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April 22, Meeting 9 am www.naws-az.org
April / May 2016
Calendar 2016 The Northern Arizona Watercolor Society meets monthly at the Sedona Methodist Church: 110 Indian Cliffs Rd., from 9 AM until Noon, usually on the 4th Friday.
April 4/22 General Meeting 9 AM – Vada
Lovato 4/27-29 Kim Johnson Workshop 9 AM May 5/5 Spring Show 5/13 Spring Show reception - 5 to 8pm 5/10-13 Mike Bailey Workshop 9 AM 5/20 General Meeting 9 AM – Spring
Pot Luck September 9/13-15 Jeanne Hyland Workshop 9 AM October 10/4 or 5 Jo Toye 1-day workshops 9 AM
Featured critique group: Aquarelles Contact: Barbara Mallek
Program: Vada Lovato will demonstrate her art techniques
May 20 Meeting 9 am Featured critique group: Waterworks Contact: Scotti Ruhlman
Program: Pot Luck
NAWS has the months of July, August and September 2016 set aside for a show at Sedona Town Hall. Take in and take down dates have yet to be decided. It is a non-juried show. This is a great opportunity to have paintings hanging over the summer months. (Mary Ann Undrill will have more information and sign ups at a later date.)
Website, Calendar and Blog input to the website, calendar, and blog should be sent to the web admin at [email protected]. Please… send us your NEWS!
Photoshop Workshop – Flagstaff “Unlock Your Photographs” is a basic Photoshop Class for Artists that will help improve the look of your artwork photos. Date: Saturday, May 14 Time: 9 am to 3?30 pm (1/2 hour lunch) Location: Church of the Epiphany, 423 N. Beaver Street Instructor: Don Hill (928) 864-8254 Check out the NAWS website for more information.
Reminders! NAWS ART EXHIBIT at SEDONA CITY HALL 2016 TAKE IN: July 7th. Wednesday Entries must be delivered between 1pm and 3pm TAKE DOWN: September 29th. Thursday Work must be picked up between 1pm and 3pm Preferred frame size - 22 x 18 inches (smaller ok) Maximum framed size - 30 x 26 inches Please no cracked or chipped frames Work must be hung with wire (no sawtooth hangers) Deliver your work to the Community Development Office at City Hall. Work will hang in the Schnebly Conference room and the hallways to offices. This is a great opportunity to hang work over the summer months. It is viewed by many people coming to offices and meetings. Nancy Latanzzi ( Arts and Culture coordinator) will be notifying you about a late afternoon reception for all the artists who have work hanging in the different venues throughout City Hall. She will also have articles in the local news papers about the exhibit. No prices on the works of art, just artists name and title. A list of the titles, artists and values will be with Nancy for insurance purposes and sales enquiries. Important to note Sedona City Hall is CLOSED on FRIDAYS. To view any art exhibits you must phone Nancy Latanzzi to make an appointment. Her number is 928-203-5078 Call or email Mary Ann Undrill to sign up and for any questions at...... 928-660-1170 [email protected]
President’s Corner
Diane
IMPORTANT NOTICE Please remember to park in the upper parking lot first. If it is full, it is OK to use the lower, but the church needs
open parking spaces below. Thank you.
DVD Library News If you have any requests for new DVDs, you may: write them on the Suggestions for Purchase of DVDs sheet at the sign in/out DVD table, send me an email to [email protected], or call me on my cell phone at (908 )285-2397. NAWS members can check out up to 3 DVD's before the meeting begins and up to 2 more during the break, from the ones that remain after everyone has had a chance to select the ones they want. There is a check in sheet at the beginning of the display to return your borrowed DVD's, and a check out point at the other end, for signing out new items. Please remember to return your DVD's at the beginning of the next meeting. There is a $1.00 charge per DVD per month for late returns. This money goes towards the purchase of new DVDs for our NAWS collection. If you can't get to the meeting, we have drop off points where you can leave them with the person in your area who will bring your DVDs back to NAWS. DROP OFF POINTS: Camp Verde Karen Sellers Cornville Tecla Machesney,
Linda Kahn Cottonwood Wayne St. John,
Jeanette Suggs Village of Oak Creek Diane Thomas Sedona Susan Ludvigson Flagstaff Marsha Owen
Sharon Dyer The following DVDs have been added to the NAWS Library: Capturing the Light in Watercolor-Landscape Painting by Thomas Schaller, Capturing the Light in Watercolor - Figure Painting by Thomas Schaller, Experimental Landscapes in Watercolor by Ann Blockley and A Solid Start in Watercolor by Lynn Powers. None of this years workshop presenters have made a DVD. Please, if you take out DVD's in April, or if you have any NAWS DVD's that haven't been returned so far this year, please make sure that you return them to the May meeting or get them to someone in your area who can bring them back for you.
