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The Northwest Watercolor Society Newsletter
September-October 2015
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Finders Keepers, 12 x 30
Who’sTurning
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Upcoming Membership MeetingsNovember 24 · Molly Murrah | There is no meeting scheduled for December
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church • 6:45 Social Hour • 7:15 Meeting
October Program – Eric Wiegardt
“I have no doubt that his future accomplishments willleave an indelible mark upon the American art scene.” Irving Shapiro, AWS, Former President and Director ofAmerican Academy of Art.
Eric Wiegardt, AWS DF, NWS has proven he has left anindelible mark on both the American and International artscene. He is one of the few in the world to be awarded boththe Gold Medal and Dolphin Fellow from the oldest and mostprestigious watercolor society, American Watercolor Society.He is declared one of the top ten watercolor masters of todayin the world by artmatch4U. He has participated in numerousmuseum exhibits throughout the US and China.
Eric has taught over 5000 watercolorists his popular“Wiegardt’s Painterly Watercolors” workshops.
Over 4,000 original paintings have been collectedprivately and corporately including in the US StateDepartment for US Ambassador Alice G. Wells residing inAmman, Jordan.
Eric is a signature member of the American Watercolor
September ProgramBev Jozwiak International AwardWinning Artist and Author.
The style Bev Jozwiak iscurrently working in seemsto be the direct result of herown personal journey. Arthas been in her life for aslong as she can remember.She is the first formallytrained artist in her family,but by no means the firstartist. Her great aunts,grandmother, aunt andfather all painted before her.She graduated with honorfrom Western WashingtonUniversity, with a Fine Artsdegree and an Art History
minor.Whether painting in Acrylic or watercolor the goal is the
same; to create an impressionistic painting with rich variedcolor, good design, great values, and to create a piece that willlast by using archival materials. She never wants the viewer tothink her paintings look like photographs, but rather to seethe brushwork, and the love and energy that goes into eachand every piece.
Jozwiak’s skill as a painter has garnered her nationalacclaim as one of America’s premier painters. The result of
Summer has nearly passed, but thememories of our very successful 75thworkshops, convention, and our 75thAnnual International Open Exhibitionat the Washington State ConventionCenter will remain as highlights. Severalpaintings were sold from that exhibitionwhich closes at the end of September.Our Co-Chairs Theresa Goesling andCindy Briggs, along with their activecommittee of volunteers, outdidthemselves in presenting a solid weekof art related activities and seminars.Hoorah!
Now we find there are stillwonderful happenings for NWWS. Thenew Cascadia Museum in Edmondswill be opening with many of thepaintings from our retrospective book,the exhibit curated by David Martin.There will be a reception for NWWSmembers and guests on September 20.Be sure to visit this new museum withyour family and friends. We are allproud to have NWWS featured as theirfirst exhibit. Nancy Axell and DavidMartin are to be commended forworking diligently to bring this tofruition.
Also in September is our SamishIsland fall paint out from Sept. 23-27.If you haven’t done a paint out, youshould try it. It’s great fun.
Our first general membershipmeeting of the year will be held on Sept.22, featuring Bev Jozwiak as our demoartist. Her juicy watercolors are a joyand so is her painting style, wet andwild. Shirley Jordan will also be back tosell a number of art books donated froma late NWWS member. Then, our
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President’s Message · Charlette Haugen
Northwest Watercolor Society
P.O. Box 50387Bellevue, WA 98015-0387
www.nwws.org
President:Char Haugen206-282-1813
Vice-President:Theresa Goesling
425-802-3487
Corresponding Secretary:Shirley Jordan425-890-9289
Recording Secretary:Evette Norton425-442-5928
Treasurer:Peggy Meyers425-869-0783
Attorney:Darek Linke
Newsletter Editor:Jeff Waters
Newsletter deadline for theNovember-December edition
is September 10, 2015
E-mail your items [email protected]
(Subject line: NWWS or Hot Press)
Please send newmemberships/changes
of address to:Peggy MeyersP.O. Box 50387
Bellevue, WA [email protected]
Please send all bills to:Peggy MeyersP.O. Box 50387
Bellevue, WA 98015-0387
meeting on October 27 will feature EricWiegardt, one of our favoritecolumnists in “Hot Press” and anoutstanding instructor andwatercolorist.
