KACHEMAK BAY WATERCOLOR SOCIETY Newsletter Christmas Party on Kachemak Bay

SUNDAY, DEC 13 from 5 to 8 PM

811 Ocean Drive Loop behind Beluga Lake Lodge If you get lost call Donna at 235-7873

WINTER 2009-2010
P.O.Box 98 Homer, Alaska 99603 E-MAIL: kbws99603@gmail.com

VIEW the KBWS NEWS in COLOR at the Fireweed Gallery website (www.reweedgallery.com)

at Donna Rae Faulkners home

Join us for an evening of FUN, FOOD and FROLIC Bring Finger Food, an art-related gift (less than $15) for gift exchange.....and an art supply donation for Haven House.

VOLUNTEERS !!! A NEW YEAR ... NEW PROGRAMS, FRESH IDEAS!!!

Please consider participating in our Open Board, as we expand to meet the needs of our members. Contact: Nina Burkholder 235-2631

Upcoming Programs for 2010

EMAIL PROGRAM UPDATES are available if you are online. If you are a computer-free family, please contact: Program co-chr. Mike Murray @ 235-0120 or Paula Dickey @ 235-7953 JANUARY 9 Sat 12-4 PM Painting MINIATURES, 5 by 7 inches or smaller. Paint SMALL instead of BIG for a change!! Preparation for the KBWS Corner MINIATURES SHOW at the Fireweed Gallery reopening in February. Each member may exhibit up to 4 paintings. FEBRUARY 6 Sat 12-4 PM drawing and painting. LIVE MODELS: continue developing your skills at gesture

MARCH 6 Sat 12-4 PM PLATE PAINTING at the Bunnell Street Art Gallery. The Bunnell provides and instructor who is familiar with painting and glazing techniques. APRIL 3 Sat 12-4 PM MAY 7 Fri YUPO PAPER: pushing the techniques further. Led by Jan Thurston. KBWS ANNUAL SPRING SHOW

Layering and Collage with Watercolor

texture color line experimentation textural adventure
OCTOBER PAINT TOGETHER As chilly Fall winds blew massive waves onshore, layering local beaches with fresh textures and bits of otsom, in the warmth of the Homer Council on the Arts, KBWS artists created textures and stratum of a less windy sort.
Paula Dickey demonstrates technique

Carol Harding and Barb Deal

20 people joined member-presenter Paula Dickey, to try their hand(s) at layering and collage. It was an exciting afternoon of painting and applying things to paint surfaces. With the help of gel medium, varying amounts of oriental washi papers, written text, rub-on text letters, maps, found objects, feathers, glitter and lace, found its level as an element of this unique and very personal art form. Paula shared some wonderful examples and great information as she continued to circulate. She introduced inspiring references: Gerald Brommers Collage Techniques and The Art of Layering (ed. Nelson and others.) We also found out there are national associations for both Layering and Collage. The afternoon went by quickly as people were immersed in painting, collage applications, visiting, learning from each other and references,.... oh and eating, too! Chocolate was the main fare, I think, with a variety of brownies and chocolate infused cookies. Some great salmon spread appeared along with wonderful grapes and apple slices and we kept the hot water going for tea.
by Michael Murray
Christina Whiting

Kathy Drew

T Muse and Amuse o

Paula Dickey has 22 beautiful and rich paintings at the Picture Alaska Art Gallery, in two series. The MEMORY SERIES is a lively collection of 15 orals painted in studio from fresh blooms. A study in organic balance that represents the indescribable intricacies of the natural world.
God gave us memories so we might have roses in December.--------- James Barrie

Leonardo Da Vinci and his Mona Lisa c.1503 ride the rails

photo by Kathy Little

The MYTH MAKING SERIES combines Greek mythology, to muse and museum and boxcars Paula photographed in Canada. The traveling museum was born of modern grafti juxaposed against the great artists of the past, and so, linking the past and present history of art. Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of human life (Joseph Campbell). Does grafti ll the void to provide a new rituals and teaching myths?

Daisy Lee Bitter and Paula

Michael Murray
Daydreams

Ptarmigan Arts Backroom Gallery

Mike Murary exhibited a series of encaustics, watercolors and mixed media collage.