Linda Kahn, DVD Librarian, NAWS
The annual Spring Show will open on May 5th and reception is May 13th from 5 to 8pm. The awards will be presented then by juror Mike Bailey. Try to attend, it is one of our larger shows and a great gathering of our watercolor friends. There is also our City Hall Show during the summer this year. It is in July through September which will give you all a chance to enter while NAWS is on a little break. Don’t stop painting just because our society is not encouraging entries, you need to keep those brushes wet and wild! There are still 2 more workshops coming up in April and May. Kim Johnson will be here from April 27th to 29th and Mike Bailey heads his workshop May 10th to 13th. Contact SanDee Kinnen if you would like to sign up for these final NAWS workshops. Since this is the last newsletter before we take our break, I would like to personally thank all the people on the board and our wonderful chairs who have volunteered their valuable time to help the Northern Arizona Watercolor Society. We have an active and stimulating group that has great expectations in spreading our knowledge and mastery of this wonderful medium. I am also very grateful to all who have helped me during my term as president. It has been an enriching experience that I will always treasure. You have all supported me in this endeavor and I thank you all for your encouragement and collaboration in my 2 worthwhile years in this position. So keep up those artistic ideas and representations in watercolor, and have a wonderful summer. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso
I would love to have you all to come to our May meeting for installation of Officers. There will also be some new Committee Chairs to introduce. We are all so very grateful for those who are taking on these volunteer positions. You are the backbone of NAWS and we could not have our success without you.
Proposed Slate of Officers for NAWS Board for the 2016-2017
In accordance with the NAWS By Laws, Louisa Aragona-King has presented the following names for approval:
President: Wayne St. John Secretary: MaryAnn Undrill Treasurer: (incumbent) Sandra Beck 1st Vice President - Membership: June Van Valkenburg 2nd Vice President - Exhibitions/Spring Show: Linda Sherman 3rd Vice President - Programs (incumbent): Mary Jane Cook 4th Vice President - Workshops: Nancy Beckley Director, Ways & Means: Barbara Hagerman Director, Nominations: (incumbent) Louisa Aragona-King Director, Fall Show: Jeanne Jones
May 10-13 - Mike Bailey Members-$375. Non-Members $410. Mike developed this 4-day workshop, "Watercolor Beyond the Obvious”, as a curriculum for the University of California. Daily he will provide lectures, demos and painting challenges to get you "unstuck" and creating new & different art work.
April 27-28-29 - Kim Johnson Members: $300. Non-Members $330. She has received many awards for her paintings including the 2016 cover of "Splash". Kim's 3-day workshop will present: Get Loose with Animals, Portraits from the Beginning, and Finishing. "The contribution of lights, darks, mid-tones, dynamic shapes, and lost and found edges are often as or more important than the paint itself.”
2016 FALL WORKSHOPS!!! Check NAWS website under Workshops,
and sign up NOW with a $50.00 deposit.
“I’m here for you” “Precious Ambiguity”
Jeanne Hyland Wet & Workable: Southwestern Still Life/Flowers Tuesday - Thursday, September 13 - 15, 2016 Members $295. Non-members $330. • Have fun exploring the range of what watercolor can do. • Keep paintings “workable” for hours in dry climates to lift, sculpt
and rework. • Learn to control edges, glaze color layers for rich color and
form, and easily feather in gradations. • Develop strategies to distill your subject into simple shapes,
values and colors. Southwestern subject matter; pots, blankets, boots, flowers or chilies? Contact: SanDee Kinnen [email protected] 928-203-4363 or Nancy Beckley [email protected] 928-634-5863
Jo Toye - Experimenting with “Tar Gel” to Create Exciting Design TWO one-day workshops Tues. Oct. 4th OR Wed. Oct. 5th 2016 9:00 am -4:00 pm Location: Sedona Red Rock State Park: Cost $90 –includes park entry What in the world is Tar Gel? In this one day workshop we will be exploring the use of Tar Gel on both a white and black surface. I will be working with Golden’s fluid acrylics but if you wish to work in watercolor that is possible. We will be exploring the use of “line” as an understructure that will help guide us to “Find” interesting shapes and design possibilities within our unstructured beginnings. We will be working very small - no larger than 10” X 10”. The idea is not to have, “finished paintings”, but small samples of each technique for future reference. Jo will provide Step - by - Step handouts for each technique that will correspond to each small sample you create. Because you won’t be tied up in knots worrying about the finished product, (remember these are just technique samples), you will have more freedom to enjoy the process and move away from your usual way of working.