Please try to make these monthlymeetings on the fourth Tuesday of themonth (September through May, nomeeting in December). They are fun,informative and you’re bound to takesomething away from being there.
Additionally, I want to make apersonal appeal for your help inkeeping NWWS as one of the top 10organizations in the United States.Without your help, this wouldn’t havehappened, but in order to continue inthat vein, we need you to give ofyourself and your time to help keep usmoving forward.
Enjoy the coming year with whatpromises to be a fantastic lineup ofspeakers and events, always posted onour website.
Remember: “The only rule in art iswhat works” Anonymous.
Charlette HaugenPresident
Good friend ofNWWS PassesIt is with great sadness that wereport the death of Amy Giesein mid-August. Amy was one ofthe take charge people involvedwith our paint-outs and a dearfriend to so many. She alsoparticipated in many workshopsas a workshop co-chair. Ourthoughts are with her family.
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Alvaro!I must
confess thatwhen I saw theprice of theAlvaroCastagnetworkshop attheconvention, Itook a deep
breath and a few days to decide. It wasworth every nickel.
Reputed to be one of the best in theworld, Alvaro amply displayed his skillsin the five-day, plein air workshop. Wedid very little painting, remainingcontent to watch the master at workand take notes. He likes to paint inshade and always recruited one of us tohold his umbrella.
Here are some impressions.The red umbrellas were painted in
Pioneer Square. They were actuallyblue, green and white. Alvaro likes red.The genius lay in his approach.
He laid a broad swath of bright, redpaint all the way across the middle ofthe paper then carved out theumbrellas by painting darker areas
Editorial · Jeff Watersaround them. (negative painting). Thisleft a soft, red glow of warmth across theentire area of the café and trees to theright. Brilliant!
In theverticalpainting, fromin front of theKing StreetStation, hedecided thatthe left sidewas toodistinct,competingwith his centerof interest onthe right. Hedropped a
large glob of Titanium White on the leftside and smeared it around with hisfinger. Problem solved.
Alki Beach is a very fast, very loosework. I include it because heaccidentally dropped a swath of darkpaint in the center of the sky. Noproblem. It’s now an eagle!
Then there is the Alvaro sky – a verywet wash of Yellow Ochre withCerulean Blue swiped across the top.Tilt your board and let it blend. Thisgives a soft, almost electric glow at thehorizon.
Now, to the masterpiece. Alvarostood at the back of the Whisky Bar andpainted the light coming through thewindow. I have included a photo of the
interior. Notethe shadowsand the wetsurface of thebar in thepainting. Ithought he hadomitted thehanging lightsuntil hesqueegeedeach out with atwist of histhumb andadded a whitehighlight. Wow!
I offeredto buy thispainting andhe said it hadalready beensold!
“Tell methe owner ofthe barbought it.”
“He did.”Perfect.
Howdeliciouslyappropriate
that this masterpiece should hangwhere it was created.
Jeff WatersEditor, Hot Press
New Signature Members
Congratulations to our newsignature Members:
Kristi Galindo Dyson, CaroleHillsbery, Xi Guo, Kris Preslan
and Sandy O’Connor.
Rotary Club GrantThe Rotary Club ofSnoqualmie Valley has
presented a grant for $1,100to the Northwest WatercolorFoundation scholarship fund.We wish to thank Rotary fortheir generous contribution.
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Society (Dolphin Fellow), National Watercolor Society,Transparent Watercolor Society of America (Master Status)and others. He has been awarded the 2012 AWS Gold Medalof Honor, 2014 AWS Judge, among many other national andinternational awards. He has exhibited at both InternationalWatermedia Shows in Nanchang and Shenzhen, China.