Annual Kenai Peninsula Juried Watercolor Exhibition - Nov 2009

George-Anne Philips

Reections Honorable Mention: Donna Schwanke Vintage Honorable Mention: Donna MartinMoroccan Women

New Compositions

Third Place: Michael MurrayAK456 Best of Show: George-AnnePhillips Shes Come Undone

First Place: Melinda HerschbergerTrilogy

Second Place: Melinda HerschbergerPink Pirouette

Warming Up T Portraits o

When the temperature starts dropping in November and the wind blows hard from the north, its a great time to get inside and think gesture drawing and portraits. Start with a warm cup of tea and Janet Rogers captivating portraits DVD. Then bring out the pens for a little contour gesture drawing to reconnect with your right brain - the visual, intuitive, simultaneously-processing, mind photo, see the big picture, unorganized, free-associated, timeless, wordless, touchy-feely, late, impulsive, never mind the instruction manual, follow voices and lose the words, hand talking, needs a little practice kinda hemisphere.

Watercolor Society members out of the cold and into the study of portraits

In 1941 Kimon Nicolaides (The Natural way to Draw) introduced Pure Contour Drawing to use both the senses of sight and touch. But it also focused clearly on the capabilities of the right brain. Without looking at your paper (blind contour), and keeping the pen on the paper at all times, your hand through your eyes must touch the form as you draw the edge of the perceived shape. You have to go inside to nd the outside from Janet Rogers Paulas demo illustrates going to the core shapes to develop the gure
Paula Dickey demo of Pure Contour Drawing

Each of us develops a personal sketching style. Mike Murray is known for his portraits of local musicians. Sitting in the audience, he works quickly to capture movement of a musicians gesture, contouring around shapes (left). Paula Dickey showed us another method where she starts from the inside and draws the skeleton shape (right), a technique from David Pasalaqua.

Blind contour drawing is also well suited to landscapes and their inherant organic contours. In Betty Edwards 1979 book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain she runs us through numerous well explained examples of how to work the Right Brain selectively. Turning an image upside down virtually assures you that the left brain, the verbal, analytical, sequential thinking, will step aside for a moment. Sports pictures are perfect for working unside down.

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
The Kachemak Bay Watercolor Society was formed to facilitate and promote watercolor arts. The society holds one general meeting and painting event per month to provide a platform for special programs focusing on watercolor and related issues. Membership is open to anyone interested in supporting watercolor arts. Membership dues are $20 and paid on annual basis. For more information, please contact Tony Clawson 235-1576.

KBWS BOARD OFFICERS

Co-Presidents, Donna Martin and Mary Bee Kaufman Vice President, Nina Burkholder Treasurer, Tony Clawson 235-6348 299-2039 235-2631 235-1576 KBWS Gallery corner,Nina Burkholder and Pat Wells Programs co-chairs, Paula Dickey and Mike Murray 235-2631 235-9030 235-7953 235-0120

Sharon Towle AWS, NWS

2010 KBWS WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP

Friday, Sept 17
through

Sunday, Sept 19, 2010

Location: Lands End Resort and Quarterdeck 4786 Homer Spit Road, Homer Class size: limit 20 students
10% discount on tuition for K.B.W.S. members

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE For additional information contact:

Bev Macy 907-235-9365 or 907-299-6229 CEL bdmacy1@juno.com 307 East Fairview, Homer, Alaska 99603

One of the things that sets Sharon Towles work apart from other contemporary watercolorists is her talent for making the mundane special; everyday things the human eye takes for granted become the focal points of her brilliant canvases....dramatic use of bold, clear color, intricate shadings and her love affair with light; and color so transparent that her canvases seem to be made of glass. I rmly believe opposites attract, in life as well as on art. I look for disparity in texture and tone and make them work together. .....blend negative with positive shapes, mix simplicity with detail, contrast with bright, happy colors with darker tones of the earth, sea and sky....colorful cans, styrofoam coffee cups, which I see as symbols of our disposable society and the growing disregard for nature.....I want the people who look at my work to come away with new perspectives; to see commonplace things in a brand new light....see them again for the very rst time. http://www.sharontowle.com

NEW updated WEBSITE for Lynda Reeds

Picture Alaska Art Gallery www.picturealaska.com

Check out Paula Dickeys show in Color!!!!

