The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will have an oil painting demonstration done with a painting knife by Joan Jardine on Wednesday, June 10, at 7:30 pm. The artist’s subject will be a landscape.

This program is open to the public, free of charge, and will be in the lower level of Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street (at the flagpole).

Joan Jardine is a New Englander, but has lived in different parts of the United States where she put down temporary roots and studied her craft. She has been a life long oil painter.

Formal training at North Texas State University and the Cape Cod School of Art has further honed her skills. It was at the Cape School that she fell in love with the impressionist pallet, the painting knife and color.

Ms Jardine is an elected member of Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society and West Hartford Art League, and has been an award winner throughout her career..

She is on the faculty of Woodstock School Of Art, Woodstock, N.Y., and the West Hartford Art League.

Reservations are not needed for SCAN programs, but additional information is available by calling 203-426-6654.