We have been holding an annual Art Show since 2008.  Check it out!    This year we have our show on May 25th from 10 am to 4 pm in the auditorium at Northern United Place.  Come and see what we have been up to.

Spring is trying to spring and we have a Tulip to paint!!!!

Our meeting is a week early each May because of the first long weekend of the "summer".  I quote that because we often get snow on that long weekend...so we are going to be trying to prompt by painting a single tulip.  (this painting made me realize that a single tulip is what we have time to do on Monday night)

So join us on Monday May 13, 7pm in room 205 at Northern United Place.  

Bring paint, paper, and all the regular supplies.  If you are new to painting we have extra supplies for you to play with!

Our annual Art Show and Sale is on May 25th in the auditorium at NUP!  Hopefully you will come and see what we have been doing all winter long!

April must mean strawberries!

Our meeting in April is on the 15th at  7pm in NUP Room 205!  We are doing a strawberry!  Bring the following items:
Paints,
toothpicks or very small brush, masking fluid (I have plenty)

paper, transfer graphite paper, brushes and so on and so forth.

Bring along your Show and Tells!  We are only 6 weeks away from our Annual Art Show and Sale!!! Mark your calendars for May 25th!

See you soon...

March madness with tomatoes!

So we did the "dreaded" tomato at our last meeting in March.  :)  And we discovered it wasn't as bad as we were lead to believe!

Doris working on her tomato

 Kevin's completed tomato

Joyce and her tomato.  I forgot to take the "group" photo of the tomatoes but they will be on display in May at our annual Art Show.

Show and Tell is always inspirational. Doris brought in things she has been working on!  Thanks Doris.

 Such cool looking lilies!  I love the way Doris did the painting outside of the edge.

Kevin brought in a painting that he was looking for feedback on.  

See you soon!!!  The April meeting is my next post.

Frans Aeyelts

This coming November 9,10 & 11 we are working on bringing Frans Aeyelts from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia up to teach a workshop.  He is going to take a scene from Yellowknife and use it for our painting workshop.   So we are working to provide him interesting shots of our houseboats in summer and winter.  If you have any images that would be of interest let us know.

Here is a sample of his work!  

Watch for more news in our newsletter.  If you have any questions email ykwatercolour at gmail.com!

February Meeting

We had a great meeting on Monday night.  We are getting through a range of veggies and fruit and learning so much.  The part I liked was seeing the great apples from the last meeting!

Lynn playing around.  Love the trees in a distance.

Lynn's trees and bridges are great.

Watching the video for doing a lemon.  It was quite interesting.

Shawna and Doris' lemon.  

Next month we are doing a tomato!  Hopefully we will see you then.

January SketchCrawl

On January 19th (-33 C with a wind chill of -49) Lynn and I were the only two to go to the first Yellowknife SketchCrawl...could be because there wasn't much in the way of advertising!  

The next SketchCrawl is on April 13th!  10:30 am meeting place to be announced. I have to say that I hope that we have much nicer outside weather!

Lynn working on the view from Javaroma.

Two artists/same view

 Lynn drew this scene from a photo hanging up on the wall.  

My completed drawing.

Lynn and I happy to be inside!

January Painting Saturday

It has been a while since I posted for YWS!  Traveling and seasonal adventures have made blogging impossible.  So here is a few photos to catch you up with our little group.

Lynn playing with masking fluid and paint. And look what he did! 

Kevin working on a landscape.

Doris is new to our group and is diving right in!  She worked on a bird.

Marcella working on a red pepper from the December meeting

Joyce and Marcella looking at both their red peppers.

 Looks great!

We laughed and chatted and had a brilliant time!  

Saturday January 19 we will be meeting to participate on the World Sketchcrawl!  Want to join us?  Saturday 10:30 am (for 2 hours max) Javaroma to start off with.  More info next week.

Our next meeting is on January 21st.  Our newsletter goes out next week!

Monday Nov 19 Meeting

We have a great meeting planned on Monday at 7pm, NUP room 205

1 Green anjou pear

sheets of white paper (to put the pear on)

Cardboard for background and to create light barrier

Lamp, extension cord, hair dryer, graphite paper (for transferring image), mechanical pencil, red pen, water bucket(s), watercolour paper, brushes, paper towel, and all the other usual items!

