Fall Art Class Opportunities

Several WVAS members are teaching fall classes, Jerie Artz, Rebecca Brody and Lorie Amick.   Check out the details by going to Jerie's blog: www.jerieartz-artzart.blogspot.com, The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette for Rebecca's and Lorie's classes.  https://www.facebook.com/artlafayette?fref=ts

Zenias by Rebecca Brody

2015 Juried Show

The annual juried show opening reception is Friday, September 18th.  There is a call for art prospectus available for any artist interesting in submitting work for the exhibit.  For a digital prospectus, e-mail: artzjerie@gmail.com.  The deadline to drop off art is Monday, September 14th at Tippecanoe Arts Federation, afternoon.

Al Pounders, Professor Emeritus of Painting, Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, will be the judge for this exhibit.

"The Reinvention of Black," by Mark Peplow

Verna sent the link to this fascinating online article about the history and uses of black paint pigments. Thanks!
http://nautil.us/issue/27/dark-matter/the-reinvention-of-black

For more thinking about very dark colors, consider the Rothko Chapel in Houston. It's a very meditative space: rothkochapel.org.

Oriental Art Program - Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Join us, Tuesday, 7:00pm, August 18th at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation for a fascinating program featuring Oriental Art presented by artists Hoi-Jin Jung and SoYoung Jung. You may have seen their exhibit in 2011 at KD's coffee shop.

Karen Margulis, pastelist

Check out Karen's blog, especially if you are interested in pastels: http://kemstudios.blogspot.com/
She writes about a wide variety of pastel, life, plein air, and blog issues, as well as her travels, including Normandy recently and Iceland last year. She offers lots of advice for artists that is useful regardless of your choice of media.

Unusual Watercolor Technique

Lines and colors (again!) has a post on the watercolors of Ottorino De Lucchi, who uses a "drybrush" technique to create luminous still lifes.
http://linesandcolors.com/2015/07/12/ottorino-de-lucchi/

Ottorino references Andrew Wyeth as another painter who uses this technique. It's not the same as drybrush that is dragged across the top of the paper for texture. I recommend also clicking on the link to handprint.com, where Ottorino describes his approach at length. More paintings on Ottorino's website, too. And if you have time, handprint has tons of good info.

Pastel Animal Portraits

Irish artist Emma Colbert paints awesome animal portraits. She also paints people and landscapes, but her dog portraits are my favorites; they are quite expressive. She also shows step-by-step demos. In some of those photos, you can also see her pastel set-up in her motorhome.



http://emmacolbertart.blogspot.ie/