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NEXT MEETING
ISSUE: June/July 2014
PRESIDENTS REPORT
Our 40th Birthday was a lovely event to celebrate, the buzz in the room at the Hillarys Yacht Club warmed my heart as you enjoyed the fellowship and rekindled old friendships in the Ballroom overlooking the beautiful Indian Ocean.Foundation and Life Member Ken Waugh told of the early days and problems they had to overcome with mounting Exhibi-tions. Unfortunately not much has changed.An important part of our 40th Birthday was the granting of Life Membership to 5 Ladies. When you join a Social Club, you do so for many reasons and one is having something in common with the other members. In our case it’s Art. To belong to the same Club for 40 years is a wonderful achievement. In appreciation of their loyalty and support the committee has chosen to honour 5 ladies with Life Membership to Wanneroo Joondalup Art Society. The Mayor of Joondalup, Troy Pickard presented these spe-cial ladies with their Certificates; Rita Peters, Judith Jordon, Wendy Latham and Noreen Essex. Vera Makse was unfortu-nately unable to attend. Congratulations ladies.Artwork evokes memories and at the 40th lunch, one of our Guest Speakers, The Mayor of Wanneroo, Tracey Roberts, kept looking at a painting by Graham Dowley, this beautiful Pastel Painting of the Rottnest Basin. Tracey’s sons have enjoyed many happy moments swimming in The Basin during family holidays. I introduced Graham to Tracey and a deal was struck. Congratulations Graham.I received the sad new this week that the President of the Trigg Art Club, Denis Hird aged 60, died suddenly. Condolences from WJAS have been sent to the family. Many of our members belong to both clubs and I offer my sympathy to those affected. The successful May Exhibition and AGM are now behind us and we move forward to the September Exhibition.Happy Painting.
Judy HollinsheadPRESIDENT WJAS,
PHONE: 08 9403 7637.MOBILE: 0406 753 522. [email protected] www.wanneroojoondalupartsociety.com
Wanneroo Joondalup Art Society (Inc) P.O. Box 2280,WARWICK WA 6024
www.wanneroojoondalupartsociety.com
venue for meetingsRob Baddock
Community Hall. 160 DAMPIER
AVENUE, KALLAROO,Corner of Mullaloo Drive
Our next meeting is Tuesday
August 19thGuest Artist
will be
Lucy Papaliadoing watercolour
12th-14thSeptember Exhibition
size restrictions are 1 x large artwork 170 cm x 100 cm
or 3 smaller artworks105 cm x 105 cm75 cm x 75 cm46 cm x 46 cm
May ExhibitionOpened by Andrea Mitchell MLAbelow are some images of our successfull show at Sor-rento Surf Life Saving Club
Graham Dowley (right) WJAS’s firstFeature Artist and also provided the Door prize, won by Barbarabelow
WJAS members wearing the new Red Dot sash
The show looked great with ivy wound around end poles and greenery placed on the floor
Rita carr won Popular Choice
with ‘Red Glory’,
Karen Petrovski second with ‘Feathered Friends’
Gilly Huber, Third with‘Never Needs Polishing’
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June Demonstrator: Julie Silvester Julie was both entertaining and inspirational. I am sure she convinced some of our members to try painting with pastels and those that already use the medium, were given inspiration on how to be brave and experiment even more than they are currently doing.Julie’s demonstration was of the salt lake at Rottnest, which showed the pink glow, water and rough terrain of the lake. She demonstrated the use of pastels on a texturedsurface and the advantages of working on a primed sur-face apposed to paper. Julie uses the reverse side of a matt board with 2 coats of pastel prima (Art Spectrum Prima – Deep Ultra). The matt board is acid free and you can usually get off cuts from various places. You can add grit to the prima for extra texture and/or paint the primain different directions using a stiff brush. For a smooth finish, brush in one direction.Julie’s message to us all was:Paint something that excites you. Enjoy painting it and repeat it over, if you enjoy it.Enjoy textures and use photos you love. When taking pictures to paint, look at the area and study it at different times of the day and use the pictures as a reference only.She stresses the use of composition and colour as well as touching on how important tone is to make a painting from being dull!Points to note:Break things down into 3 tones (sky – select 80-84 Blue - Mount Vision)Buy a set of colour fromlight to darkMount Vision Pastels are good value (buy online)Purchase pastels in sets (i.e. Landscape set – Mount Vision)Use Masking tape to get a straight horizon (Panda from Bunnings)Use a hard rubber to rub backThink of the finished look before you start (ie start with a rough/smooth surface)Take time to work out what pressure to use with your pastelUse a stiff brush to remove unwanted or smooth out edgesMake more texture in the foregroundSmooth areas can be deadThe more you overlay, the duller it gets however,Build on layers with use of different colours under each layerUse a damp sponge to remove pastel areas and then go over to rework rather than over working the area. Even go back to re-priming the area and start again. Most of all, have fun and don’t feel fearful!Thank you JulieTrish Wheatly who did the Article for Brushnotes, thankyou
The South African Gospel Choir singing in their amazingly bright outfits entertained the guests
The Mayor of Wanneroo Tracy Roberts gave a talk including the works on show, especially one beautiful painting of ‘The Basin’ at Rottnest Island
July Demonstrator Julie StittDemonstrated ‘Daniel Smith’ (DS) watercolours and other media for WJAS on a Fredrix mixed media board. Also on display was a work in progress on 340gsm WC paper of flowersJulie prefers to use sable brushesWood, glass, canvas, fabric, lucky stones, papers etc can be primed with DS Primer for Watercolours or just sec-tions of a work for detail. Also available is a translucent primer for watercolours. Using these primers allows for normal styles of WC painting including wet on wetand for other paint including oil paint. Note: all waterco-lours should be framed behind glassAnother great product on show was DS, WC real paint samples with labels and squeezed onto handy small sheets in 3 sizes, so you can sample all or some of DS colour before you really spend buying tubes of colour- each sheet will do about 3 paintings. Jacksons sell them for less than $5Julie did not actually paint a lot of her work in progress as questions on DS products were answered. Julie likes to work on small individual areas of her work creating gentle colour graduations slowly spreading the colour with a small damp brush and a drier brush. Inktense pencils were also employed in her workvery carefully as they are strong colours and can be overdoneThank you for your demonstration Julie
A detail of Julie Stitt’s work
Jacksons Discount Cards: 2014 are available at our meetings. They will not be posted out with Brushnotes and those who are unable to come to our general meetings should send a stamped, self addressed envelope to our WJAS PO Box number and a card will be sent out. A record is kept of distribution and there is only one card available to each member.
