Weekly Critique group: Tuesday 1PM at the Santa Cruz Art League 526 Broadway.
The third Tuesday will be an open paint day and/or presentation day. These have proved to be enjoyable. Bring your supplies and join us. *note: We have eliminated the first Tuesday as an open paint day.
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. If you are needing a refresher on posting on your page, please contact Aimée.
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)
Workshops:
October 23 – 27, 2017, the Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS) hosts award winning watercolor artist and architectural illustrator, Iain Stewart, for a five-day workshop to be held at the Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church in Kirkland, Washington Mr. Stewart teaches watercolor and design drawing at Auburn University and was recently featured in the Spring 2017 edition of Plein Air Magazine. He has won numerous awards in international competitions and is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society (AWS) and National Watercolor Society (NWS). Iain provides a relaxed workshop setting with as much time as possible for one-on-one instruction and critique. Watercolor enthusiasts will learn how to prepare for and anticipate challenges that painting in watercolor present with a repeatable process involving carefully planned steps. Amateur and advanced painters are welcomed. Cost of the workshop is $500 for NWWS members and $600 for non-members. Space is limited and quickly filling. For online registration click here. A mail in form can also be downloaded. A $100.00 deposit payable to NWWS must be paid to reserve a place; balance is due September 25, 2017. For further registration information call Molly Murrah at 425-822-6552 or email molly@mollymurrah.com Here are the details: Dates: October 23 – 27, 2017 Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Location: Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church 308 4th Avenue S., Kirkland WA 98033 Tuition: $500 for members, $600 for non-members ($100 deposit required to hold your place) Copyright © 2017 Northwest Watercolor Society, All rights reserved.Our mailing address is: Northwest Watercolor Society PO Box 50387 Bellevue, WA 98015-0387
Classes:
Santa Cruz Art League:
Mastering the White Paper in Watercolor – Robert Dvorak Follow in the footsteps of John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer as you learn, through a series of carefully crafted exercises, how to make your watercolors come alive with light and color. The transparency of watercolor demands that you work from white to dark and from large shapes to small. You will learn that where we put color is just as important as where we leave the paper clean and white. Enhance your color shapes with white paper–dark against light to create luminosity, use lost and found color edges to add mystery and space. Whether you are a beginner or a more advanced painter, you will benefit from this workshop. Mastering the white paper is one of the most important skills in watercolor painting. Offered: Saturday, Sept 30, 2017, 10-4pm, Fee $89. Instructor: Robert Regis Dvořák is an artist and professional speaker who presents workshops and keynotes on drawing, watercolor and creative thinking education and business. He is the author of four books on drawing including The Practice of Drawing as Meditation. His latest book is Travel Drawing and Painting.
Painting a Luminescent Floral and Dynamic Loose Landscapes – JoNeal Boic This weekend we will learn how to create luminosity and more interest by layering transparent color. For this reason we will use, primarily, a transparent palette. In between waiting for layers to dry on our floral, we will break free and paint exciting colorful landscapes! This class is designed for the intermediate student who has the basic techniques of watercolor already under their belt; wet into wet, glazing/layering, and washes.Level:Intermediate, Offered: October 28 & 29th, 9 – 3:30 pm, Fees: $160 / $140. Instructor: Jo Neal Boic has been a teacher for more than 40 years and she has been painting and teaching watercolor for 29 of those. She loves to teach and believes that all students are capable of learning to draw and paint in whatever medium they choose. She fancies a variety of subjects but is particularly drawn to nature.
Beginning Watercolor – JoNeal BoicThis workshop is an introduction to the medium of watercolor. It will include the basic techniques used in painting with watercolor; wet into wet, washes, layering/glazing and a combination of these. Color theory as well as practical application of those theories. If you have a desire to learn to paint in watercolor,Jo-Neal will prove you can do it! And…she is especially fond of working with beginners. Offered: Sept. 23 & 24, 9 – 3:30 pm, Fees: $160 / $140. Instructor: Jo Neal Boic has been a teacher for more than 40 years and she has been painting and teaching watercolor for 29 of those. She loves to teach and believes that all students are capable of learning to draw and paint in whatever medium they choose. She fancies a variety of subjects but is particularly drawn to nature.
