Weekly critique group: Tuesday 1PM at the Santa Cruz Art League 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz.
*The first Tuesday and third Tuesday will be an open paint day and/or presentation day. These have proved to be enjoyable. Bring your supplies and join us.
A reminder: Please send your SCWS annual $35 dues to Dale Johnson. Also, if you have a gallery page on this website, please remember to also send a $10 fee to take care of the annual hosting fee with Iversen Design. Also reminder: you must be a member to have a page on the website.
Plein Air: Thursdays (Call Shirley for location and time- Shirley’s phone number appears on the membership calendar on this site.)
If you would like to receive the membership newsletter for contact information on Plein Air and other membership events, please refer to ‘contact page’ and become a member. ($35 yearly)
Membership News:
Carol Riddle is showing at Capitola Art and Wine Saturday and Sunday Sept 10-11. She is in Santa Clara Art and Wine the following weekend. She is also in Open Studios Oct 8 and 9 and 15 and 16, studio #238.
Joanna Jarvis is an Open Studio artist showing Oct. 8,9 and 15,16 in the Wrigley Building on the far west side of Santa Cruz. She is artist #232.
Linda Curtis is in Open Studios with Sharon Meddler at 220 San Augustine Way, Scott’s Valley #255. She also has a painting accepted into the SCAL National Abstract Show.
Bonni Carver’s Open Studio is Oct 1 & 2 and 15 & 16, 688 Delta Way, Watsonville.
If you send photographs, I will post them SCWS Facebook page under Santa Cruz Watercolor Society.
Welcome Nikki Shoemaker, Heidi Woodmansee and Joan Caroll to the SCWS.
Diana Hendrichsen hopes to get back into painting again. We hope to see you at Crit.
Nancy Reidel, news from Oregon: Beaverton Arts Mix October 6 -9 2016 Beaverton Arts Mix (BAM) October 6 – 9, 2016 10 AM – 6 PM
Beaverton City Library
12375 SW Fifth Street
(corner of of Fifth and Hall Streets
Beaverton, Oregon
503-526-2559
Interesting way how I ended up getting into the Beaverton Ats Mix. Long story short, I found out that I had been accepted as a participating artist at the Beaverton City Library’s Beaverton Arts Mix for 2016. I had only 24 hours to prepare for this event. I found out that my acceptance letter somehow got lost in cyberspace so I had assumed that I did not make the cut. It was a call from one of the organizers leaving a voicemail asking when I plan to bring my artwork for the upcoming show that threw me into action. The organizers were kind enough to extend the deadline for me allowing me enough time to get the two juried paintings framed. The works that were accepted are “Cherry Tree” and “Red Grass.”
If you are in the area, please pop in. I hope you can make it!
Members Exhibits:
Thank you to all participants in the August Show at the RBlitzer Gallery. It was great.
Show Opportunities:
Classes/Workshops:
from Samantha McNally: Occidental is one month away and there’s still time to sign up. Come stay for 5 nights and paint at the Sonoma Coast, Grove of Old Trees, Russian River at Cassini Ranch Camp, and Ocean Song Garden. All locations are easily accessible from the parking area.www.artistgetaway.com. Print the registration from the website or call Samantha if you have any questions. 415-828-4991. Email: info@artistgetaway.com
Artist Getaway 2016
Occidental, October 16-22, 2016
Artist Getaway 2017
Half Moon Bay, May 1-5, 2017
Murphys, June 4-9, 2017
ARTIST GETAWAY, INC.
PO BOX 20214
EL SOBRANTE, CA 94820-0214
Santa Cruz Art League:
Botanical Art in Graphite, Watercolor and Colored Pencil Botanical art involves accuracy as well as artistic technique and creativity, but you don’t need to be a botanist, and artists at all levels are welcome. In this class we’ll follow a traditional approach to drawing and painting a botanical subject – from study to finished work. Some drawing experience is a plus. We’ll practice particular methods of applying graphite pencil, watercolor and colored pencil. Each of these media has its own beauty and appeal for artists. The plan will be to render plant subjects in each of the three media first, then to use whatever one or more media you choose in a unified composition. You’ll get plenty of individual attention as you work, to challenge and encourage you at your own level of skill. Plant material will be provided for each lesson, but you may bring botanical subjects of your choice (live plant material, not photographs) if you wish. Level: All, Offered:6 Mondays,Beginning: Oct. 24, 9:00 AM – noon, Fee: $155 / $135, Instructor: Maria Cecilia Freeman is a professional artist with 25 years of experience bridging scientific illustration and botanical fine art. Her award-winning drawings and paintings have appeared in solo and juried exhibitions across the U.S. and in Europe. You can see her work at her website: mcf-art.com.
