Friday, July 24, 2009

BRUSHSTROKES

Summer 2009

BWS PLEIN AIR PAINT OUTS for SUMMER

Saturday, July 25, 9:00 – 2:00p.m.
IU Arboretum
Where Fee Lane meets 10th Street. The arboretum is located just west of the Herman B. Wells Library. We’ll be there! Parking available in the Visitors Lot.
(If you are unsure where to go, link to www.IUB.edu and type “campus map” in the search box.)

Saturday, August 29, 9:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Butler Winery
Butler Winery was named "Best Uniquely Bloomington Attraction" for 2009, so there will be lots of fun stuff to paint (and imbibe!).
6200 E. Robinson RoadBloomington, 47408
To find the map, go to http://www.butlerwinery.com/map.html

Our first meeting of fall will be September 14 at First Christian Church, 6:00 p.m. At that time, we will officially open reservations for the Rena Brouwer workshop on October 31. There is only space for 20 people, so don’t miss the meeting and the opportunity to sign up! It will fill quickly.

IMPORTANT REMINDER
The BWS Membership Show will take place in November at the Atrium, City Hall. Hope you all are busy painting this summer because everyone is welcome and encouraged to submit one work of art for that show. Then, in January, we will exhibit at the Columbus Learning Center. That’s a big show, and we will need two paintings per person to fill the space.
At September’s meeting, Tricia Wente will discuss matting, framing, and how to prepare your art for a gallery exhibit. Lots of valuable information will be presented, especially for the beginning exhibitors. See you there!

Anytime you want to paint out, Shelly Ritter, BWS 2nd vice president, offers her farm. Nature's Sanctuary/Worker Farm. Artists are always welcome to come out to paint, draw and/or photograph that next masterpiece in serenity and nature. Contact Shelly at shelnew70@yahoo.com or call 812-679-8879. You can't leave without some sort of nature's bounty in hand.

Here are some fun photos from the June Paint Out at Shelly's farm. It was hot, but the beautiful trees provided shade and a soft, summer breeze made everything a perfect setting for a paint out.
Thanks to Tricia for sharing her photos.
Below: Steve Jackson, paint out coordinator, sketching; Shelly's Egg Mobile; Betty Wagoner studying the scenery.




WORKSHOPS

One Day Workshop
Jacki Frey Studio
Thursday, August 20th
9:00 - 3:30
The theme for the day is hollyhocks with wet into wet background. Large photos of hollyhocks are available or bring your own floral subject. Also bring a brown bag for noon lunch. Coffee and lemonade provided. Jacki has easels and tables and water containers. Inside or outside settings, and the deck is shaded and cool.
Cost: $35
Please RSVP to Jacki at (812) 320-6745 or jackifrey@hotmail.com.

Tom Lynch Watercolor Workshop
August 18-20
9:30 – 4:30 (one hour lunch break)
First Presbyterian Church (15th & L St), Bedford on August 18, 19, 20.
$180 for 3 days
Mail check or money order made out to Lawrence County Art Association along with your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address to: Mary Jo Cannedy, 1011 17th Street, Bedford, IN 47421. (e-mail: splinterc@sbcglobal.net)

Watercolor: Wet on Wet
William Duncan
August 15, September 12, October 3, November 7, December 19.
9:00 – 4:00
Noblesville, Indiana
One Day Cost: $40
Hamilton County Art Center, 195 S. 5th Street, Noblesville, IN 46060 (corner of 5th and Cherry Streets)
Each class will explore a different element of design. For all levels.
To reserve a space, send a $40 check payable to William Duncan to:
William Duncan
602 Coventry Way
Noblesville, IN 46062
Include a phone number and email address.
Email: vtduncan@comcast.net
Phone: 317-877-3050; Cell: 317-695-8346

Alvaro Castagnet Workshop
Sponsored by the Watercolor Society of Indiana
Indianapolis
$450 for members; $460 for non-members
Tuesday – Saturday, September 15 - 19
For complete information, go to http://www.watercolorsocietyofindiana.org/ and click on Events Calendar. If you would like to carpool with someone from Bloomington, please email Sue Kim at chskim@indiana.edu

