planning ahead - central florida watercolor...
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Teresa Chin, President: Wow, what a busy schedule we had in March! From our show, which will hang until June 15th, to our 2 Plein-Air and outreach events the last week in March. Thank you to all the painters, greeters and teachers that made our efforts so successful! it takes a team to pull all of this together!
The board is busy “behind the scenes” planning for the 2018-2019 season. Our calendar is being developed…Krys has some wonderful demos lined up and Marcela is working on our Plein-Air and outreach venues. Our 20th Anniversary is coming up and we have several ideas to mark that auspicious occasion. Your ideas are welcomed! Our membership drive for the new season is underway. So renew early to make sure your email information is correct in our member book.
Our new United Arts grant allows our society to use donor benefits to increase donations for our organization, through the United Arts website! So, pass this information on to your friends and supporters. We have many more outreach and Pop Up events set for the fall and will need our Plein-Air and teaching members to help out.
The Arts & Crafts Fair on April 14 is going to be a great way to spend the day. We have a few spots left for more arts and craft sellers. A 6 ft. table is only $10, for our members, and you get to keep all your sales. Serina has gone all out for the fun and we would like a good showing of our members to support the Altamonte Chapel, a wonderful partner to work with. Call Serina at 407.339.5208 to register, the deadline is April 12th.
Thanks and keep those brushes wet!
Teresa Chin
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PRESIDENT’S CORNER - April 2018
Planning aheadOUR NEXT MEETING
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Members with last names beginning with S - Y are asked to bring the snacks. Finger food only please!
Join us for the May meeting of the Central Florida Watercolor Society on May 6th at 1:45pm, It will be in the Altamonte Chapel Social Hall, 825 East Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs. The demo will be by our own Chauncey Nelson. After studying art at the Chouinard Art Institute in California, he began selling his work and doing street shows. For twenty five years Chauncey taught classes in his studio. His art was put on hold for a time when he was forced to take a 9 to 5 job. After retiring he jumped back into working at art full time. He now maintains a studio at the Faith Arts Village of Orlando (FAVO), where he continues to work each day.
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We will be having a presence at Craft Day at the Altamonte Chapel April 14th. We need more helpers to set up and monitor the tables. This means YOU.
The Casselberry Art House Annual Recycled Arts Exhibit will hang from April 16th to 28th. On view Monday through Friday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. An artists’ reception will be held Saturday, April 28th from 11am to 2pm during the Earthfest 2018 Celebration. Light refreshments served and prizes presented by the Rotary Club of Casselberry, with a grand prize for the “People’s Choice” award.
Several CFWS members were accepted into the First Thursdays “Florida Grown” exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art, through Artists Registry. Janet Asbury, Charlotte Cipes, Suzie Greenlee-Mamon and Glenn Ward enjoyed showing their art during the reception on April 5th.
The South Seminole Art Assn. (SSAA) will be having their annual member show at the Gallery on First in Sanford. Stop by the reception on April 29th from 1 to 4pm.
Kim Minichiello won an Honor Award and cash prize for Odd Man Out at the Women in the Arts “Celebrating the Genius of Women” Art Competion at the Orlando Public Library. The exhibition is open until April 24th.
“Symbiotic Dance”, a solo exhibit of watercolors and silk paintings by Marianna Hamilton Ross will be held in the Showalter Hughes Community Gallery, Crealdé School of Art, from May 11th to July 28, 2017. The reception is Friday, May 11th, from 7-9 pm.A silk painting demonstration will be held on Sunday, June 24th, at 2 pm. Both events are free and open to the public.
Tune in to the National Geographic Channel on April 24th to see Antonio Banderas portray the life of legendary modernist painter, Pablo Picasso.
The Society of Decorative Painters presents it’s International Conference & Expo “Back to the Beach” May 8th to 12th, at the Ocean Center - Daytona Beach in the Hilton Daytona Beach / Ocean Walk Village. (cont’d)
IMPORTANT DATES
The Orlando Museum of Art is pleased to present “Enduring Beauty: Seminole Art and Culture,” an exhibition drawn from the collection of I.S.K. “Keith” Reeves V. and Sara W. Reeves, considered to be the largest private collection of Florida Seminole material. “Enduring Beauty” celebrates Seminole culture with works of art, adornment and domestic crafts dating from the early 19th century to the mid-20th century. These objects are not only beautiful and significant, they are expressions of the Seminole’s extraordinary history as the Native American people of Florida.
