BIG SKY – After a successful 2021 Big Sky Little League baseball season, the Big Sky Majors ended the regular season as number one ranked first seed with an 11-1 record. The post-season City Tournament was set to take place on May 26 but was cancelled due to bad weather. Now, AllStar play begins with nine Big Sky athletes qualified for the Belgrade League. Four players qualified form the Minors team, two qualified from the Majors team and three qualified from the Babe Ruth team.
The Big Sky Royals Baseball Organization started back in 2015 with one team of Tee ball aged kids. Since then, the organization has grown to 65 players on four different levels of baseball: Rookies aged 7 to 8, Minors aged 9 to 10, Majors aged 11 to 12 and Babe Ruth aged 13 to 15. There are four Rookies teams that stay in Big Sky to compete and one team for each remaining age group. The Minors, Majors and Babe Ruth team mostly compete in the Belgrade Baseball league and host some home games at the Big Sky Community Park.
According to coach Matt Morris, this year was by far the largest in terms of number of players. Morris spearheads the Big Sky Royals and finds coaches and organizes teams. This year he coached the Majors, Vanessa Wilson coached the Rookies, Bart Mitchell coached the Minors and John McGuire coached Babe Ruth.
“It is truly an honor to teach baseball to the kids in Big Sky,” Morris said. “It is a game that teaches you failure, patience and humility. Baseball has always been a constant in my life, and I am grateful to be able to share what I have learned.”
We all are familiar with using a limited palette, but do you use one? Do you know how to use a
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We all are familiar with using a limited palette, but do you use one? Do you know how to use a limited palette to create different color combinations? Are you tired of carrying around 15-20 different tubes when you paint plein air? Have you ever wanted to create a certain “mood” in a painting but failed? Do you create a lot of mud? Do you struggle to achieve color harmony? All these problems are addressed in John’s workbook in clear and concise language!
Based on the bestselling “Limited Palatte, Unlimited Color” workbook written by John Pototschnik, the workshop is run by Maggie Shane and Annie McCoy, accomplished landscape (acrylic) and plein air (oil) artists,exhibitors at the Big Sky Artists’ Studio & Gallery and members of the Big Sky Artists Collective.
Each student will receive a copy of “Limited Palette, Unlimited Color” to keep and take home to continue your limited palette journey. We will show you how to use the color wheel and mix your own clean mixtures to successfully create a mood for your paintings.
Each day, we will create a different limited palette color chart and paint a version of a simple landscape using John’s directives. You will then be able to go home and paint more schemes using the book for guidance.
Workshop is open to painters (oil or acrylic) of any level although students must have some basic knowledge of the medium he or she uses. Students will be provided the book ($92 value), color wheel, value scale and canvas papers to complete the daily exercises.
Please join the Arts Council of Big Sky for free music from Jacob Rountree at the Wilson Hotel Lobby Bar from 5-7 p.m.
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Please join the Arts Council of Big Sky for free music from Jacob Rountree at the Wilson Hotel Lobby Bar from 5-7 p.m. on April 24.
Jacob Rountree is an alternative/indie songwriter living in the stunning alpine of Montana. Contemplative yet playful, his lyric forward style is reflective of his love for philosophy, poetry and quantum physics.