CONTACT; SanDee Kinnen [email protected] 928-203-4363 or Nancy Becley [email protected] 928-634-5863
The Raleigh Kinney Workshop was excellent for a class of top notch artists. We had perfect weather for painting outside on the second day, a new experience for many of the students and the area behind the Methodist Church provided a perfect setting. Raleigh's sense of humor and his talented approach to capturing the "light" made the class enjoyable for all levels.
2nd Tuesday and 3rd Thursday every month 9 AM to NOON - with Linda Slater
April 12: Little Horse Trailhead in Sedona for Red Rocks. April 21: Arizona Botanical Gardens in Clarkdale for cactus painting. May 3: Secret Garden 1 for flower painting. You must sign up for this one. May 19: Secret Garden 2 for more flower painting. You must sign up for this one too. Remember to bring all your usual paint out gear and water for drinking and painting. Location suggestions? Contact me at 928-567-5900 or [email protected] Linda Slater
Landscape Painting & the Four Compositions This BobBlast is a demonstration of the four graphic compositions I use when painting a landscape. The first composition is a simple Horizontal Design. Where the sky meets land is where the most contrast is. So all the attention and focus goes there first. I start out with only 3 values - black, middle grey and white. Then... *Tone the surface with the midtown grey *Next, determine the horizontal edge. Make a high horizon line for a painting of the land or a low horizon line for a painting of the sky. I prefer a large brush to put in the basic shapes. Remember, no details yet - just three values at first in black, grey and white. The second composition is referred to as Tunnel Vision. The focal area is usually at the point with the most contrast. All drawing lines can also lead to that point. The painting will have the effect of looking through a tunnel - the end being the focal point. As before, start with only three values - black, middle grey and white. Tone the surface with the midtone grey. Next. determine the focal point (the whitest spot) - and finally, brush in the black composition and design, using a large brush. The third composition we refer to as Off Balance. This composition shows "a lot of something" in one area and "just a little something" away from everything else. This focal point stands alone, drawing attention with not much else around! This design is also called "Cantilever”. As before, using only black, grey and white paint, I start by first toning the entire surface with a midtown grey. Next, with black paint, I "rough in" the composition design - and then the final focal point of white... all by itself. I prefer a large brush to put in the basic shapes. Remember, no details yet - just three values at first in black, grey and white. The fourth composition is the Golden Section. This classic design finds the "sweet spot" (focal point) and has been used since early history. Without getting into the math of how this works, try my easy approach. Divide the painting surface into thirds along the top and the side. This will create a grid that looks like a tic-tic-toe sketch. Where the lines intersect - choose only one of those spots for your focal point. This is also known as the center of interest. Next, tone the surface with the midtone grey. After deciding which will be the sweet spot/focal point sketch loosely with black paint, keeping your eye on the focal area. There you have it! My four compositional designs in a landscape painting using only black, grey and white. Remember, when the going gets rough and out of control, a good strong design composition can pull the painting back together. Keep it simple. BOB BURRIDGE STUDIO
Congratulations to Mary Dove: Mary recently completed a 3 month show hanging in the Sedona City Council Chambers and city offices. One watercolor was juried into the Arizona Watercolor Association (AWA) Spring Exhibition, "Window or Door" April 6th to May 6th at the Burton Barr Central Library in Phoenix.
Here’s an INCREDIBLY fun video showing how to add transparent fluid acrylics to a monochromatic acrylic or watercolor painting. I can’t WAIT to try this! This also works well with a regular painting that just doesn’t have enough contrast or color. http://www.robertburridge.com/Weekly_BobBlast/Issue_88/video.html
Painting Opportunities: Monday Class 1:30 – 4:30 Oak Creek Country Club 690 Bell Rock Blvd, VOC
VOCA Class Instructors are: April Marsha Owen May Betty Carr
For information please call: Susan (928) 204-1508 or Cathy (928) 203-1713 Wednesday Class 1:30 – 4:30 Sedona Community Center Instructor: Cathy Stedman
This is an excellent class for all experience levels!