Apr 14 Craft fair / Plein-Air on April 14 at the Altamonte Chapel
May 6 Chauncey Nelson, artist, - general meeting and demo Altamonte Chapel Social Hall
May 19 Plein-Air at Rollins College Cornell Art Museum grounds
June 16 Pick up paintings at Leu Gardens
Jun 16 Plein-Air at Lake Lily, Maitland.
Krys Pettit and Michelle Sentouski share their paintings from the Plein-Air Pop-up at Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park on Sunday, March 25th.
March Plein-AirIt was a cloudy day at Leu Gardens on Sunday, March 31 but when I arrived at noon the parking lot was full with visitors. I joined other CFWS members at the Welcome Center terrace. Mary Dall was busy demonstrating to a young girl. Terri, Vera, And Krys were enjoying painting and each other’s company along with Anne Worrall and Marcela Moglia. I spoke with visitors about the exhibit inside as I painted. By Judi Kaye
Painting at left by Judi Kaye
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Catherine “Bonnie” Jones will be teaching Watercolor Batik Classes at the Decorative Painters Conference. Register at their web site www.DecorativePainters.org.
Sunset “Paint-In” at the Winter Park Racquet Club, 2111 Vía Tuscany, Winter Park. Join us as Winter Park Paint Out artists gather on the shore of Lake Maitland to capture a beautiful Florida sunset. A cash bar and light appetizers will be available. Non-members of the Winter Park Racquet Club are welcome to attend this event. Wednesday, April 25th, from 6 to 9pm. This event is part of Winter Park Paint Out 2018.
Call for ArtistsPhiladelphia Water Color Society 118th Anniversary International Exhibition of Workson Paper. October 14th to November 20th, 2018 at the Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pa.. Over $8500.00 in cash awards, including $1,500.00 Best in Show. Online entry, submission info at www.pwcsociety.org . Submissions start April 1st, 2018.
The Historic Sanford Welcome Center is calling all artists to submit their work for our next Art Walk show on April 21, 2018. This month’s theme is “Art is a Drag”. Color and Flamboyance dominate the world of Drag Performance and we would like this reflected in this show. To submit, fill out the application at www.sanfordwelcomecenter.com/sanford-art-walk. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, April 17, at 5:00pm.
“A Splash of Color”The Polasek Museum curator, Rachel Frisbee, has asked the CFWS to come up with an exhibit for her gallery in 2019. It will be based on the word, ‘waters’. Members are to produce watercolor images of the many ways water can be visualized. It is not too soon to start painting images for this show.
Artist Registry Local art events and information about entering shows can be found by joining ArtisRegistry.com.
1st Thursdays at Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando’s original “Art Party”Download the call for artists form at omart.org/events/1st_Thursdays/ or call 407.896.4231, ext. 226.
APRIl DEMO
Patty Kane began her dream of leading an artistic life by studying at Crealdé School of Art in Winter Park where she was granted a fellowship and then granted the position of Studio Artist. After painting and teaching on a full time basis in Southwest Florida for 11 years Patty moved back to Central Florida where she continues to explore subject matter that inspires her creativity and her passion for mixing color. Her ‘loose and juicy paintings reflect the coastal lifestyle she enjoys living in Florida.
After some technical difficulties with the camera, 49 members and 4 guests watched Patty make magic with her “pear lineup”. She had been attracted to the color, light and shadow of pears on the windowsill at a beach house where she was staying, generating the “Birth of a Series.” She admonished, “Don’t be a slave to your photograph, change it.”
Patty works very wet--on-wet, with a limited pallet consisting of permanent rose, vermilion and cobalt blue. Transparent and neutral they “play well with others.” She thoroughly wet a taped down 140# piece of watercolor paper with a Hake brush (it holds more water). Starting with yellow, she indicated the shapes and background, touched in some red and followed with blue. Turning the paper she
allowed the primaries to form secondary colors. Let the colors dry completely before you do another layer. Make sure to fill your mixing area with color before you wet the paper and remember to hold the brush loosely. She prefers the “Bounce” of a synthetic brush. Keep your hand in a neutral position and move the paper. Always test color on a separate piece of WC paper before you apply it. Get-in and Get-out of your painting - put your brush down and step away! It was time for her to go in for the “punch’ on the dried paper, mixing colors on the pallet, enhancing what had already been put down. “The color change is spontaneous, inch-by-inch!”
Patty says “If you are a watercolor painter you are an eternal student.”