Love Your TreeRebecca Kohn, Project Officer for this annual campaign and exhibition, for WOMENS Healthworks in Joondalup in September. Its aim is the promotion of positive body image through art. For more information email [email protected]
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40TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONSMayor of Joondalup Troy Pickard presented Life memberships to four of WJAS members
Above: Our 40th Birthday cake
Top left: Wendy Lathanwas excited to receive
her Life membership from the Mayor as was
Rita Peters, left
The 40th Birthday celebration had a turnout of about 75 people to celebrate our society’s Art and fellowship at Hillaries Marina on June 26thThe society grew out of the Whitford Art Group and Wanneroo Art SocietyLife Memberships were awarded to Rita Peters, Judith Jorden, Wendy Lathan, Noreen Essex, and Vera MakseThe South African Choir sang heartily and with enthusiasm in their bright robes. Motivational speaker, Haley Solich gave a talk and founder member, Ken Waugh, spoke about the society’s early days, noting donations to Mullaloo and Sor-rento Surf Clubs where exhibitions were held over the yearsGuests included Joondalup and Wanneroo Mayors, Troy Pickard and Tracy Roberts, and WA Pastel Society President Adrianne KinnearWJAS President, Judy Hollinshead said there was a real buzz in the room as people reminisced and caught up with old friendsAll the life members cut the cake as we sang Happy BirthdayThe tables looked great decorated by Kristine Hanson as did the room with works of art placed to add an atmosphere. Mrs Roberts purchased one painting of Rottnest’s ‘The Basin’ a favorite family spot for her.
New Life members from Left, Noreen Essex, Wendy Lathan, Rita Peters, Judith Jorden, Mayor Troy Pickard and our President Judy Hollinshead
TUESDAY MORNING PAINTING GROUPAll members and waitlist people are invited to join this happy group of artists who meet most Tuesdays at 9.30am until 12.30 in the Studio Room at the Duncraig Leisure Centre.Cost is $3.00Call Maria Meneghini for further info: 9448 2783EXHIBITIONS TO ENTERBunbury Catholic college Art Sale 22-24th Aug email: [email protected] Entries open late July enter online: www.ckb.gov.auBassendean Entries Close: 15th Aug, 9377 8000 email:[email protected] Entries Close: 20th Aug, 9047 1377 email: [email protected] Entries Close: 22nd Aug, 9751 4651 email: [email protected] Entries Close: 29th Aug, 9672 1041 email: [email protected] Marks email: [email protected] Entries Close: 8th Sept, 9641 1276 email: arts.yorksociety@westnet,com.auBayswater Entries Close: 10th Sept, 9272 0622 entry: www.bayswater.wa.gov.au/eventsCurrambine Entries Close: 20th Oct, 9304 0011 entry: [email protected] email Ros if you know of other exhibitions
MEETING DATES FOR 2014July 15thAugust 19thSeptember No meeting - Exhibition October 21stNovember 18th
DEMONSTRATORSTrish Wheatly, the Demonstrator coordinator, would welcome suggestions of artists you would like to see demonstrate their skills August Lucy Papalia Watercolour September ExhibitionOctober Susan Sheppard Pastel Realist – How to improve your paintings from digital photosNovember Sandy Tippett Acrylic Semi-representational and abstract
SPONSORS:Please produce your WJAS Membership Card.Jacksons 9240 7247Oxlades 9446 3233Daniel Gregory Framing40 Barridale Drive, Kingsley Ph:9309 5647Discounts available to WJAS MembersSorrento Surf Life Saving Club.SoCafeClub Discount available to WJAS MembersBrushnotes editor: Ros Blackburn 93092557Please email me [email protected] with any stories or achievements by our members as it does make for a more interesting newsletter
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COMMITTEE 2013-2014 YEAR PRESIDENT JUDY HOLLINSHEAD 9403 7637 [email protected] VICE PRESIDENTROGER BAYZAND 044 956 0588 [email protected]
TREASURER MARK THORNTON 9447 8129 malthorn@bigpond
SECRETARYCELESTINE DYSON 6401 3142 [email protected] COMMITTEE KRISTINE HANSON 9448-1086 [email protected]
CHRISTINE JONES 043 888 0116 [email protected]
HEATHER BAYZAND 044 956 0588 [email protected]
JESSIE-ANNE CLEMENTS 0415 176 757 [email protected]
BRUSHNOTES EDITOR ROS BLACKBURN 9309-2557 [email protected]
SAFETY OFFICERROGER BAYZAND 044 956 0588 [email protected]
MEMERSHIP CO-ORDINATORMARIE TURNER 9203 5004 [email protected]
DEMONSTRATOR ORGANISER PATRICIA WHEATLEY 9447-4372 [email protected]
If you would like to volunteer to be part of the team please contact one of the above