Exhibit Opportunities:
Aquarius 2018 Central Coast Watercolor Society The Central Coast Watercolor Society announces Aquarius 2018 a Pacific Regional Water Media Exhibition to be held February 23-April 15, 2018 at San Luis Obispo Museum of Art. The juror is Michael Reardon (www.mreardon.com/). The prospectus and entry form are available on the Central Coast Watercolor Society website: www.CCWSart.com. The deadline is December 1, 2017. Please contact diannj@gmail.com. for any questions. We look forward to your submission. See brochure under ‘events’ on this site.
Exhibits Around Town:
Exhibits Around Town: LUCK OF THE DRAW Santa Cruz Art League Dear Artist, Thanks to you, each year ‘LUCK OF THE DRAW’ attracts passionate collectors who enjoy spirited competition for works of art. No one leaves without a wonderful piece of art. Each year our “Luck” Artists meet and acquire new patrons. Luck of the Draw Preview October 28 – November12, 2017 The Drawing and Reception: November12, 2017 Sunday, promptly at 2:45pm. Tickets are $65 https://scal.org/upcoming-exhibitions/ At this uniquely fun event we raise critical funds for the Art League. Thankfully, due to the artists’ gracious donations of art to this event, their generosity helps the Art League’s exhibits and programs. We are very grateful for your support and recognize that your work of art or fine craft is invaluable to the success of the event. We ask that you donate a work of art valued at approximately $130 retail, exhibit-ready. Drop off art: Weds. Oct. 25 – 10-4pm or Thurs. Oct. 26 – 12-2pm
Exhibits in the Bay Area:
FLOWER POWER
JUN 23 —
OCT 1, 2017
From the refined to the revolutionary, find meaning in every bloom.
During the Summer of Love, flowers became powerful symbols of peace, a concept plucked from Buddhist art. More than merely decorative, floral imagery has helped convey ideas from the refined to the revolutionary for thousands of years.
In Asian art, flowers speak a language all their own. Where a lotus blooms, a rosebud is clasped, or cherry blossoms flutter to the ground, a story is told — if you know how to read it.
This summer, uncover the hidden meanings of flowers in Asian art. Delve into the symbolism of six significant blooms: the lotus, plum blossom, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, tulip, and rose. The enduring importance of these flowers is shared through gloriously gilded screens, sleek lacquers, rare porcelains, striking sculptures, pop art, and sensory-igniting, participatory contemporary installations that speak to today’s issues, from climate change to social activism.
Legion of Honor
Klimt and Rodin: An Artistic Encounter opens Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Legion of Honor.
https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/exhibitions/degas-impressionism-and-paris-millinery-trade
Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade
June 24, 2017 – September 24, 2017
ROSEKRANS COURT, SPECIAL EXHIBITION GALLERIES 20B-F
Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade is a groundbreaking exhibition featuring 60 Impressionist paintings and pastels, including key works by Degas—many never before exhibited in the United States—as well as those by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and 40 exquisite examples of period hats.
Best known for his depictions of Parisian dancers and laundresses, Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) was enthralled with another aspect of life in the French capital—high-fashion hats and the women who created them. The artist, invariably well-dressed and behatted himself, “dared to go into ecstasies in front of the milliners’ shops,” Paul Gauguin wrote of his lifelong friend.
Degas’ fascination inspired a visually compelling and profoundly modern body of work that documents the lives of what one fashion writer of the day called “the aristocracy of the workwomen of Paris, the most elegant and distinguished.” Yet despite the importance of millinery within Degas’s oeuvre, there has been little discussion of its place in Impressionist iconography.
The exhibition will be the first to examine the height of the millinery trade in Paris, from around 1875 to 1914, as reflected in the work of the Impressionists. At this time there were around 1,000 milliners working in what was then considered the fashion capital of the world.
This exhibition is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Saint Louis Art Museum. Presenting Sponsor: John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn and Diane B. Wilsey. Patron’s Circle: Marion Moore Cope.
The catalogue is published with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Endowment for Publications.
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