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January 2015 – President’s Newsletter Happy New Year! Hearty congratulations to everyone who participated in our Nature’s Gift of Water Exhibition at the American Art Company in Tacoma! The winning paintings are:
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st Place - Valley Stream by Jim Lamb 2
nd Place - Sweet Desert Water by Melanie Thompson 3
rd Place - Alpenglow by Jan Jewell
Best Plein Air – Bridge Over Peaceful Waters Honorable Mention – Morning at Artist’s Point Honorable Mention – Winter Melody by Robin Weiss by Susan McManamen by Christine Troyer
The quality of this show is exceptional – our esteemed juror, Jeremy Lipking was very impressed! We might be tucked up into the corner of our country, but we have some magnificent landscape around us to paint, and we have a talented, dedicated group of people to tackle it! Please make plans to attend our closing reception on Saturday, January 31st from 3 – 5 pm. The People’s Choice Award will be announced at 4:00. Artists can pick up any unsold paintings at 5:00. This is shaping up to be an exciting year for Plein Air Washington! We have a new educational component that you will see throughout the year with demos, boot camp for new plein air painters, and opportunities to paint with other plein air groups in the state. Our theme for this year’s exhibition will be ‘Meadows to Mountains’ so keep that in mind as you go out to paint throughout the year!
The weekend after our awards ceremony at the American Art Company, Jeremy Lipking held a two-day workshop. Here are a few photos from that weekend.
Day 1 - Jeremy painted yours truly! I’ve never been on that side of the canvas before, it was an interesting experience! Day 2 - Jeremy had a real model to paint, and his painting was stunning!
Our Preliminary Schedule is live on the PleinAirWashington.com Website. Take a look to see where we plan to paint this year.
1st Paint-In of the year will be February 21 at ArtWorks in Edmonds. You will receive an invitation with details soon. As usual we will have a model or two, along with several still life set-ups. If you are not a seasoned plein air painter and would like to learn more about how to do it and what to bring, please be sure to join us! We will be providing check lists for what to take with you for oils, pastels, and watercolors. We will give a brief presentation on different pochade boxes, and their pros and cons. There will also be an art supply sale/swap meet should you be interested in bring supplies you no longer use, or might be in the market for something new (ie. gently used)! Our potluck lunches are always delicious, and it is great to have the opportunity to visit with fellow artists and old friends, and meet new friends!
Special painting trips that will take some advance planning.
July 5 – 12 Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada! Jasper is one of the most beautiful places in the world and it's only
600 miles from Seattle. We plan to meet in Jasper Sunday evening,
July 5. We will paint for 5-6 days. There may be an optional trip
afterwards to Banff and Yoho Parks, adding 3-4 more days. If you
are interested in going, please contact Paula Ensign at
[email protected] as soon as possible.
August 23 – 28 Camp Casey with the NW Pastel Society! Lodging at the Bachelors Officers Quarters is just $150 for five
nights. The Northwest Pastel Society has invited us to join them for
a week of painting, breaking bread, and sharing our art. We need at
least 20 people to confirm interest to move forward. More details
to come! September 25 – 27 Mt. Baker, Mt. Shuksan with the Alpine Club of Canada, a Vancouver, BC group of hikers and painters. Last September while painting at Mt. Baker, we bumped into a group of hikers and painters who were staying at the Mt. Baker Lodge. This is a dorm like facility that sleeps 62 people. We are in the initial planning stages for this trip, but they would like to meet up with us this weekend and all stay at the lodge together. More details to come!
Workshops You Might Be Interested in Attending
Pat Clayton and Janice Kirstein- Warm light/Cool light workshop.
Jan. 24th-25th, 9:30-
4pm, $200
Focus on color temperature and how to stop your paintings
from looking muddy. We will discuss the Russian
Impressionist theory of painting color temperature and help
you learn to see the color of the
light through the evaluation of
master paintings, watching
demos, doing exercises and
painting the still life. One day
will be spent working with cool
light, the other with warm
light.
If you would like to attend
please contact Pat Clayton at [email protected]
or Janice Kirstein at [email protected].
Catherine Gill 2015 Workshops Jan 24/25 “Complements, The 2 Headed Dragon” Ballard Studio Weekend workshop, watercolor, intermediate. $180, max of 12.
Feb 21/22 “Principle of Ooze” Ballard Studio Weekend workshop, Mixed media of Ooze (Chalk pastel into wet watercolor), intermediate. $180, max of 12 Contact Cathe: [email protected]
Plein Air Events and Calls for Art
This is last year’s brochure, but 2015 should be similar. http://www.artsofkenmore.org/artists/kenmore-art-show/
