Recent Work and Teaching

These images represent works completed within the past year, including a class exercise for Drawing in Color, a course I teach at Washtenaw Community College.

Underwater Garden, colored pencil

 ©Barbara Goodsitt

African Gray Parrot, colored pencil

 ©Barbara Goodsitt

Heartbreak of October 7, Mixed media

 ©Barbara Goodsitt

Gradient Exercise, colored pencil  

©Barbara Goodsitt

The top piece, Underwater Garden, was developed intermittently over several years and reached completion earlier this year. The African Gray Parrot is based on a photograph taken at the Toledo Zoo and was finished in 2024.

Heartbreak of October 7 is a deeply emotional work created in the fall of 2024 for an event commemorating the October 7, 2023 attacks in Israel. This piece expresses the horror and despair evoked by the violence of that day, as well as the ongoing suffering it has caused.

The Gradient Exercise was introduced to my class this year as a technique-building assignment. Its objective is to help students practice smoothly transitioning from one color to another using colored pencils.

 

Returning to in-person teaching!!

For those who inquired about when I would resume teaching "Drawing in Color" with WCC Lifelong Learning - I have plans to teach in person in the winter/spring session of 2024.  

Making Art During a Pandemic

The onset of the Coronavirus pandemic put a temporary "kibosh" on my fine art and teaching.   I couldn't dip into that stream of consciousness for quite a while.  Luckily, I have been working on a series of children's books with my daughter, a published writer as well as a former college instructor.  I was able to focus on specific assignments and made headway with our projects.
I have partially adjusted to our situation and have started work on a floral drawing.  It is healing to take nature walks and draw beautiful flowers.  Here is a new floral in progress, as well as a couple of children's book illustrations I have worked on since being under lockdown in Michigan.  I hope everyone reading this practices social distancing, and stays healthy.

©Barbara Goodsitt

©Barbara Goodsitt

©Barbara Goodsitt

Class Starting January 9

I will be teaching "Drawing in Color" on Thursday evenings starting Jan 9

© Barbara Goodsitt

Washtenaw Community College, WCC Community Enrichment.

Create color drawings using professional-grade colored pencils. You’ll work with water-soluble colored pencils, graphite, pastels and will have the opportunity to include additional media if you want to combine mediums. Many demonstrations and encouraging, one-on-one guidance will help improve your technique and stimulate creativity. All Levels welcome.

More information and registration online: https://tinyurl.com/u68wvjo. or call 734-677-5060

SUNRISE

This piece is experimental mixed media using colored pencil, watercolor and thread.  It was juried into the AAWA Fall Exhibition, on display 10/21 - 11/29 at the Ann Arbor District Main Library, 343 South Fifth Ave., Ann Arbor, MI

Sunrise
© Barbara Goodsitt

Art in Embassies, US State Department

I am honored to have been selected to have my art on display at the American Embassy in Montenegro. This is through the Art in Embassies program run by the State Department.

Copyright Barbara Goodsitt

Copyright Barbara Goodsitt

Copyright Barbara Goodsitt

Award Winning Art for Northville Art House - FINE POINT: Juried Colored Pencil Exhibition

I was honored to be the juror for this exhibit at the Northville Art House.  All of the artwork in this show is beautiful. This show runs through the beginning of June. It is worth the drive. 

Award Winning Art

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Video of the Award Ceremony

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I was honored to be the juror for this exhibit at the Northville Art House.  All of the artwork in this show is beautiful. This show runs through the beginning of June. It is worth the drive.

May 7 and 14 Colored Pencil Workshop at Northville Arthouse

I will be teaching a colored pencil workshop at Northville Arthouse on Tuesday May 7th and Tuesday May 14th from 9:30-12PM .  You can check their website to register.

https://northvillearthouse.org