come e Celebrat Karen’s ! Birthday A way to share with the Sisters com munity how special th ey are! Love is Life’s Gre Adventure… atest l! Saturday, Decem 7 be p. r m 6 . a i c o S e i P a s 5 & It’ Drop in between Fir The more pie the of Hood & share. • Corner can Eurosports bring one to you e, fav a e hav merrier! If you together! it t u p u o y lp e h n a c We FREE! Design services are Th ank you, Ann , incredible love & for 25 years of epic adventures . Call Karen Kassy at 541-549-9941