Just in case you missed the Feb. meeting, we mentioned Golden's new QoR watercolors. These watercolors have a different binder. They use aquazol instead of gum arabic.
I've been playing with them a bit. They really are brilliant and they don't diminish in brilliance as they dry--it is nearly "what you paint is what you get" (WYPIWYG?). They resuscitate nicely with water, too, although I've been trying to put out only enough for the painting moment, so I'm using fresh paint.
I also have a piece going now that uses the QoR dimensional ground (think rocks lifted above background sky). I've found that this is nice to paint on and doesn't suck up the paint any more than paper. I'll let you know what I think of the QoR watercolor ground when I try it.
QoR watercolors are a bit spendy, but so pigment rich that they may prove to be no more expensive than other paints.
Link to QoR site: www.qorcolors.com
Includes videos on the watercolors and grounds as well as a color chart with pigment info, etc., and a link to their Facebook page which has people's painting examples with the paints.
Welcome to the Wabash Valley Artists Society
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Good Reads for a Frigid Winter's Night
I love to read about artists in either fiction or nonfiction, so I thought I'd share a few favorites.
In nonfiction: Sue Roe's The Private Lives of the Impressionists is a group biography of the impressionist circle. If you are a Georgia O'Keeffe fan, try this biography: In Full Bloom, by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp. Both of these are older books, so check the library or used books. Both are excellent.
In historical fiction, many of Tracy Chevalier's books include artists, such as Vermeer in Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring (alternatively, watch the movie with Colin Firth).
Another historical fiction writer who often focuses her novels on artists is Susan Vreeland. Clara and Mr. Tiffany is about the unsung women artists in Tiffany's studios and is a fascinating look at stained glass design and production. The Forest Lover is about Emily Carr, from British Columbia, and one of my all-time favorite artists (I was absolutely gobsmacked when I saw a gallery full of her work). Luncheon of the Boating Party fictionalizes the events behind the famous Renoir painting.
I hope one of these books will warm up your frigid days and inspire you to paint!
In nonfiction: Sue Roe's The Private Lives of the Impressionists is a group biography of the impressionist circle. If you are a Georgia O'Keeffe fan, try this biography: In Full Bloom, by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp. Both of these are older books, so check the library or used books. Both are excellent.
In historical fiction, many of Tracy Chevalier's books include artists, such as Vermeer in Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring (alternatively, watch the movie with Colin Firth).
Another historical fiction writer who often focuses her novels on artists is Susan Vreeland. Clara and Mr. Tiffany is about the unsung women artists in Tiffany's studios and is a fascinating look at stained glass design and production. The Forest Lover is about Emily Carr, from British Columbia, and one of my all-time favorite artists (I was absolutely gobsmacked when I saw a gallery full of her work). Luncheon of the Boating Party fictionalizes the events behind the famous Renoir painting.
I hope one of these books will warm up your frigid days and inspire you to paint!
Highlights of the Carol Carter Workshop
The February program was presented by those that participated in the Carol Carter workshop last fall. Paintings from the weekend workshop were exhibited, notes given out and time for a hands on experience in trying Carol's primary color technique.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Ciceri, Winter Scene with Two Men
Lines and colors blog featured this painting. Here's the link to it at the Met: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/357877
Click on the down arrow under the painting and that pulls up a close-up view so you can see brushstrokes. It's a watercolor over graphite with lots of white (gouache or casein?). The Met has many images online of Ciceri's works, including lots of designs for stage sets.
Click on the down arrow under the painting and that pulls up a close-up view so you can see brushstrokes. It's a watercolor over graphite with lots of white (gouache or casein?). The Met has many images online of Ciceri's works, including lots of designs for stage sets.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
There is a new historical fiction book that is about Charles Rennie Mackintosh, a young friend, and World War I in Britain. It's written by Esther Freud, Lucian Freud's daughter and Sigmund's great granddaughter. (I always have to be careful when I type Freud, otherwise I make a freudian slip and type it as Frued, which I would pronounce "frood.")
Mackintosh was one of the main artists in the arts and crafts and the art nouveau movements. He was an architect and a painter. Of particular interest to watercolorists is that he painted many exquisite flowers in watercolor. One of these graces the cover of the novel.
NPR has a review of the novel and an interview with the author: http://www.npr.org/2015/01/24/379131030/two-outcasts-form-an-artistic-bond-in-mr-mac-and-me
There are quite a few art books available on Mackintosh, some that focus on his flower paintings.
Mackintosh was one of the main artists in the arts and crafts and the art nouveau movements. He was an architect and a painter. Of particular interest to watercolorists is that he painted many exquisite flowers in watercolor. One of these graces the cover of the novel.
NPR has a review of the novel and an interview with the author: http://www.npr.org/2015/01/24/379131030/two-outcasts-form-an-artistic-bond-in-mr-mac-and-me
There are quite a few art books available on Mackintosh, some that focus on his flower paintings.
2nd Annual Garage Sale
Wabash
Valley Watercolor
Society
2nd
Annual Garage
Sale!
May
16, 2015 7:30 – 3:00
20
Beck Court
(2
blocks east of 18th)
Contact
Person:
Members
– start saving your treasures to donate and recruit your friends to
do the same! Furniture items are welcome! More details to come!
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Watercolor Retreat and Opportunities
Rena Brouwer, WVWS member, is passing on this information if anyone is interested in taking advantage of these opportunities. Thank Rena!
There’s a wc retreat I’m involved in for WSI incase anyone would like to join WSI ,if not a member.
If you can pass along, thank you!
Rena
Indiana Artisan: Farms, factories, tourism and culture
Rena Brouwer , Charlene George, Sara Vanderkleed, Joyce K. Jensen, Patricia Bartels, Laurie Balla, Lynn Retson, Carrie Wild, and Mike Janosky.
Artists Reception: Saturday, January 24, 12-3pm central time
Exhibit closes April 4,2015
South Shore Arts
Crown Point Location
123 North Main Street
Crown Point, IN 46307
Water: A Bridge to Color
Henry Bell, William Borden, Robert Bratton, Rena Brouwer, Jim Cantrell, Jim Faulkner, Nancy Foureman, Thelma Frame, Brian Gordy, Jeanne McLeish, Bruce Neville, Donald Pohlman, J. Rodney Reveal, Jerry Smith
(Artists are from Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky)
Artists Reception: Sunday, January 25, 1-4
January 25- March 21, 2015
Richmond Art Museum
359 Hub Etchison Parkway, Richmond,IN
Spring Awakening Retreat: Sharing the Joy of Painting
Annual Retreat Waycross Camp and Conference Center in Brown County
April 17-19, 2015
Demonstrations/instructors: Rena Brouwer (Saturday) and Peggy Brown (Sunday)
Must be a member of the Watercolor Society of Indiana
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