Eric has been featured in many publications, includingPlein Air Magazine, as well as cover artist for both The Artist’sMagazine and Watercolor Artist Magazine. He is the author ofthe book Watercolor Free and Easy and also has a video seriestitled Painting Loosely from Photographs.
Eric is a graduate of the American Academy of Art,Chicago.
“An artist’s artist.”Jim McFarlane, President American Watercolor Society.
“An intelligence that enables him to perceive andexecute his artistic efforts with rare, sensitiveinsights. One of our brightest and most inspiringpainters.”Irving Shapiro, AWS, Former President and Director ofAmerican Academy of Art.
“A tangible air of energy and industry.”Seattle Times.
“A master of a fresh and loose painting style.”Kelly Kane, Editor Watercolor Artist Magazine.
Wiegardt paintings are to be enjoyed for generations;permanent pigments and professional framing are a priority.Wiegardt Studio Gallery is in the home of Eric’s greatgrandfather, Heinrich Julius Wiegardt, an oystering pioneerfrom Denmark. The home and now gallery was built in 1897.
Eric and Ann, since 1985, have owned and operatedWiegardt Studio Gallery. They have raised five wonderfulchildren.
Editor’s note: Eric writes a regular column for Hot Press.He is a joy to work with and a master writer whose work needsonly the occasional, small edit. I am honored to call him myfriend. If you look in the dictionary under, “Gentleman”, there isa picture of Eric Wiegardt.
October Program | Continued from page 1September Program | Continued from page 1
Frejus Flower Market, 22 x 30Hoops, 17 x 21
Martini Time, 14 x 22
hard work and years of painting has not gone unrewarded.Bev has had a plethora of successful one-woman and two-woman shows for prestigious galleries. Bev believes inkeeping original art affordable and accessible to everyone.She does not foresee a time when she would ever quitpainting, or become complacent with what she does. Shehopes to always study, grow, and continue on this personalartistic journey.
Born in Vancouver, Washington, Bev still resides therewith her husband of 30 plus years. She has two daughters,and three grandchildren.
She graduated with honors from Western WashingtonUniversity with a Degree in Fine Arts, and an Art HistoryMinor. Societies: Signature Member: American WatercolorSociety, National Watercolor Society, Transparent WatercolorSociety, Watercolor West, Missouri Watercolor Society,Northwest Watercolor Society, Texas Watercolor Society, andmore.
Juror of many National watercolor shows, and Teachingworkshops around the US including the prestigiousScottsdale Art School.
Editor’s note: I recently purchased the full sheetreproduction of the strolling cheetah. It resides in a 40” framein our entry way. He owns the place! Marcia is a dear friendand a gifted artist.
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Working With Your Digital ImagesAt the NWWS 75th Anniversary Artists’ Convention,Molly Murrah gave a presentation on the basicinformation all artists should know when working withdigital media. As artists, we need to be ableto successfully enter exhibitions, back up and archivequality images of our art, and use our digital files togenerate income even after our originals have been sold.
Molly has turned her digital media presentation into aprintable PDF – 32 slides of concise information thatcover topics from device and camera resolutions tosimple techniques for making color corrections toinformation essential for organizing and cataloging yourwork. The presentation is available for the purchase priceof $25 plus tax, if applicable. If you would like your owncopy of this informative seminar, please email Molly [email protected] or call 425-822-6552.
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Northwest Watercolor Society Members and Guests Invited to Extraordinary Grand Opening of New Art Museum in
Edmonds, Washington!NWWS is honored to be selected for the inaugural opening exhibition at the new Cascadia Art Museum inEdmonds, Washington. All NWWS members and guests are invited to a special Opening Reception onSunday, September 20th from 11 AM to 2 PM. The new museum is located near the ferry dock inEdmonds at 190 Sunset Avenue. Refreshments will be served. Lots of free parking.
