Photos and story by Mike CoilExplore Big Sky Contributor
After two weeks on the road, the Bobcats’ den is waiting.
The Montana State University Bobcats (3-2, 1-0) will host Northern Arizona at 2:05 p.m. for their homecoming on Oct. 5.
The Cats are coming off of an impressive 63-20 trouncing of North Dakota last week and were thrilled to have their starting quarterback DeNarius McGhee back in the lineup. McGhee was injured in the closing seconds of MSU’s game against Southern Methodist on Sept. 21, and was not expected to return for six weeks.
McGhee made a miraculous recovery as he threw for 194 yards on 13 of 18 completed passes versus North Dakota. The All-American shared the quarterback duties with Jake Bleskin and Joe Molberg, playing only part of the game to test out his repaired throwing arm.
Northern Arizona (3-1, 1-0) comes to town after thrashing the University of Montana 34-16 last week. The Lumberjacks have won three in a row after losing their opener to the University of Arizona, 34-0. Northern Arizona’s senior running back Zach Bauman has been putting up big numbers for his squad including 118 rushing yards against the Grizzlies, and MSU has been looking at options to corral him and his running game. During their last meeting in Bozeman in 2011, Bauman was held to just 37 yards.
In preparation for Saturday’s game the Cats have been polishing their own running game, which finally came alive against North Dakota with 332 yards on the ground.
MSU and the Bozeman community have a full array of homecoming activities during homecoming week, including decorating the dorms and downtown businesses, a barbecue on the campus’ Centennial Mall on Wednesday, a bonfire at the field house parking lot on Thursday, a downtown pep rally on Friday, and the homecoming parade on Main Street at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The game will be televised live on Max Media.
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.