For information please call: Cathy (928) 203-1713
BOARD MEMBERS 2016
President: Diane Thomas Secretary: Rosalyn Kraft Treasurer: Sandra Beck 1st Vice Pres. - Membership: Wayne St. John 2nd Vice Pres. - Exhibitions/Spring Show: Marsha Owen 3rd Vice Pres. - Programs: Mary Jane Cooke 4th Vice Pres. - Workshops: SanDee Kinnen Director, Fall Show: Jeanne Jones Director, Ways & Means: Paula Holcomb Director, Nominations: Louisa Aragona-King
2016 COMMITTEE CHAIRS
City Hall Exhibit: Mary Ann Undrill Critique Groups: Sharon Dyer DVD Library: Linda Kahn Historian: Scotti Ruhlman Fall Experimental Show: Rose Moon Hospitality: Nancy Boulais, Barbara Hagerman Newsletter: Rita Bingham Outdoor Events, Paint Outs: Linda Slater Publicity: Rita Elkins Scholarships and Student Art Show: Eva Vaitkus Sedona Public Library Exhibit: Pam Fox-Klauser, Jill Jepson,
and Meg Beauchamp Special Recognition: Carolyn Carsula Website: Jan Saunders, Terry Morris Workshop Assistant: Nancy Beckley
CRITIQUE GROUPS
The Northern Arizona Watercolor Society (NAWS) critique groups are made up of watercolor artists who meet on a regular to show and discuss their work. Critique meetings can be invaluable as an aid to personal growth, increased knowledge, positive reinforcement and objective opinions both positive and negative from the perspective and experience of other artists. High Country – Flagstaff: Aliene Austin 928-774-6479 Cottonwood – Cottonwood/Clarkdale: Sue Davis 928-300-2352 (Tuesdays 2pm at Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church in Clarkdale.) Open to everyone) Elote – Cornville: Elaine Bomkamp 928-451-1182 Uptown Artistocrats – Sedona: Sandy Beck 928-282-1391 Camp Verde – Camp Verde/Rimrock: Vada Lovato 928-567-0660 Aquarelles – Sedona: Barbara Mallek 928-284-3127 Water Works – VOC/179 area: Scotti Ruhlman 928-284-0756 If you are interested in joining a critique group please contact Sharon Dyer at [email protected] or 928-213-9291.
NAWSLETTER POLICIES The NAWSletter will publish any member's class, event or announcement free in a short, 50 words or less, format in the "What's Up With the Membership" or similar column. A member may have a free $30 value ad to promote their business in one issue per year. Members shall send copy and art (if they have it) to NAWSletter editor Rita Bingham at [email protected]. Otherwise, the editor may supply graphics.
RATES 2 1/4 in. x 3 in...$15 2 1/4 in. x 5 in....$30 5 in. x 5 in….$50 5 in. x 7 in.....$75
From Jim Black… on creating an "Impact Area” for each of your paintings… It is not a center or a point. It is an "Area". So from now on let's call it an "Impact Area". To emphasize your "Impact Area", • Give it the brightest color • The highest contrast • The sharpest edges. • The most details. Give your viewers a direction, HEY! - look at me, rest your eyes, look around, look around my impact area, now go look at the rest of the painting, but come back to my impact area. That's what you want to express to the viewers. You need to have fun with the "Impact Area”. it's your chance to be original and creative.
Rita Bingham, Editor 70 Sycamore Canyon Road Sedona, AZ 86336
NAWS Nor$her' Arizona Watercolor Societ3 P.O. Box 508, Sedona, AZ 86339
Sedona Open Studios Tour Set For April 29 & 30 and May 1 Working artists in the Verde Valley will be opening their private studios to the public at the end of April for the Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition’s (SVAC 13th annual Open Studios Tour. The event is free, self-guided, and runs daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Friday April 29 through Sunday May 1, 2016. The SVAC annual tour has become known as a golden opportunity for art lovers to visit with professional artists in authentic working environments. It also offers a venue for local artists to shine, engaging visitors and fostering a community that values the arts. Past tour visitors report that one of the distinct pleasures of shopping on the studio tour, whether for their own collection or for gifts, is spending time with the wide variety of artists who offer an up close and personal look at how and where a piece is made. Open Studios’ co-chair Mike Upp explains that artists enjoy demonstrating their creative processes as they show off their work spaces and, more importantly, make that special and personal connection with buyers. Open Studios provides an opportunity to gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of the creative process. A major appeal of such an experience is the chance to buy gorgeous, one-of-a-kind and locally produced artwork direct from the artist Open Studios’ artists create in a widely diverse milieu including glass, ceramics, painting, mixed media, digital art, fiber, photography, jewelry, and watercolor, a testament to the flourishing diversity of the arts community in the beautiful Verde Valley. This year there will be over 50 studios participating in Sedona, the Village of Oak Creek, Cornville, Cottonwood, Clarkdale and Camp Verde. Brochures with a complete list of participating artists, including a map, will be conveniently available at numerous locations around the Verde Valley, including hotels and restaurants as well as the Sedona Arts Center and the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center in Uptown Sedona. For complete information, including artists’ name and medium, studio locations, a downloadable map, and suggestions and ideas for planning a personalized tour, please go to the SVAC website.