This new art museum is a wonderful addition to the Northwest art scene. The museum is dedicated toexhibiting the legacy of art of the Cascadia Region, defined by the waters that flow from the CascadeMountains to the Pacific Ocean. It will specialize in exhibitions of Northwest Art from the late 19thCentury through the 1960’s.
Cascadia Museum has chosenpaintings from our book, A FluidTradition: Northwest WatercolorSociety…The First 75 Years, asthe premiere exhibition for theirgrand opening in September.Our esteemed author, David F.Martin has curated theexhibition that features 60 rare and important works by significant members of NWWS. They describe usas one of the region’s oldest and most successful arts organizations. And we are!
This significant event will be our last 75th Anniversary Celebration for all to attend. It is really a stunningbuilding incorporating the museum and four public spaces for a restaurant, distillery, beer tasting roomand coffee shop. These establishments open to a large terrace with fire pits and outdoor seating.
Come and enjoy the art, admire the architecture and special commissioned art pieces, view the gift shopand stroll the beautiful landscaped gardens. A short ceremony will honor NWWS’ 75 Years and art curatorDavid F. Martin. Hope to see you at our final festive party of the year!
Nancy AxellNWWS 75th Anniversary Committee
Northwest Watercolor Society... The First 75 Years
A Fluid TraditionNorthwest Watercolor Society... The First 75 Years
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irst 75 Years Martin
David F. MartinDavid F. Martin is an independent arts researcher,
curator, and writer specializing in the art history
of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest and New
York State. Many of the artists he has focused
on have been women, gay, lesbian, Japanese
American, or members of other minorities who
established national and international reputations
between 1890 and 1960. Martin is internationally
recognized for his pioneering research on regional
artistic expressions in painting, printmaking, and
photography.
Martin is the author of Evergreen Muse: The Art
of Elizabeth Colborne (University of Washington
Press, 2011), The Art of Richard Bennett (University
of Washington Press, 2010), and An Enduring
Legacy: Women Painters of Washington, 1930–2005
(University of Washington Press, 2005 and 2012).
He is coauthor of Austere Beauty: The Art of
Z. Vanessa Helder (University of Washington
Press, 2013), A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic
Art of Virna Haffer (University of Washington
Press, 2011), and Shadows of a Fleeting World:
Pictorial Photography and the Seattle Camera Club
(University of Washington Press, 2011).
During 2014–2015, Northwest Watercolor Society
celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary. The society
has attracted many of the most accomplished
regional watercolorists as members and exhibitors,
and is one of the earliest and most successful
continuing arts organizations in the history of
Washington State. A Fluid Tradition: Northwest
Watercolor Society… The First 75 Years—richly
illustrated with color reproductions and artist
biographies—re-establishes the reputations
of many early society members while giving a
glimpse of rare works by some of today’s leading
regional artists.
The annuals for the society were sponsored
by the Seattle Art Museum for over thirty years,
and many members were honored with solo
exhibitions at the museum during that time. As
Seattle grew, several members created many of the
region’s most iconic cultural images.
Northwest Watercolor Society continues to
be a leading force in national and international
watercolor competitions. This is the first in-depth
account of its important historic contributions
to regional culture, and its significant impact on
national developments as well.
N o r t h w e s t W a t e r c o l o r S o c i e t yP.O. Box 50387
Bellevue, WA 98015-0387
Ray Hill, Autumn Pattern, circa 1950, watercolor, 17 x 23", private collection, photo by Ken Wagner
N o r t h w e s t W a t e r c o l o r S o c i e t yP.O. Box 50387 Bellevue, WA 98015-0387
In USA $34.95
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Artist William “Bill” Sperling,83, passed away May 15, 2015, inSeattle, WA. Bill was best known inthe Puget Sound area for hisbusiness of organizing internationalart workshops in Italy and France.Bill hired exceptional artistinstructors, arranged all billing andtransportation for two weeksessions. Bill owned MAGICPALETTE & SKILLET WORKSHOPSand had been leading workshops toEurope since 2001. Bill was amember of the NorthwestWatercolor Society, Evergreen FineArts Association and Artists Unitedof Burien. Bill seriously took up artof watercolor and pastels upon the
loss of his wife in 1993. He had several “1 man” shows at Glen AcresCountry Club, Burien, WA.
Bill was born December 2, 1931 to Harry and Mamie Sperling inJuneau, Alaska. Following high school graduation he attended theUniversity of Oregon majoring in fine arts, but before completion he wasdrafted into the Army and became an illustrator for HeadquartersUSURAL. After service, he remained in Anchorage and established hisbusiness as a sign painter. Bill moved to New York in 1964 where hebecame involved with the Alaska Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair.There he met his bride-to-be, Cathy, and they were married in 1969. Billbegan his second, primary career in the hotel industry and teachinghospitality at a community college. After Cathy’s passing from cancer in1994 he moved to Seattle, WA.
Family and friends will remember Bill or “Unca Bull” as his nephewsand nieces affectionately called him, as a loving, tender and caring manwith a great sense of humor and the joy of painting, cooking, cribbage, golf,ping pong, and in his younger years, basketball. He was generous with hispaintings and his time. He was happiest hosting family and friends,challenging anyone to a cribbage game and plunking out tunes on hispiano or trumpet (Bill was a jazz nut). He wanted to live near SeaTac(Seattle airport) so that he could serve as a hub for arrivals and departures.“Just call me when you land and I’ll be there.”
Your art friends will miss you Bill.
Editor’s Note: I spent a delightful fortnight in Tuscany with Bill afterbeing recruited by Joe Mac Kechnie as a pack mule for all the little oldladies, mostly oil painters, who lug around tons of equipment. It was one ofthe best times of my life. Bill was the consummate host, doing whatever wasrequired to make the trip a success; once driving all night to pick up anincoming artist from a distant airport.
Bill was a fine artist and a grand companion. I will miss him.
WILLIAM “ BILL” SPERLINGNWWS 75thDiamondAnniversary
Celebration Wowsthe Crowd
From July 6–12, NWWS hosted its75th Diamond AnniversaryCelebration, holding two workshopsby esteemed instructors and jurors,Judy Morris and Alvaro Castagnet, anall-day Artists’ Convention with avariety of presentations,demonstrations and insights into theart world, and a beautiful GalaBanquet and Awards Ceremony at theCrowne Plaza–Seattle hotel. As a plusto art lovers, our major patron, DanielSmith Artists’ Materials, hosted anOpen House factory tour attended bywell over 100 NWWS members andguests.
All of these festivities revolvedaround the 75th AnnualInternational Open Exhibition at theWashington State Convention Center,on display from July 1 through Sept.30. A lively artist reception on July 11officially opened the exhibition. Byall accounts, this is our finest one yetwith record making sales.
To say that the week was arousing success would be anunderstatement. Comments frommost of the attendees wereenthusiastic and effusive, praising theexcellent organization of all theevents. People reluctantly went home,fulfilled and wanting more. Co-ChairsTheresa Goesling and Cindy Briggs,along with a strong and dedicatedcommittee of volunteers, werepositive and helpful throughout theweek of art related activities andseminars, and we commend them forthe five years of planning required toproduce this commemorative event.We also appreciate all of thepresenters who shared their expertiseand talents to benefit the participants.
NWWS is proud to have hostedsuch a sterling and memorable week.Thank you to all who supported usand made it so successful and fun.
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Kudos!Congratulations and ahuge Thank You toTheresa Goesling andCindy Briggs for all oftheir work in staging the75th AnniversaryCelebration. Many othersworked tirelessly on theproject but it would nothave happened withoutthe enormous effort ofthese two wonderfulartists. Well done!
