November Meeting

Thank you Jessica for an interesting lesson on values.  Here are some photos from my camera (forgot my real camera at home).

See what we came up with! 

Show and Tell:

Jessica's portfolio

Another page of her work

And yet another page!

Kris' Thailand 1990

Lynn's bridge piece

 Another time doing this bridge...looking awesome.

Lynn's still life

Lynn having fun with the new technique we learned at Stephanie Ryan's class earlier this month.

Lynn looking like he was having fun!

November Meeting Nov 21

Rae is off on her adventure and I am doing the blog until her return.

So we are meeting Monday Nov 21 at 7:30 pm in Room 205 at Northern United Place.  Bring some painting supplies.

Here is the note from Jessica:

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to remind everyone about tomorrow's art lesson. I will be teaching about basic drawing (using watercolor of course!). This drawing session will include tonal studies - we will be composing very basic pictures and each of these pictures will have an overall tone, or an overall tone with highlights. You will have to come to our  very light to very dark. Please be sure to bring black or blue watercolour paint and some watercolour paper - no preference on the size.

Anyway I hope you all enjoy my little snippet


Come and Join us!

Stephanie's class in November!

Stephanie!  Thanks for a fun class.

Some of Stephanie's work!

Here we are all working hard...

Some of the results from Day 1 of the class.

The whole group of us! 

October Meeting

Meeting: Monday October 17Room 205, 7:30-9:00pm, Northern United Place

Know Your Papers!*
Lesson by Shawna and  Rae

If you're like me, you buy the cheapest watercolour paper on the shelf... Which can be good for playing around, but it lacks the gusto of quality watercolour paper, which allows for greater control, brighter colours and intensity of pigments. Lucky for us, Shawna buys the good stuff.

Shawna will be bringing a number of different samples of watercolour paper for us to experiment with, and Rae will lead you in playing with some cool techniques to achieve texture and layers of colour. See how your paint reacts differently on each paper.

* Please bring $5 to cover the cost of a number of different samples of paper :)


Sign Up for November's Workshop! 

Watercolour Workshop with Stephanie Ryan

• Public Presentation Friday, Nov 4 (7:30-9:00pm)
• Saturday, Nov 5 & Sunday, Nov 6 (10:00am-4:00pm)
• $120 for YWS Members ($140 non-members)

Stephanie Ryan is a watercolour artist living in Whitehorse, Yukon. Her paintings have been inspired by her travels in the North and she works mainly from sketches and paintings done in the field. In this workshop she will share her drawing and painting techniques and show students how to create simple and inspired pieces of art. No painting or drawing experience is necessary!

email to register: ykwatercolour@gmail.com

New Season Begins!

Welcome Back to Watercolour!

Our first meeting of the season is Monday, September 19, 7:30-9:00 Room 205, Northern United Place.
New members are welcome - no experience necessary!

 FIRST MEETING - what's the plan, stan?

• This Season brings a new approach to our Monthly Meetings, with members signing up to teach a short lesson, do a quick demonstration or show a video clip of watercolours techniques. 
• We'll begin by looking at a variety of books and supplies to see how we would like to approach this season's classes.
• Bring along anything you've been working on over the summer for a show and tell
• Check out our fall weekend workshop on Nov 4 with Lillian Loponen. Reserve your space asap (only 12 spots available, $120!)
• Membership sign up/renewal (only $20 for the year!)
• If we have time, we'll start by splashing some paint around on some small postcards, just to get back in to the swing of things! If you don't have supplies, come anyway, we have some paints to share.

Here is the link to our 2011-2012 meeting dates & painting Satudays

November Workshop Intro
Starting off this season is the opportunity to sign up for a workshop by Lillian Loponen, a fabulous watercolour artist from Whitehorse.

Her landscapes are rich with the light of northern skies, which she achieves through careful planning and the use of layering and resists.This workshop will concentrate on basic skills, but with lots of hints and short demonstrations to guide you quickly in the right direction. You'll be given the freedom to go in your own direction with your new skills, or work with the instructor's assistance to create your watercolour masterpiece!

Artist Talk: Friday, Nov 4, 7:30-8:30
Day 1: Saturday Nov 5, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Day 2: Sunday Nov 6, 10:00am-4:00pm

12 spaces only
$120
email: ykwatercolour@gmail.com

3 Upcoming Events

Welwitschia Mirabilis - watercolour

Calling all watercolourists - take note!  

These are our last 3 events of the year:

Painting Saturday: Saturday May 7, 11:30-4pm at NUP
I'm going to try painting a still life - anyone else is welcome to join in!

Annual AGM: Monday, May 9, 7:30-8:30 at NUP
All current or wanna-be board members should attend this meeting, and all regular members are encouraged to come as well! I'm making AGMmmmmm brownies!!!!!!!!

I'll send out an agenda shortly before the meeting, as there may be positions to be filled. Current executive members might have to stay a couple of extra minutes to review upcoming business.


Final Show!! Saturday May 28 8:00am-4:00pm. 
Always a fantastic event... Set-up is the evening before. Please think about the work you would like to submit, whether it is from a workshop, a demo, or something you have been working on on your own. Also, we'll be looking for volunteers to donate some hours to supervise the show and perhaps make some art at the same time. Details at the AGM.


It's been a great year of painting with you all! Thanks for sharing your creative thoughts and company with the group. Looking forward to another inspiring year ahead!


If you have any questions about the above events, please give me a shout: 873-6906

Rae

Painting Saturday

Saturday, April 2, 11-4pm Room 215 @ NUP
Only a few months of painting sessions left before our summer break!

Hope you can make it to a relaxing afternoon of painting on Saturday. I'm going to be experimenting with using salt on watercolour, I'll bring extra if anyone would like to try it out. 


Need inspiration? Here is a short n' sweet Youtube video on how to paint birch trees



And here are some photos from February's class

Lynn's splendid illustraion of the PWNHC

Rae had tropical flowers on her brain...

 

A landscape study by Lynn

 

Joyce working on a landscape with a boat

March Meeting

We meet tonight at 7:30pm at NUP at room 205.   

Regular Meeting Monday

7:30 pm in Room 205 Northern United Place

Another month has almost gone by!

• If you've been working on something new, do bring it in for show and tell
• Shawna will be continuing her Pears demo, and Lynn will be working on Landscapes for whoever wants to join in!
• In a few months, we'll be having our public show, so maybe think about something to work towards as a feature piece for the event! 
• There are lots of online resources for anyone interested in learning new techiques, and our public library also has a good reference section. 

Check out these sunflower workshop photos with San Fransisco artist Kathleen Alexander (thanks Shawna for sending this along).

Shawna also sent along this link for a new masking technique  for those of us who like masking things, it's pretty nifty! 

See you Monday

Painting Saturday

Join us for Painting Saturday, February 5, 11-4pm Room 215 @ NUP Bring whatever you are working on! Sketch, paint, draw or start something new!

A reminder that our next evening class date will be on  Feb 21. 

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Jim Davies workshop in January - it was a big success! I think we all found the drawing exercises really helpful and it was great to see everyone's work up on the wall for the critiques. We are already putting in a proposal for funding another instructor later this year.

Here are some snapshots from the weekend: