September 2017 WVAS News

September 2017 WVAS News

Before getting into September news, we want to thank Verna Ritz for her tireless service as our treasurer for the past 5+ years.  Verna is conscientious and has been an awesome treasurer.  She also worked on updating the by laws.  

Thanks so much Verna!             

Welcome to Sheila Graveel our new WVAS treasurer!

​

Exhibits

Gallery Walk September 15, 6 - 9

Two Venues for Member Exhibits - Harrison College and the NEW Space at Remax

Remax Office Opportunity
​

Members, We have a new place for our member's show---instead of Sylvia's Brick Oven, we'll be in the new REMAX office (right next to Duncan Hall, in the old Journal & Courier Building on Ferry at Sixth) as well as Harrison College.So, if you would like to have a painting for sale in a fairly busy office, for the gallery walk Sept 15, please bring a painting by that office and leave it there any time on Friday, September 8.   Cheryl Butcher will accept them, and there will be a sign-in sheet.   BE SURE to be well-identified:   Put your name, title, medium,and price clearly written on the back.The show will remain up on their walls until the next show is ready to go up, probably a little over a month;I will alert everyone of that date. The office will provide refreshments during the Gallery Walk, so join us there 6 - 9pm Friday Sept 15   .Becky Brody (and Sonya Thomas)

Harrison College

​Three of our WVAS members volunteered to exhibit their work from Sept - Nov at Harrison College.  Harrison College provides the refreshments and pays TAF to be included in the gallery walk.  If you would like to exhibit at Harrison College, there are two spaces available for Dec -Feb, and one space available Mar - June. Contact Jerie Artz to reserve your space.

Just a final note that the present exhibit at Harrison College featuring work by Ladonna Vohar, Vern Ritz and Jerie Artz will come down August 30 so there is a few days to check it out!

​

September 19th Program  7:00pm  Art Museum

Card painting in September 19 for fund raising for the WVAS at the Art Museum.  Cards will be provided. These are originals to sell at our Point of Purchase table for the Juried Exhibit Gallery Show in November.  Bring your paints and supplies, any mixed media will work, to create cards.

October 17th Program  7:00pm TAF

Ron Burgess will demo pastels  Oct. 17 at TAF. The workshop is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, October 21, $40.00. Location will be announced.  This workshop is rescheduled from the rained out date from last spring. Registration form to be e-mailed soon.

If you need your paintings to be photographed for the juried show please bring them to the October meeting.

Keep Creating!

Jerie Artz

WVAS VP

Up and Coming Programs

March 21, 2017  7:00pm Program - Susan Doster

There was such a great interest in life drawing with Susan Doster last fall, that we are offering a second evening program again.  It will be held at the art museum in the back room that is equipped for this purpose with drawing chairs, platform and lighting.

Please bring large drawing paper and willow sticks or drawing pencils.

April 22, 2017 - Saturday Paint Out at Jeff Smith's

9:00am - 1:00pm

The paint out replaces the April Tuesday evening normal program.

Jeff li

​v​

es on a small farm near Dayton with dogs, cats, chickens and sheep. He enjoys gardening, dry-stone-wall construction, bonsai and photography.

​ 

There will be plenty of inspiration for painting plein air!​ 

Directions will be sent in the April News e-mail. 

Jeff Smith in his bonsai garden painted by Ladonna Vohar

May 16, 2017, 7:00 - Tuesday, Jennifer Reitmeyer, gel printing, hands on evening at the Art Museum.

April 2016 Newsletter

                                    
​

Spring Greetings on a Cold Morning!

I'm sure spring is around the corner somewhere and soon we'll have warm days and forget how long it's taken for those balmy days to appear!

For those of you that attended the March meeting and created zentangles, it would be fun to see your finished tile.  Let's bring the zentangles we've done to share at the April meeting! 

April 19th, 7:00pm, TAF,  Jo McGraw will be our guest artist.  She has some very creative approaches to her paintings that you won't want to miss seeing! You can check out some of her work on her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jo.mcgraw.737.  Here is a charming turtle she has on exhibit at the Bindery through the end of April (https://www.facebook.com/events/1053497301404656/?ref=22&action_history=null&source=22)

        
​

If you are interested in entering "Indiana Now" - the deadline is April 13th - click on this link:    https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=3274&sortby=fair_name&apply=yes

​

The May 18th meeting was scheduled to be a critique with Ladonna Vohar and Lorie Amich, but stand by we may have another exciting program instead! Details are being worked out! TBA!!!!

