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Award-Winning Artist to Present 3-Day Workshop at La Grange Art League
Suzanne Hetzel to teach drawing, watercolors starting July 15.
Award-winning artist Suzanne Hetzel will present a three-day workshop on basic drawing and watercolors from Friday, July 15, to Sunday, July 17, at the La Grange Art League Gallery and Studio, 122 Calendar Ave., La Grange.
“I’m very excited,” Hetzel said about the workshop, which will be presented from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day in the second-floor studio classroom with a one-hour lunch break. “I’m very excited to share the information I have.”
Hetzel is a member of the La Grange group and said she has given workshops to many other art leagues.
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The cost of the workshop is $225 for La Grange Art League members and $260 for non-members. Those interested in joining would pay $45 as an artist member, or $35 as associate member, said Nancy A. Miller, an art league member. Registration is available by calling the league at (708) 352-3101 or downloading a registration form on its Web site, www.lagrangeartleague.org. The Web site also lists what supplies a workshop attendee should bring.
Those attending will learn or review drawing and compositional principles to improve their paintings and apply that information using watercolors as their primary medium, according to the league. The primary subject will be still lifes. New concepts and approaches will be presented each day. Experienced beginners through advanced artists are welcome.
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Hetzel is a former 20-year resident of La Grange who had her Dragonfly Studio on LaGrange Road. She has moved to Oak Brook, where she has relocated her studio.
She has won awards in competitions in Woodstock, the College of Lake County, and the Lake County Art League; her paintings and drawings are in collections in the United States and Great Britain; her painting is on display in the La Grange Park Public Library; and last year alone, exhibited her work for California, Illinois and Pennsylvania watercolor groups. She is president emeritus of the Transparent Watercolor Society of America and founder of the Kendall Art Guild and Antioch Fine Arts Foundation, both in Illinois.
Her art work may be seen at www.dragonflywatercolors.com