Paint: greens, yellow, burnt umber, reds, and cobalt blue

A drawing will be provided but you can use that just as a beginning.

If you don't have some of the supplies, don't worry we will have extras for folks to use.  If you are new to coming to the meeting, come along and we have items for you to try too!!!

Karin Richter's class in October

Each year the Yellowknife Watercolour Society hosts an out of town instructor. This fall Karin Richter from Calgary came up to teach a two day workshop and give a lecture.  She was very inspirational.

Watching Karin doing her magic!

September Meeting

SHOW AND TELL!

Kevin B's paintings from a workshop this summer.  Great work Kevin!  

Shawna's painting and Happy Birthday! Cards from her ongoing cupcake series.

On to the meeting lesson... HOW LIGHT FALLS ON AN OBJECT! 

Then we turned off the lights and checked out light in its many forms with a still life.  We looked at direct light, indirect light, reflective light, cast shadow, and shade.  

Monday Sept 17 Meeting

Welcome to a new year!

We meet on Monday Sept 17 at 7pm (for Karin Richter's workshop registration), 7:30 pm for meeting. Room 205, NUP

Theme: How light falls on objects

Bring painting supplies if you have it, if you are new to watercolour just come and we will provide you with the basic supplies for the evening.

Bring a few images that you like!  Anything with strong light/shadow.

See you on Monday!

Karin Richter coming to Yellowknife

Join us and begin to learn, 

or just become a more confident watercolour painter!

This watercolour workshop is designed to appeal to all levels of painters. The weekend of learning and sharing will commence with Karin’s evening lecture entitled  “The Art of Being an Artist”, a presentation created as part of a recent solo show by the same name, taking participants through 

all aspects of the colourful life, struggles and working habits of an artist.

The two full days of the watercolour workshop will cover the basics in this medium, warm-up exercises, demos of traditional and new techniques as well as a thorough review of composition and design to bring it all together. Karin will lead participants from idea, photography or sketch to finished painting and provide lots of handouts, individual attention and critiques.

On Friday Oct 19, Karin will be giving a lecture that is open to anyone who would like to come.  The workshop is on October 20 and 21, 2012 with a cost of $130.00.  Registration happens at the first meeting of the new year!  September 17 at 7:30 pm at NUP Room 205!   This class is for all levels!

A bit about Karin:

Karin Richter was born in Germany into an artistic family, Karin has had a passion for painting since she was a child. She has been a professional artist for more than 20 years with a style that can be described as impressionistic.  Her subjects are varied and she enjoys working in watercolour, oils, acrylics and pastels. 

Karin completed her professional training in foreign languages, worked as a translator and interpreter in France and Germany and eventually moved to Montreal in 1973. Calgary has been home to Karin and her family since 1977. She draws inspiration not only from the western landscape and the Canadian Rockies close at hand but also from international destinations she travels to on a regular basis. Throughout the years, Karin’s paintings have been featured in solo and group shows in many prominent locations and private and public galleries locally, nationally and internationally. Sharing her knowledge of painting has been a joy to Karin for many years. She is an enthusiastic art instructor to many aspiring artists in classes and workshops in Calgary and across Canada.  She has become known as the traveling artist and leads groups on painting holidays on land and at sea in Canada and Europe.

An elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor (CSPWC), the Alberta Society of Artists (ASA), the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA) and Pastel Artists Canada (PAC) with a Master Pastellist designation (MPAC), Karin has received many awards including the Immigrant of Distinction Award in 2010 for her contributions in the art community. Karin’s work has appeared in several trade publications and is included in the Biennial Guide to Canadian Artists in Galleries and in Canadian Artists at Auction. She is featured in the book entitled “How Did You Paint That – Seascapes, Rivers and Lakes” published by the International Artist Magazine. Her paintings can be found in corporate and private collections all over the world.

For any questions please e-mail ykwatercolour@gmail.com or call Shawna at 920.4290

A little summer time fun!

GoldenMXR


Golden Paints has put a very cool feature on their website.  You pick a colour and it will tell you what acrylic colour paints go into achieving the chosen colour!

Have fun.  It is interesting but some of the colours needed two different whites...now I am curious as to why?

2012 Watercolour Art Show

We held our yearly show this past weekend.  It is always fun to see what people have accomplished over the year.

News about our AGM will be coming soon!