June 18th, the WVAS had scheduled a paint out to Turkey Run State Park, but Jean Jackson,  one of our members made us aware that the Indiana Plein Air painters are coming to town that weekend for a paint out.  So if you would like to have a plein air painting experience here in town, we cancelled the trip to Turkey Run.  Click here for details to participate:  http://www.haanmuseum.org/paintout2016.aspx

Skipping ahead a few months, the WVAS annual juried show will be held in September.  The venue will be Sylvia's Brick Oven this year - more details to come, but begin thinking about what you would like to enter now! 

I think this is a wrap for this edition of the WVAS newsletter.

Happy painting!

Creating a Handmade Journal

Kathryn Clark presented a wonderful program at the February meeting last night on how to create your own handmade journal.  She had many examples of different types of handmade journals and gave a quick introduction to book binding followed by a hands on demo.  Several of the members got to try their hand at folding "folios" and using the awl to create the holes for stitching the sections together.  A one day workshop that will begin at Twin Rocker and end in Kathryn's studio,  is in the planning for either March or April - TBA SOON!

Creating Sketchbooks Program

Wabash Valley Watercolor Society

Tuesday, February 18, 7 p.m.

“How to Make Your Own Sketchbook”

Our guest artist this month will be Kathryn Clark.  Kathryn is best known as the founder (along with her husband, Howie) of Twinrocker Paper in Brookston and is a wonderful artist, both in watercolor and oil.  She will demonstrate how to make a sketchbook using your favorite paper (such as Twinrocker).  These sketchbooks lie flat and are hand stitched.  Kathryn will also bring books, awls, needles, thread and paper you may purchase if you are interested. 

Kathryn suggests that if you are thinking about making a book you might consider making a book for a trip.  You will not want to make too large a book.

You should bring a camera, IPad, or smart phone for photographing this demo of making sketchbooks.

We will look at how many people would be interested in a spring workshop with Kathryn (probably late March or April) at Twinrocker Paper to make these sketchbooks. 

January 2014 Program - Susan Doster

T

The WVWS January program will be Tuesday, January 21, 7:00 at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation. Susan Doster will speak about composition.  All are invited to bring a painting that is either completed or in process for a critique.  This is a self portrait painted by Susan.

November Program - Christmas Cards

Those that came to the Christmas Card paint out at the meeting had a fun time.  Here are a few photos.  LaDonna showed us how to paint something abstract with shaving cream - pretty fun idea.

Add caption

November Monthly Meeting

Here is a message from our president reminding us about our November meeting tonight!
I want to remind everyone about this evening's meeting that we are going to be creating greeting cards, not necessarily Christmas cards.  Jerie and I will be hosting this fun time, but we are all going to inspire one another.  I will supply the cards and envelopes, but you will need to bring your painting materials and anything else you like to use to make your cards unique.  Along with my watercolors I sometimes use string, stamps, gold leaf, stencils, shave cream, pen and ink. . .

Also, as usual we'll make time to share your new work or work you would like to have critiqued.

Same place, same time ~ TAF at 7:00pm.

See you tonight,

LaDonna

Handmade Greeting Cards

There will be an opening reception at the Lafayette Art Museum, Saturday November 16 from 4 to 6pm, featuring the artwork by Lori Amick's watercolor class with the theme of "Greeting cards and the art that made them."  Which will be a great prelude to our upcoming WVWS November 19th monthly meeting of having fun creating and experiementing making our own greeting cards.  More details to come in a next blog post.

Busy Day for WVWS!

The third Tuesday is the regular day for the WVWS monthly meeting.  Receiving paintings for the annual juried show today, made it a very full Tuesday.  The judge will have a challenge when he juries the 40 entries tomorrow.  The show opens to the public at 6:00 this Friday, at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation.  It is also the Art Walk, so art lovers will have plenty of art to enjoy.

Becky Brody gave a stimulating hands on demo with YUPO.  Everyone enjoyed trying their hand at this serendipity art experience.

August WVWS Meeting

The August WVWS meeting is coming up, Tuesday, August 20th, 7:00pm at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation.  the program is Sandy Daniels helping us with a critique of our work in light of the juried show coming up in September.  Either bring what you are painting  for the show or some other painting you have been working on that you would like to have critiqued.

Or just come and enjoy!

We will also have election of officers.

Sunflowers by Jerie Artz - open for critque!

 

Watercolor on yupo

An upcoming program for WVWS will focus on yupo. Becky Brody will demonstrate her techniques.

An artist-friend of a friend of mine also enjoys working on yupo. Judy Evenson lives in Northern California. Her blog is http://judyevenson.blogspot.com/ Type yupo in the search box (upper left) and it will pull up the posts with paintings on yupo.

You'll have to go there to see her work. I don't want to violate copyright by posting one of her paintings here. So go see her blog! And then come to the program scheduled for Tuesday, September 17!