Patty and her work can be found at McRae Art Studios. 1000 Arlington Street, Orlando. Thank you Patty
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We all had a great time at the Polasek Sunday, March 25th!
Some of us were greeters, under the tent, and some of us painted out in the gardens. We had a table of watercolor supplies for people to try and a special artist, named Pearl, sat down and enjoyed her first experience with watercolors! The gardens were lovely and the weather was perfect! We all would like to thank the Polasek Museum for giving us the opportunity to paint the beautiful grounds and do educational outreach to the public! About 20 to 30 visitors came by to say hello before walking over to the Capen house to attend a lecture.CFWS members who came to the Polasek Pop Up Event
Polasek Pop-Up
on March 25 were: Cindy Sturla, Sharon Stitely, Vera Gubnitskaia, Shelley Hatfield, Faye Tambrino, Leslie MacCauley, Diane Darnall, Mary Dall, Krys Pettit, Judi Kaye,Sandi Hanlon-Breuer, Ann Worrall Kim Minniciello, Stewart Jones, Nancy Larkin, and Dawn Shumard.Thank you to Polasek curator, Rachel Frisby, who will be extending the Polasek as a painting site for our members during their National Museum Day open-house. That event will
be on Sunday, September 23rd, from 1 till 4pm. It’s a free day through the Smithsonian so they’ll get lots of families, which will help us with your grants/!numbers. We are looking forward to coming back in September…
Photographs courtesy of Mark Shumard.
The monthly meeting for May will take place in the Social Hall beside the Little White Chapel, 825 East Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs. We will meet at 1:45pm on May 6th.
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Newsletter Articles and Member NewsPlease send your news, articles, photos and announcements to
[email protected]. Submit artwork as a jpeg. Deadline is the 10th of each month.
We look forward to hearing from you and about you!!
WELCOME
LIBRARY Support your CFWS library at each meeting by borrowing books and DVDs. Please be kind and return them the following month so others can borrow them. A list of books is available at http://cfwslibrary.blogspot.com. If you have any books, DVDs or artist magazines to donate, please contact the Librarian.
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April 28th & 29th APOPKA ART & FOLIAGE FESTIVAL Kit Land Nelson Park,18 North Forest Avenue
April 28th - 29th MELBOURNE ART FESTIVALHistoric Downtown Melbourne www.artfestival.com
May 5th & 6th ST. JOHNS RIVER FESTIVAL OF THE ARTSThe annual art and craft juried art show. Historic Downtown Sanford. www.stjohnsriverartfest.com
Local Art ShowsAnyone who has an announcement or other information to share on the CFWS website can submit it to our wonderful webmaster at: www.centralfloridawatercolor.org/submitcontent/. The site is updated regularly by Mike Malloy.
Remember to find us on facebook and “like us.
The Winter Garden Art Association hosts regular exhibits in the SoBo Art Gallery wgart.org/artists/call-to-artists
Workshops & classes
For information on Tom Jones’ Watercolor Workshops go to his website: tomjonesartist.com or call 407.619.2164
Dana Daydodge will be teaching a doodle workshop at SoBo Gallery in Winter Garden on Saturday, April 28th from 10am to 1pm. Cost is $45 for non-gallery members. Call gallery to register.
Roberta Lerman’s art class at the Maitland Senior Center is an informal class for all levels and meets on Wednesdays from 1:00 - 3:30pm. The price is $5.00 and includes a short demo at the beginning of each class. Maitland residency or a small membership fee required. For information call 407.644.3542.
Nancy McDonald’s Watercolor/ Acrylic class 9am on Tuesdays. The demo and critique starts at 10.30am. Cost is $7.00. After class we go out to lunch. The Fran Carlton Center, 11 North Forrest Avenue in Apopka. Call Nancy with questions 407.464.6724.
Please let us know when you are accepted to a show or win a prize. We all enjoy hearing about your success...
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CFWS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES 2017-2018
PresidentTerri Chin
407.677.6289tschin
@mindspring.com
Vice PresidentKrys Pettit
407.342.2895kryspettit
@gmail.com
SecretaryAnn Hague
407.538.4449amhague01
@earthlink.net
TreasurerJerry Snyder
Past PresidentMary Dall
407.359.7752marydall.
@bellsouth.net
MembershipRita Watts
910.445.1400wattsrh
@earthlink.net
HospitalityMarge Reed
Greeter ChairSuzie Greenlee-Mamon
407.339.8426sgreenlee
@cfl.rr.com
GreeterRose Gregorio407.699.1030 vinrose1063
@embarqmail.com
GreeterBeverly Bargren407.256.3932
PublicationsJanet Asbury
407.739.7975aquanews
@earthlink.net
Web Coordinator Mike Malloy
407.455.3307mjmalloy
@mmalloy.net
WorkshopsPamela Merle407.401.0738
Workshop RegistrarFaye Tambrino407.310.9808
Galleries/Member Show Leslie Macaulay321.689.3268
PublicityJudy Kaye
407.491.7479jkworldtravler
@aol.com
LibrarianKaren [email protected]
En Plein-airMarcela Moglia703.220.8128
AudioDavid Williams407.629.4058
dewhome@embarqmailcom
AdvisorKen Austin
AdvisorRoberta Lerman407.644.3542robynoriginals
@embarqmail.com
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Ken Austin holds watercolor workshops at Casselberry Art House. Contact Ken for more information.
We are all products of our time, our upbringing and our experience. So
is art. We see in art what we know about, accept as normal, and have experience with. But if our grandparents convinced our parents, and they convinced us that art was a waste of time, we’ll have that same opinion. If we were taught that the value of art was in its ability to picture things realistically, we’re likely to believe the same. And if their standard for quality of art was its degree of realism, we’ll think the same. We can’t help it.
But the history of art is the history of challenge, of change, and of leading. It is not for the faint of heart or for the copyist. It is the realm of the creative people in the culture of our times.
That great blunderbuss of a teacher, Ed Whitney said people asked him why he was an artist and he responded, “Because it is an honorable profession which produces works of beauty”. When I heard this at one of his demos, I was astounded because I’d never thought of art as a “profession” - a kind of work, or a pleasant pastime maybe, but never a profession. Lawyers and doctors have professions, but art? I, the son of an artist, was a product of that same society that portrays artists as goofy outsiders who delight in confounding the public with their suspect activities and the strange work they produce which they (ha-ha) call art.
Well, to be a lawyer or doctor or architect, a license is required, but not to be an artist. Chefs, builders, even gamblers are labeled as “professionals”, so I should have been prepared for Whitney’s description of an artist. And ever since, I’ve taken it to heart that to be an artist is to take a place in that long line of professionals who have shaped our view of society as much as society has shaped theirs.
I guess this ramble is about how hard it is to focus on making painting about what’s on the paper instead of what’s in front of you, and why I try to be forgiving and
THE WATERWORKSKen Austin, NWS © 2012/Ken Austin, NWS
By Ken Austin
understanding if people don’t get it right away or at all. There was a time when I didn’t understand that either, and artists were goofy outsiders calling strange things art. Learning to move toward the painting and away from “the subject” seems counterproductive, but only as long as you’re in the copyist zone. When you learn that you are in charge of the work and not the reverse, you are forever absolved from having to reproduce what you see before you. You are no longer judged by verisimilitude. You are on your own. You are an artist.
How can you make it easier when you are the artist – when it really is just up to you and when you have to be held accountable for what you paint? Well here’s what works for me:
☛ Learn the mantra: “This is only paint on paper.” Learn to say it early and say it often. If the painting doesn’t work, start over.
☛ Create with elements, judge with principles. Learn the elements of design and how to use them in your work. As you work, think about the principles of design and how your painting is stacking up on that end. Is it balanced? Is there repetition? Is there unity, dominance, contrast? And so on until you know which way you’re headed and what’s primary in your design.
☛ Trust yourself. After a lot of time and experience you’re going to find that your instincts are carrying you through. The direct line from your brain to the brush tip is simply an express route to making art. The faster you can get the idea there, the better your work will be.
☛ Find what you love/like in art. Be it flowers, plein air, abstract, portraits, or whatever, it will be better art if you love painting it.
☛ Try new things. We all get bored with repetition. New stuff from workshops, classes, painting with buddies, new ideas, techniques, whatever, can brighten up your paintings and renew your interest in the medium.
☛ Find a place and a time to paint regularly. This is hard to do when you have a family, a house, a job, but some regularity can identify that time as “yours”. When it’s yours, you can do better work and work better.
☛ When you do something right, say what it was out loud and listen to remember! We forget if we don’t verbalize.
And again:
☛ Say the mantra
These are only a few of the tools we can use to progress in our pursuit of better art. So throw off that yoke of social opinion of artists as dorks and turn professional. As my dear mother-in-law used to say, “If you don’t think well of yourself, nobody else will!”
Meanwhile, Keep your brush wet!
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