Julie presided over our action-packed February meeting. There was one new member from ArtSystems. Welcome Zarah!
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CFWS Member Show update: Drop off paintings on March 1 from 12 – 4pm, volunteers needed to take paintings to the Mt. Dora Center for the Arts. Contact Charlie C. if interested.
At the Mt. Dora reception, March 6 – 8 PM, please bring your favorite beverage.
Meeting are from 1:30 to 4:00pm. We would like for someone to step up and be the Hospitality Chair. Bring snacks if you like.
Donations were collected for “Friends of the Gentlemen” – an exhibit at the City Arts Factory, on May 18 (3rd Thursday) from 6 – 9PM. Art by Ken Austin, Chauncey Nelson, and Glen Ward, and there was a great response!
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED!
See you all at the exhibit and gallery talk … The 3 artists will give a gallery talk on Saturday, the 20th of May, at the City Arts Factory at 1:00 PM. . . See you there!
Plein air – Feb. 25 at Rebecca W. house and dock. Please RSVP.
Tom Jones demo recap – He starts on 300# and lays in the sky. No sketch today, but he very often starts with a sketch. He only uses bright white papers. First put in a Aureolin yellow starburst. Then add Permanent red deep. Then spray water so the colors flow better. Then add Ultramarine blue.
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Have a variety of hard and soft edges (1/3) variety of color and variety of height of trees… this is good for the painting.
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He added reds to the side of the trees facing the sun…and a bit of Pyrrole Orange, a transparent color. He encourages us to paint our memories. Have something to say.
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Contrast makes a beautiful painting. Be a painter of darks!
No dark – no drama.
No drama – no ribbon
No ribbon – no money
No money – no happy.
Finally, he removed the frisket for the white birds and then added the flock of birds. He touched up the Egrets using Dr. Ph Martin’s Bleed Proof White.
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Tom was very generous in giving away many supplies to our members! Here are the winners of the drawings-
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Tom encourages us to photograph any of the paintings he brought and to copy them, above are just a few that were on display.
Thank you Tom for a great demonstration and all of the great art tips!
Finally here is one of Tom’s quotes:
“The arts separate a civilized from an uncivilized society”
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