Julie started the October meeting with the announcement of Janet A. memorial at the University Club, in Winter Park, on October 26th at 10 a.m.

We had 2 new members who introduced themselves: Pat and Susie. Welcome! 😃

Sharon S. says she has 6 boxes of supplies, from Nancy, to give away. She brought some to the meeting. There were 16 x 20, 18 x 24 plastic sleeves, a plein air easel, and more. Thank you Sharon!

Mary Kathryn displayed a great selection of old and some new books from our extensive library.

Susan announced the Janet Rogers workshop was filing up. 

Day 1 – is painting and drawing exercises.   Day 2 – we’ll have a beautiful ballerina model !

Registration is open on our website. A few spots are left so act quickly, as the early bird deadline for members is Oct. 14.

Save A Date:  For February 27, 28, and March 1, 2025. CFWS will have a workshop by our juror Cheryl Fausel at a site to be determined. Early bird for members is $325, before Jan. 27, 2025. After Jan. 27 members $350 and non-members $425. Check back for more info.

Guidelines for the science center show are being finalized. JPEG submittal will be Feb 2 – Feb. 22, 2025.

DEMONSTRATION BY SUSIE SCHREIBER:

https://www.watercolorsbysusieschreiber.com

Susie likes to use recycled papers with former paintings on them. Scrubbed off, she will use then over and over again. Her preferred paper is 140# Strathmore Gemini, which is not made anymore. Gemini is thicker than Arches and takes scrubbing well. She likes to work on 3 paintings at a time.

The first painting was painted over an old failed painting, keeping only the moon.
The second painting was recycled and when a beautiful blue and some
gouache were added the painting became stunning.
A beautiful painting of apples was constructed from 3 sheets of old paintings cut up and glued together with Elmer’s, then painted on top.

Susie likes to “paint with your gut”.

A bird and nest painting were horizontal but then cut apart and collaged into a vertical design. The white in the painting is collage paper.

There are only 3 watercolor society in USA that are transparent. So, most will accept collage work.

She starts with a drawing first. 

Tip: don’t paint on both sides of a paper, because when someone buys the painting they think it’s not worth it.

She uses bristle brushes.
An abstract painting demonstrates the cruciform design, which is a successful composition.

Negative space is more important than your subject/painting.

Repeat shapes and colors throughout the painting.

Washed out painting of flowers will tell her what it want to be. She sees lobster and cat in the next one.
She uses a flat brush to start and paints in a cobalt violet.
This negative painting brings out the form of the lobster.
Now we see there is a lobster and a cat in the painting!

Thank you for the great demonstration and sharing so many valuable tips, Susie Schreiber!

Join us next mont on November 3 – we will have a   ZOOM  membership meeting with a watercolor demonstration by Canadian artist  David Mceown  This meeting will be held on line, via Zoom, and a link will be sent ahead of time through email.

Click on the link to see David’s artwork:

https://www.davidmceown.com