August Meeting

At our meeting in August Mavis introduced unyru paper to those who were not familiar with it and Sue demonstrated adding fibers to a floral painting to add texture.
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Members worked on fiber work or their own projects.  It is always great to see what others are doing and learn from them, as the artwork and techniques are so diverse.

At our next meeting (Sept. 20) those who would like to bring ideas for texturing on watercolor paper are welcomed to do so. Sue will do a demo using different texturing materials. When the paintings are dry we will find areas that can be cropped or simply divide your sheet into 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 cards for you to create paintings to be used for our trading cards that we exchange in December. These will not be cards you labor over just  simple little paintings that you create with the help of texture already created in the preliminary  wash. This is an great way to share "original" art with each other.

April / May Meetings

At last months meeting Mavis showed us a lesson on painting a seascape. A color wash for the water covered the paper. While still wet, a rolled paper towel was used to remove paint to form larger waves near the shore area and smaller waves further out. When dry, the water swells defining the waves were painted in a darker color. The area previously saved for the horizon allowed room for sky and shore line in the distance. Additions like sailboats and shore rocks added a bit of character

Donna also noted 2 State Awards she received for drawings entered into WRAP (Wisconsin Regional Art Program).

Lynda Barganz presented Marilyn Simandle as “Artist of the Month

During our May meeting we worked on paintings using techniques from past lessons. It was a great time as usual. We learn so much from each other.

June 2 - Gallery Night in Mineral Point. Joan Konyn is now exhibiting her waterecolor paintings at the High Street Gallery, in Mineral Point.

June 8, 9, 10- Luci Shreik will have her home and studio open in Black Earth for the Spring Art Tour.

June 20, 21, 22- Fettingis Workshop, so there will not be a regular monthly meeting in June.

July Meeting will be at Durwood’s Glen with a meeting and coffee starting at 9:00, followed by a tour of the area. There is no entry fee: however, there is a donation box. Bring your lunch, camera, and painting supplies for Plein Aire painting or sketching buildings, nature, etc.

Here are some photo's I took last year to show those who have never visited Durwood's Glen before an idea of what to expect.

The plans for the group’s participation at the International Crane Foundation have been finalized. Interested members will be at the “World Day of Cranes” on August 11, from 9-5.
Activities will include:

1. Set up and display paintings, cards, magnets for sale. Remember the subject matter should be of cranes and local habitat.

2. Painting on location is also encouraged.

3. Face painting supplies will be available for those who wish to participate.

4. Supplies will also be available to work with children as they love to make their own Artwork.

March Meeting

Members showed interest in the upcoming shows this summer:

(1) Civil War Reenactment on Father's Day
(2) Art displaying on the square in Baraboo on Sundays, organized through the Raven House
(3) ICF's "Internatonal Cranes of the World Festival" on August 11th

Reminder that the workshop by Joseph Fettingis will be June 20th, 21st and 22nd.

Sue Johnson will be participating in the Fall Art Tour at her studio in Spring Green.

Char Olson reminded us of the “Secret Life, Secret Death performance at the Al Ringling Theater, April 20 and 22.  This will also be presented the next weekend in Spring Green.

Char will be organizing the July 19th meeting at Durwood Glen.  There are many opportunities to paint on site.  Bring your camera and brown bag lunch.  Donations are appreciated to help support and keep the facilities open for the public.

Mavis presented her lesson of "Painting Rocks Under Water". 

Here is one of her completed paintings:

It's always fun to learn new approaches to painting a subject. We all had a good time with this lesson.


Joan Konyn brought in her finished painting using fibers from last months lesson using arches #140 coldpress:

Lynda Barganz did the same fiber lesson only using yupo for her surface:

  
The paper you use can sure make a difference in the outcome of the painting.

Here is another one of Joan's done from Lynda's lesson on yupo from last month, only using tissue instead of fibers.

February Meeting

I shared information about artist Maggie Latham. On her blog maggielathamfineart.blogspot.com she is posting two or three free tutorials a month over a four month period on exploring color. She started this Feb. 8th, I would begin there if you are just joining and interested in following along.

I demonstrated a fiber texture technique for creating trees in watercolor.

Here is a crop of a painting that I was working on using Arches #140 cold press paper. You can see the texture I was able to create using fibers.

 

Lynda Barganz showed how some of the same fiber texture techniques could be applied to Yupo paper. She also  demonstrated other techniques so the the members could experiment with the Yupo paper.

Next meeting will be March 15th.  Mavis will be demonstrating "Rocks  Under Water".

January Meeting

At our January meeting Sharon Rork showed the group how to create refrigerator magnets using small paintings or prints reduced in size of previous paintings. Here are Pat, Bonnie and Joan applying several coats of sealer to their prints.

Great project for creating gifts or to decorate your own refrigerator.

Lynda Barganz introduced the Artist of the Month. Lynda shared memories and a great variety of artwork of her mother, Erma Teelin.

November / December Meetings

At our November meeting, Marjorie Cutting introduced the  her father, Henry Thomas Gleson as the artist of the month. Marjorie had many examples of his beautiful work. 
We will continue our “Artist of the Month” in January.

During our December meeting we painted a “Quilt Painting” for Sue Conner which we will send to her along with a copy of the directory. Hopefully this will help her to remember her many painting friends as she continues in her recovery. It was a fun lesson in painting what you see such as shape, color and value because you only saw the small portion of the flower photo that you were to paint. The painting turned out beautiful. I’m sure Sue will love it.

 

We also enjoyed our “Trading Card Exchange”. It’s always fun to try to guess the artist of  paintings.

 

  

Finally the members were asked to bring in simple Christmas card ideas that they might have to share with the other members . We enjoyed working on their many creative ideas throughout the afternoon.

October Meeting

Once again members will be making trading cards for the Dec.15 meeting. Original designed cards should be 2 ¼ by 3 ½ .  Do not sign them as they will be displayed to determine the artist and then distributed to others and can be signed at that time.

Pat Scofield introduced the artist of the month. Pedro E Guerrero is a renown, contemporary photographer.


Char Olson presented ideas for a form of abstract art working with shapes and colors.  This will be the technique for the November 17th meeting.  Bring your regular painting supplies.  Also bring some magazines, calendar  pictures, or other visuals for ideas.  The process involves taking small areas of a picture which can be enlarged to find shapes, and developed with color.

I demonstrated ideas for developing  grape/leaf designs enhanced with color and texturing. We used a variety of leaves brought in by Lynda Barganz and myself. Members continued this exercise after lunch.

Sharon Rork will be doing a portrait drawing/painting class in Reedsburg, Jan 5, 2012. Contact her if interested.