Brushstrokes -- January 2012

In this issue

President’s message

January meeting

We Paint … the Springs

Holiday party

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Treasurer Carol Rhodes, President Jeanne Dutton, Secretary

Charlotte Griffin, 1st Vice President Kriste Lindberg and 2nd

Vice President Betty Wagoner.

 President’s message

by Jeanne Dutton

Hello, Fellow Artists!

It's 2012 and your executive board has met to plan out the annual calendar.  It certainly looks to be a good and busy year, full of projects and fun activities, including paint outs and a workshop and, of course, the September conference at French Lick, We Paint...the Springs! 

Thank you for trusting me to serve as your president.   I would like to acknowledge the officers and committee chairs, and thank them in advance for their hard work.

Kriste Lindberg, 1st Vice President

Betty Wagoner, 2nd Vice President

Carol Rhodes, Treasurer and Conference Co-Chair

Charlotte Griffin, Secretary

Deloris Schneider, Workshop Chair

Nancy Metz, "Brushstrokes" and Conference Chair
Tricia Wente, Show Chair and Historian

Cassidy Young, Program Chair

Jo Weddle, Hospitality Chair

Deborah Rush, Publicity

The committees also have members who volunteer their time and energy, and it's the dedication of your officers and committees that keep BWS the wonderful, vibrant organization it is.  Your support is gratefully accepted.

I wish you all a happy and prosperous - and FUN - new year.

Getting good values

Someone once said something like, “Values do all the work while color gets all the credit.”

During the program portion of this month’s meeting, Jan. 9, you’ll have a chance to test that premise. Bring your painting supplies, paper and one tube of paint (any color but yellow).

The January meeting is at 6 p.m. at First Christian Church on the corner of Kirkwood and Washington.

We Paint … the Springs

The current Ivy Tech catalog has a two-page spread promoting BWS’s Sept. 21-23 watercolor weekend conference. Go to www.ivytech.edu/cll, download the Spring 2012 Course Catalog and go to pages 8 and 9 for program and registration information.

You can register for the conference by calling Ivy Tech’s Center for Lifelong Learning at 1-812-330-6041. To make a room reservation, call 1-888-936-9360 and use Code 0912BWS to get the discounted $189 room rate.

Meadowwood catered the BWS Holiday Party, providing

enticing desserts as well as appetizers.

BWS celebrates holidays at Meadowwood party

Thanks to Evelyn Alwine, Sue Haverstock, Connie Brorson and Jeanne Dutton for producing a fun, memorable holiday party. Here are some pictures of the evening.

Deloris Schneider

Jerry Harste

Jean Vietor

 

Kriste Lindberg with Rhapsody brush set, BWS's

gift of appreciation for her year as president

 

Phyllis Taylor



Sara Steffey McQueen

Sue Haverstock



Vi and Russ Working

Photos by Candi Bailey and Meredith Metz

Check this out:

Still life drawing fundamentals

Review by Nancy Davis Metz

Over the winter break, I came across a great article on drawing cups, pitchers, vases and other dishes – all elements of many still life paintings. For the first time, I understood how to achieve symmetry and how to draw a believable ellipse.  The full article, “Constructing Vessels” by Sadi J. Valeri, appears in the January/February 2012 Artist’s Magazine. An abbreviated lesson on ellipses is available online at www.artistsnetwork.com/tamonlinetoc. Click on the January/February 2012 issue and then on the “Learn from Sadie Valeri’s detailed instruction on drawing the ellipse.”

If you want to recommend or review an article, book or dvd, please send a brief review (1-3 paragraphs) to nmetz@indiana.edu.