Clockwise from top left:Alvaro and FriendsAlvaro Castagnet and Judy MorrisAlvaroAlvaro Alvaro's PaintingAnn Breckon & PhanBev Jozwiak'sBookBill HookCarla OConnor, Cindy Briggs &Theresa Goesling
Below:Cathy Gill
75thAnniversary
Candids
Clockwise from top left:Cascadia MuseumChar HaugenCricket Crockett &Theresa Goesling
Dan Smith tour - John Cogley -Owner
Daniel Smith TourDaniel Smith TourDaniel Smith TourDeanne Lemley PaintingDeanne Lemley
Below:Kurt & Debbie Haggman
75thAnniversary
Candids
Clockwise from top left:Donna Watson & Nancy AxellDonna Watson, Cindy Briggs &Theresa Goesling
Genny ReesGoesliing and Briggs at VendorsJudy Morris Carla O’Connor &Bridget Oconnor
Kay Barns - TeachingLemley Sketch BookMarsha Giant, Bridgett O’Connor & Judy Morris
Molly Murrah & Theresa Goesliing
Below:Molly Murrah
75thAnniversary
Candids
Clockwise from top left:ReceptionRenee St. PeterRon Stocke SketchbookRon StockeStocke DemoSeiko KonyaTheresa Goesling & Cindy BriggsVendor BlickVendors
Below:"Well, look at that!" Renee St. Peter& Shirley Jordan
75thAnniversary
Candids
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Member News
Charlette Haugen will be displayingover two dozen paintings at theLynnwood Public Library from Oct. 2 -Nov. 12.
Linda Lee Foster-Paul (Wiseman)’spainting Flag Day @ Coupeville III wasawarded the 2014-2015 National FirstPlace in the Daughters of the AmericanRevolution (DAR) Juried Show in Wash -ington D.C. Limited Edition Prints of thispainting are available through Collectors’Gallery & Framery, 114 Nokomis AvenueS., Venice, Florida 34285, 941-488-3029.www.lindaleefoster.com.
John AdamsNWS, NWWSpaintingMystery 30x22received theJurors ChoiceAward for Bestof Show in the7th AnnualAlchemy ofthe AbstractExhibitionheld in June2015 at
Northwind Arts Center in PortTownsend, WA. The juror, retired UNLVProfessor of Art, Mike McCollum, is the
former Dean of Cornish College of theArts in Seattle.
Sandy Haight’s painting, Reaching,cropped for a promotional postcard,was chosen to be the poster art for theBainbridge in Bloom Garden Tour thissummer and is also featured on thecover of Currents Magazine which goesto every household on BainbridgeIsland, a short ferry ride fromdowntown Seattle, WA.
Diana Aurigemma’s watercolorpainting Lake Side was accepted intothe 47th Watercolor West JuriedInternational Exhibition, at The City of
Charlette Haugen – Sienna
John Adams – Mystery
Linda Lee Foster-Paul – Flag Day
Diana Aurigemma – Lake Side
Brea Gallery from Oct. 17 - Dec. 12,2015. The Juror was Stephen Quiller.
Winnie Givot’spainting,SunflowerHead, has beenjuried into theNWS/ChinaSmall ImageExchangeShow.The openingreception willbe on Dec. 10in Shenzhen,China.
Bev Jozwiak will teach this year at theScottsdale art school, Nov. 16-20 andteaches locally every year through theCole Gallery in Edmonds Washington.Check her website for a full list ofclasses. Her book Painting Life with Life,and a video, by the same name werejust released.
Winnie Givot – SunflowerHead
The Sammamish Arts Commissionis proud to present the 9th annualSammamish Arts Fair Saturday, October10 and Sunday, October 11, 10:00 am -5:00 pm at Sammamish City Hall.sammamishartsfair.wordpress.com/ orwww.ci.sammamish.wa.us/Group.aspx?ID=3.
Ann Breckon- Upcoming Classes
• September: Olympic Rainforest andSol Duc Falls
• October: State Bird: Goldfinch andGrapes
• November: Snoqualmie Snow Scene
• December: Seattle Reflections (asseen from West Seattle)
And one more workshop this year:• November 7-8: Musical Still Life in
the Seattle Daniel Smith.Registration: [email protected]. Ann BreckonFine Art on Facebook.