| Watercolor – Linda Lord – Thursday – Class is fullThis class is geared to facilitate those who have never painted and those who have advanced their skills. Most class sessions will include a demo and then time to work on the elements of the demo. Information on materials, including colors and “gimmicks”,and tools is given throughout the six-week period. The goal of this class is to encourage the joy of painting, while improving skills and knowledge.This is a “fun” class, so bring a sense of humor and whatever materials you have and enjoy. Level: All. Offered: 6 Thurs., Beginning: August 18,1 to 4pm Fee: $155 / $135 Members Instructor: Linda Lord is a self-trained artist and illustrator with over 16 years teaching experience in her studio and via the SC Watercolor Society; an Open Studio artist whose exhibits include Cozumel, Mexico. Linda also publishes with a decorative art publisher. |
weekend workshops:Introduction to Stencil Making WorkshopStencil Making is an easy to learn and extremely versatile method of image making, from Street Art to Textile Design to any Printmaking process. In this two- day course, students will learn the basic techniques of making stenciled images in single and multiple layers to create a series of original prints. You will learn about the history of early and contemporary stencil applications. You will practice these techniques by creating several reusable stencil images and patterns working from your imagination and from your own reference material. You will learn techniques and then applying them with free expression through a variety of mediums including fine art printmaking processes, fabric printing, spray paint, and mixed media painting methods created through various uses of acrylic paint. The techniques taught in this course can be easily practiced at home and applied to more advanced processes of printmaking. Bring a lunch. Level: All. Offered: Nov.19 & 20 , 9-3:30, Class Fee: $160 / $140 members. Materials Fee: $15. Additional Information: Some reference materials provided but bringing your own is encouraged. Instructor: Whitney Humphreys has received a BFA in Printmaking and works as a professional printmaker and muralist. . Her art portfolio can be viewed at WhitneyHumphreys.com.
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Exhibits Around Town:
Let me know. A.
Exhibits In Bay Area:
Dale recommends the newly re-opened Moma in San Francisco, beautiful building and good exhibits. Located at 3rd Street and Howard. Multi-story parking structure at
Interesting Books/Websites:
At The Hunningtington Gardens in Los Angeles (Pasadena): “Gardens, Art, & Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints”: (You can view images online through The Huntington <publicinfo@huntington.org>:
This major international loan exhibition explores the art, craft, and cultural significance of Chinese woodblock prints made during their golden age, from the late 16th through the 19th century. Bringing together 48 of the best examples gathered from the National Library of China, Beijing; the Nanjing Library; the Shanghai Museum; and institutional and private collections in the United States, “Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints” features delicate works with painterly textures and subtle colors depicting plants, birds, and other garden elements alongside monumental accounts of sprawling, architecturally elaborate “scholar’s gardens.” A highlight of the exhibition is The Huntington’s rare edition of the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (ca. 1633–1703), acquired in 2014, and on public view for the first time. The exhibition unites several interests at The Huntington, the home of one of the most extensive collections of early printed books in the nation, various collections of prints by European and American artists, and one of the largest and most authentic Chinese scholar’s gardens outside of China. It tells the story of how, during the late Ming (1368–1644) and early Qing (1644 to 1912) dynasties, consumer demand for the printed word and image increased as merchants and scholars sought to display their taste in drama, poetry, literature, and art. Gardens also were central to a cultured life, appearing frequently in woodblock prints. Several centers of printing around the lower Yangzi River delta grew in reputation during the last decades of the Ming dynasty, and a golden age of Chinese pictorial printing began. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog with curator essays.
Also at the Hunnington, Lari Pittman, Los Angeles artist, “Mood Books”. You can also see other work online at the Gladstone Gallery <gladstonegallery.com>.
Film through Netflix: The First Monday in May- A documentary about the installation of the ‘China: Through the Looking Glass’ at the Met. (fashion as art) in 2014.
Very interesting film
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