Palmer Lake Art Group News
October 2011 -
Volume 47 - Issue 10
NEXT
MEETING: SATURDAY OCTOBER 8
At
the PLAG Gallery Ð social hour at 9:00 a.m., business meeting starts at
9:30. Refreshments will be furnished by Al and ShirleyHawkins and Terri
Erickson.
Agenda for
October:
0900 Social
0930 Business Meeting
PLAG Craft Fair Report
Follow-up from September meeting
Christmas Luncheon
Airport Show
Donated Art Books
1030 Program
Program: June Heimsoth was born in Colorado Springs and
raised on a dairy farm east of Falcon, Colorado. She is past President of the Colorado Springs Art Guild and
winner of several awards in juried art exhibits. She studied with George Molstad for years, has taken
workshops from Olvenas Berberian and from Michael Untiedt, and is currently
mentored by Martha Mans. Her
paintings have been exhibited at the Colorado State Fair, Pikes Peak Center,
Colorado Springs Airport, U.S. Olympic CenterÕs Hall of Fame, the Parade of
Homes, and are in private collections across the United States.
JuneÕs program is color, and she teaches mixing all
colors from three primaries + white. After you learn this system you can mix
better colors even with a full palette.
Message from Margarete Seagraves:
By the time you receive this October Newsletter, PLAGÕs
38th Christmas Arts and Craft Fair Oct 1 & 2, will have taken
place. To all PLAG vendors, I wish
you great success. To all
volunteers, a big thank you. To
all PLAG members, I hope you supported this event by attending the Craft Fair
on Saturday or Sunday. A report of the outcome and success will be presented at
the October meeting.
Margarete Seagraves, PLAG President
Happy Birthday!
|
Dick Bean,
October 18 Marysia Grant,
October 6 Kathy Kenda,
October 8 Susie Rieple,
October 13 Patty Schmidt,
October 14 |
PLAG BULLETIN BOARD
Laughing
Leaf
Design
Studio
Make a Gift
PMC Class
In this introduction to Precious Metal Clay
you will create an
original pair of earrings, or a small charm
or pendant
as a gift for yourself or to give to
another.
Available dates are:
Saturday, October 8th
12:30 Ð 4:00 PM
Wednesday, October 12th
12:30 Ð 4:00 PM
Sunday, October 16th
12:30 Ð 4:00 PM
All tools and materials are included in the
fee of $65.00.
Fees must be received two weeks in advance.
Each class will be held in my home studio in
Monument, CO,
and is limited to four students.
For more information or to register please
call Lorry Frederick at 481-1245.
Laughing
Leaf
HOLIDAY JEWELRY SALE
Saturday, November 5th
10:00 Ð 2:00 PM
Sunday, November 6th
12:00 Ð 4:00 PM
I will be selling a variety of my original
one-of-a-kind jewelry designs, which includes: sterling silver, fine silver,
copper, glass and enamel pendants, earrings, bracelets and rings.
The sale will be held in my home studio at 1032
Greenland Forest Drive in Monument, CO. Prices will be reduced up to 20 % on
many items.
For more information call Lorry Frederick at 481-1245.
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GAYLE
HIGGINS
Until October 19th
I have three paintings in the Colorado Springs Art Guild Shoe at Woodmen Valley
Chapel. I also have a painting accepted in the Kansas Watercolor Society
National Exhibition.
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KATHY KENDA
Be
sure to watch Lt. Joe Kenda, Homicide Hunter
The show starts Oct. 25
at 10P.M. eastern time. It is on Investigation Discovery Channel. (285 on Direct TV, 104 on Comcast
) They have already started advertising
it over all the Discovery networks.
Kathy Kenda writes, ÒWe went to a dingy warehouse in Denver to film Joe
for the advertising.Ó
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Celebrity
Sighting
Reports came in of someone looking very
much like
Lt. Joe
Kenda
at the Christmas Crafts Show helping with packing.
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And now a word from
John De FrancescoÉ
TEST YOUR COLOR KNOWLEDGE
The proper use of color may be one of the greatest challenges faced by artists, regardless of the medium in which they work. Often, we learn something about color, such as mixing, application or placement, only to later forget it when creating a work of art. In truth, the study of color can be, and should be, a lifelong pursuit. And hand-in-hand with learning is the need to practice what you learn. The process is a lot like studying music; unless one practices, one never will memorize or play a piece well.
So, just to whet your appetite for learning more about color, following is a10-question quiz you can use to gauge your level of understanding. If you get all 10 correct, youÕre an ace and way ahead of the rest of us.
(The answers are at the end of this newsletter).
1. All colors are present in nature and reflect off of various objects; but what is the general
reflection color in nature? a. blue, b. yellow, c. red, d. violet.
2. Adding white to a pigment (color) will make it appear brighter?
a. true, b. false.
3. You can desaturate the intensity of a color by:
adding black, b. adding white, c. adding the complementary color,
d. adding another color, e. thinning (water or mineral spirits),
f. all of the above.