Kathy Collins - Fall classes: a 4-weekwatercolor series beginning Thursday,September 24 - 10AM - 12 noon, atTsuga Fine Art in Bothell. $135.Students will paint a variety of genreswhile learning to achieve dramatic highcontrast paintings using large brushes,charging in color, and mixing flowingwet paint right on the paper.The series also includes a class oncollage techniques.www.kathycollinswatercolors.com.
Margaret Godfrey will teach a four-day workshop entitled “The BridgeBetween Abstract and Realism”,exploring abstract design incombination with representationalsubject matter using watercolor, acrylicpaint and collage. October 18—22,2015. Menucha Retreat and ConferenceCenter - 30 minutes from Portland inthe beautiful Columbia River GorgeNational Scenic Area. Cost starts at$481. Register:Menucha.org/programs/arts/fall-watercolor.
Michael Reardon will offer a 3-day
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Opportunities
workshopwhere you willlearn ways toimbue yourwatercolorswith light andcolor. Throughthedevelopment ofthumbnailstudies, youwill learn toimprove yoursense of
composition, values, and color. We willalso go into detail about palette colorsthat yield fresh and vibrant paintings.Some time will be spent on ways to mixgreens, a notoriously difficult color inwatercolor. Special attention will begiven to the greens of the Northwest.September 25 - 27, 2015. $400.www.whidbeyislandfas.com/workshops/mreardon_2015.html.
Occidental 2015. Five days of paintingon the Sonoma coast. October 18 - 23,2015. Five nights in the OccidentalHotel on Bohemian Hwy. $625 for asingle king room. $375 each to share adouble queen room. 10 miles fromBodegay Bay. Register [email protected].
Paint the Peninsula – 2015: PortAngeles Fine Art Center’s (PAFAC) 3rdannual Paint the Peninsula Plein AirCompetition. To be considered for thePaint the Peninsula juried competition,artists must submit 3 works of originalart for review. The schedule withdetails of the artists’ locations will beposted daily on the PAFAC websitewww.paintthepeninsula.org/2015-schedule-of-events ]. For moreinformation visit: www.paintthe -peninsula.org/. Port Angeles Fine ArtsCenter in Webster’s Woods Art Park.1203 E Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles,WA 98362. (360) 457-3532.
Jeff Waters, editor of Hot Press willteach a one-day watercolor seminarSeptember 19th 9 - 3 at the Si ViewCommunity Center in North Bend, WA425 831-1900, to introduce the studentto the basic elements of watercolor and
rarely taught advanced techniques thatseparate the mundane from thespectacular. Handouts will be provided,including a reading list for furtherstudy. The seminar will be broken intotwo sections. The first session willpresent an introduction to watercolorpainting, basic technique, and 25 thingsI wish I had known five years ago. Thesecond session will provide the studentwith tools to take your paintings from“Nice Watercolor” to “WOW!”[email protected]
Tsuga Fine Art & Framing announcesa solo exhibit of watercolors by CharleenCollins Freeman. “Beauty Everywhere”.Opening Reception Friday, September18, 2015. 5pm - 8pm.On exhibition until October 24, 2015.Tsuga Fine Art - 10101 Main Street,Bothell, WA 98011. 425 483-7385. Hours:Tues - Thurs 10 – 6, Friday 10 – 5, Sat 10 –4. Admittance to the gallery is free andopen to the public. www.tsugafine -art.com. www.charlenecollins -freeman.com.