CLASSES

Beginning Watercolor, Part I
Jeanne Ellen Dutton, Instructor
Watercolor painting is fun and rewarding, and this course is designed specifically as an introduction for the very beginning student. The basics of the art will be covered, including perspective and composition, papers, brushes, and paints. Traditional and experimental techniques will be presented, and students will complete a painting, ready to be matted and framed. Students will be asked to work on projects outside the classroom, and gentle critiques and advice will be provided. For the first class, students should bring 140# watercolor paper, and any brushes and watercolors they have on hand. The instructor will provide a complete list of supplies needed for the remaining classes.
Tuesdays, September 8 - October 6, 2009, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $89
(Note: After a break of one week, Part II will continue for the next five weeks.)

Creative Drawing
Jeanne Iler, Instructor
Explore drawing through different materials and methods, including your own “right” brain. In this 4-part class, Instructor Jeanne Iler will help you discover your right brain through exercises, like contour, linear, and upside-down drawing, and the application of drawing techniques such as cross-hatching and rendering. You’ll learn perspective and proportions while drawing still life objects. You’ll then be challenged with pastel, charcoal, colored pencils, and graphite.
Wednesdays, September 9 – 30, 2009, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $79

Basic Jewelry and More!
Jeanne Iler, Instructor
Learn the essential skills to design and make your own jewelry. You will learn how to bend wire and add beads to make jewelry to either wear or give as gifts. Classes will include: drop earrings, tiger tail bracelets, memory wire bracelet and earring, chandelier earrings using a jeweler’s jig, twisted wire jewelry, and wire-wrapped pendants.
Wednesdays, October 28 – November 18, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $79

For all the details and enrollment, link to http://cll.bloomington.ivytech.edu/classes/art.html

Beginning Knitting
Jeanne Iler, Instructor
Start knitting by learning the basics in just 2 hours, then start a project. Your needles will be flying in no time
Thursdays, September 10, 17 and 24, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

In August, check on line at http://bloomington.in.gov/arts-and-crafts for enrollment instructions.

EXHIBITS

"Sitting Pretty: Wonderful, Whimsical Watercolors"
Don't miss this delightful exhibit featuring the work of BWS member, Connie Brorson.
August 5 – 28, 11:00 - 6:00 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday
Opening Reception: Gallery Walk Friday, August 7, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m
Gallery North on the Square
115 W Sixth, Bloomington, in the Wicks Building

"Jean Vietor: A Retrospective"
August 1 -31
Brown County Art Guild
Nashville, Indiana
Jean, a member of BWS, began her career in 1969. Her first painting of a chickadee won a purchase award in a national contest, juried by Watercolor USA.
In 1979, she was accepted as a bird and nature painter with Frame House Gallery in Louisville, Kentucky, where her prints were distributed nationally. Her paintings have traveled through Taiwan and France in an exhibit titled, “American Watercolors.”
Although she is now retired, her award winning watercolors will be on display for this exhibit. Everyone is invited to attend.

"Bouqets"
Floral watercolor paintings by Jeanne Ellen Dutton will hang at Meadowood Gallery now through August 2.

"Paintings of Local Birds"
Joanne Shank
Luna Moth Gallery
July 3 - August 28
Opening Reception: Gallery Walk Friday, August 7, 5-7:30
Luna Moth Gallery is located in the Caldwell Eco-Center, 323 S. Walnut, Bloomington. For more information, please call Joanne at 650-4333

KUDOS and CONGRATULATIONS

Tricia Wente was awarded the sole blue ribbon in the Livermore (California) Art Association Show at US Bank. All three of her acrylic entries were juried into the exhibition. The winning piece is an impressionistic depiction of three young girls clowning around on a swing.

Nina Ost is currently exhibiting a painting at a gallery in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Brushstrokes is an (almost) monthly
publication of the
Bloomington (Indiana) Watercolor Society.
Nancy Davis Metz, President 2009
Jeanne Ellen Dutton, Editor
PO Box 5236
Bloomington IN 47407-5236
members@bloomingtonwatercolor.org
http://www.bloomingtonwatercolor.org