4. Which of the following reds reflects the most orange? a. permanent rose,
quinacradone red, c. cadmium red.
5. Which of the following blues reflects the most green? a. ultramarine blue,
cerulean blue, c. phthalo blue.
6. Opacity and transparency are useful characteristics of paints; knowing which
paints are opaque and which are transparent (or semi-transparent) can help you control their effect in your art. Next to popular paint colors listed below, circle ÒOÓ for those that are opaque and ÒTÓ for those that are transparent:
Cadmium yellow light: O-T
Cadmium orange: O-T
Alizarin crimson: O-T
Cerulean blue: O-T
Ultramarine blue: O-T
Phthalo blue: O-T
Cadmium red light: O-T
Phthalo green: O-T
Titanium white: O-T
7. In glazing, if you first paint a layer of ultramarine blue and later overlay it with
hansa yellow light, the resultant color will most likely be:
violet, b. green, c. black, d. yellow-green.
8. A white circle will appear brighter against which color background?
yellow, b. green, c. red-violet, d. blue-violet.
9. If orange and blue are used together, the pairing is referred to as:
analogous, b. complementary, c. tertiary, d. split-complementary.
10. Which of the following pairings produce a good black color?
a.Ultramarine blue and alizarin crimson.
b.Cadmium red light and Phthalo blue.
c.Alizarin crimson and phthalo green.
ANSWERS AT THE END OF THE NEWSLETTER
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PLAG Minutes 9-10-2011
Meeting called to order by
president Margarete Seagraves at 9:30 a.m.
Guest: Carol Pritchett, a painter new to
the area
Minutes
from the August meeting were accepted as printed in the newsletter.
TreasurerÕs
report: No change in the savings
or CDs. The checking account has
5980.62. Dues are due now, however
if you signed up in the spring, you are good until next year. Al moved to accept the treasurerÕs
report, Kathy seconded. It was
passed.
Committee
reports:
Newsletter: Marcia Edwards is the new newsletter
person.
Refreshments: Lorry announced that we need a
volunteer to organize the Christmas party.
Website: Need to get us set up on Facebook, how
about Linkdin?
Announcements:
Margarete
is participating in the Front Range Open Studio Tour that is coming up.
Kathy
KendaÕs husbandÕs TV show is on the ID network (Investigation Discover
channel), starts in October, and is called ÒLt. Joe Kenda, Homicide HunterÓ.
TLCA
has a new show on classical art.
Participants are from the Florence Academy in Italy.
Business:
Art
Hop: 13 participants, need to
bring snacks. Third Thursday in
September.
XMAS
Art and Craft fail, still need volunteers.
Airport
Shows Ð Do we want to do this again? Need a coordinator.
Sue Mollick? This will be
discussed at the October meeting.
Winter
show-In February. Members
only. We need a location for just
before ValentineÕs day. Last
yearÕs was successful. We do need
a coordinator/chair.
Spring
show-next June. We need a
coordinator.
Utilizing
the gallery- Members can hold classes here. 10% of the entry fees go to PLAG to cover cost of
utilities. John DeFrancisco is the
coordinator for use of the building for workshops/classes. This is available for all PLAG
members. However, outside people
can attend.
Ralph
Perry suggested we do another painterly interpretation of a local photo like we
did with the building one year to show at the gallery.
John
brought up the modified Co-op deal again.
We would be open one Saturday a month from May thru October. Everyone could send to their contacts
list for advertisement. We
coordinated something like this with the Estemere show one year. Also we could announce it on our
Facebook account. This is up for
discussion at the October meeting.
Meeting
adjourned at 10:20
The
program was presented by Joel Eden on capturing, processing and organizing and
saving your art.
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Susie Arnold reminds PLAG members that they have the opportunity to display their
art on the PLAG website:
If you provide her with
your information (comments about your art, your artist statement, or something
similar) and some photos in jpeg format she will add you to a page on the
website. The fee for this service is $10 payable to PLAG.
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Reminder: contributions to the Newsletter are greatly
appreciated. Also, please let me know about exhibits, sales, etc.
Call or email
MARCIA
EDWARDS, (719) 481-0365
m.m.edwardsthepainter@gmail.com
Deadline is the 25th
of the month, although, the earlier you inform me, the better.
Also Please Note: If you have not received your newsletter
by the 5th of the month, or you cannot open up the e-mail version, please
let me know.
COLOR QUIZ ANSWERS
1.
b. yellow
2.
b. false
(white will desaturate a color)
3.
f. all of the
above
4.
c. cadmium red
5.
b. cerulean
blue
6.
a. O
b. O
c.
T
d.
O
e.
T
f.
T
g.
O
h.
T
i.
O
7. c.
slightly yellow green (because hansa yellow is semi-transparent and light will
pass through it to mix with the blue).
8. d.
blue-violet (the darker the background, the lighter the white circle will
appear).
9. b.
complementary.
10. c.
alizarin crimson and phthalo green (although all will produce dark colors).