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Bev Jozwiak’s4 Day WorkshopVideo on 5 DVDsBev starts and finishes 7 completepaintings and does an 8th lesson on
painting the face. Her lessons are easy tofollow and she explains the reasons whyshe chooses each color, each value andeach shape. Bev teaches how to paint anysubject - not just how to paint an apple orhow to paint an owl. And, she discusses atlength her color mixing techniques. ThisDVD will help you to greatly improve your
paintings. $150 +$6 S & H
To Order Bev’s Video go towww.ChrisUnwin.net
GET READY FOR ANOT SO ORDINARY2015/2016 SEASONWelcome back everybody! Hope yoursummer was filled with fun, laughter anddancing brushes!Here’s a partial line-up for this season:
September 22 Bev Joziak
October 27 Eric Weigardt
November 24 Molly Murrah
December No meeting
January 26 Catherine Gill
March 22 Joan Archer
April 26 Jeannie McGuire
And folks that’s just the beginning!! We’ll beadding more soon.
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Editor’s Contest – Canyon de Chelly
1st Place – Randy Emmons 3rd Place – Ellen Fountain
HM – Ellen Fountain HM – Ellen FountainHM – Ellen Fountain
2nd Place - Ellen Fountain
The assignment was to paint the ruins at Canyon de Chelly, known as the White House.This was a nearly impossible decision. Two artist’s entered a total of six paintings,
any one of which could easily have been chosen. All are magnificent.
Editor’sContestOne classic subject forwatercolorists is the lowlybarn. In the right hands, itcan become a masterpiece.You will find hundreds ofimages on the internet.Paint a barn. Send a jpegimage of at least 300 dpi [email protected] is the editor’s effort.
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result of improper mixing and not poorcolor selection. I can take the two mostopaque colors of any palette and bymixing them properly, come up with abeautiful wash.
Incidentally, an instructor shouldbe able to look only at a student’spalette and be able to inform if the coloris fresh on the painting or dead. Muddy,over-stroked color in the palettetranslates to the same on the painting. Abeautiful array of color in the palette isa good indication of lively color in thepainting.
There is more to this technique offresh color mixing but it is difficult to
translate into words. For a completediscussion of this topic Color inShadows DVD Number Three, of thePainting Loosely from Photographsseries is available fromericwiegardt.com.
Keep your brush wet!
Eric
PAINTINGS I HAVE JUDGEDPART III-COLOR
As I mentioned in the last Hot Pressarticle, a color issue that is commonlyoverlooked is the lack of color in theshadows. The temptation is to paint thelifeless grey represented in ourphotographs, but this offensive colorwill remove the feeling of sunlight out ofour paintings.
I have also noticed in a number ofthe shows that many of the artists arenot taking advantage of our mediumand its intrinsic beauty of broken color.Many of the washes tend to look flat.(Broken color refers to the juxtapositionof colors, such as a blue and yellow, inorder to create a sense of green. TheImpressionists taught us this. It is muchmore visually appealing to the eye to
combine the colors than to have a flatcolor statement.)
The main reason for lifeless color isfound in technique. The culprit is over-mixing. Watercolor is a medium thatdemands decisiveness in order toachieve the pearl-like effervescence weso enjoy. But the artist has to learn tokeep his or her hands out of thepainting and not over-stroke. Let thewater do the mixing. The sameprinciple applies to the palette: don’tover mix.
Fresh color, or color with theconsistency of sour cream, allows me tomix with such brevity that I achieve thebeauty ofbroken color.Stiff color, letalone hardenedcolor, makes itimpossible.Hardenedpigment forcesme to over mixpaint in theworst spot: thepaint wellsthemselves.Sure, I doscrape outhardenedpigment afterseveral days ofpainting. Onestudent said it aptly, “I guess at the endof the week of painting I will either bethrowing away a bit of hardenedpigment, or my paintings.” I wouldrather throw away about ten dollarsworth of tube paint.
Over-mixing is many times thedifference between two strokes or fourstrokes. When the brush is loaded withseveral colors, I may only do one strokeon the palette that resembles a figure 8,and that is all. I go directly to the paperand add any adjustments directly to theprevious wash. It is this attitude ofdirectness with a super charged brushthat makes the difference. Once thetechnique shifts from using the brush asa dispenser of paint to a broom thatpushes color around, the color becomessoiled.
Muddy color is consequently the
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