SHOWS
Fireweed Gallery DEC 4 to JAN 9 An Old Fashion Christmas art dolls, beadwork, and more by Char Jump MAR Christina Whiting www.reweedgallery.com Bunnell Street Art Gallery DEC Box Constructions by Margo Klass with Legends by Frank Soos JAN closed www.bunnellstreetgallery.org Ptarmigan Arts Back Room Gallery DEC Kimberlee Best and Mike Murray www.ptarmiganarts.com Art Shop Gallery DEC original paintings and prints by Ed Tussey www.artshopgallery.com Kenai Fine Arts Center NOV Annual Kenai Peninsula Juried Watercolor Exhibition http://www.kenai.net/nearts/
Wishing for Africa by Renee Jahnke

The Eskimo Carver by Renee Jahnke

Picture Alaska Art Gallery DEC/JAN Jim Buncak oil paintings www.picturealaska.com Homer Council on the Arts DEC masks based on Kodiak native culure by Lydia Lockard DEC 5-6 NUTCRACKER FAIR FEB Emerging Artists www.homerart.org
Cha Cha Cha by Marion Robertson

Pratt Museum to Dec 30 NEW HARMONIES: Celebrating American Roots Music FEB 2 - MAR14 The Big One: Earthquakes in the Pacic NW www.prattmuseum.org

Creative Opportunities
LIFE DRAWING TUES. 6:30 - 9PM Bunnell Street Gallery Wonderful World of Watercolors worldofwatercolor.com Art In The Mountains www. artinthemountains.com Janet Rogers Watercolors www. watercolorsbyrogers.com Donna Zagotta www. donnazagotta.com Alaska Watercolor Society www.akws.org Fairbanks Watercolor Society www.fairbankswatercolor.org

CLAUDIAS LIBRARY

The KBWS/ Claudias Library is kept open at Paint T ogethers. There is a wonderful collection of books, DVDs, and videos, including Janet Rogers portrait DVDs. Mike Murray, Paula Dickey and the HCOA ofce have keys to the case.

FIREWEED GALLERY KBWS corner UPDATES

DEC. 28 TO JAN 9 End of Season Sale at Fireweed Gallery. JAN. 9, Sat. PAINTINGS and PRINTS must be PICKED UP from the KBWS Corner. JAN 10 TO FEB 10 The FIREWEED GALLERY will be closed. This hiatus is a great time to change out plastic sleeves and add new prints and original bin pieces. FEB 10, Wed. MINIATURES SHOW Deadline 12PM to Drop Off new paintings to be hung, plus shrink-wrapped prints and originals for KBWS Corner.

KACHEMAK BAY WATERCOLOR SOCIETY

P.O.Box 98 Homer, Alaska 99603

If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you...It may break your heart, but it will ll your heart before it breaks. It will make you a person in your own right.. ---------- Maxwell Anderson
Send news items by Mar 20 to KBWS, P.O.Box 98, Homer, Alaska 99603. Thank you to all contributors and editors. Photos and reporting by Michael Murray, Kathy Little, George-Anne Phillips (Soldotna), and Lucys personal human valet...woof woof.....

WINTER 2009-2010 Calendar

DEC 2 Wed. DEC 4 Fri. DEC 5-6 Sat/Sun DEC 13 Sun JAN 9 Sat JAN 10 to FEB 10 FEB 6 Sat FEB 10 Wed Bring New Paintings to Fireweed DEADLINE: 12 PM Original watercolor by Maryln Kramer First Friday at the KBWS Corner 5-7 PM NUTCRACKER FAIR CHRISTMAS PARTY PAINT TOGETHER. Pick up all paintings and prints from FIREWEED FIREWEED GALLERY CLOSED PAINT TOGETHER 12 PM Deadline!! New Miniature Paintings, shrink wrapped Originals and Prints to Fireweed Gallery. Nina Burkholder, gallery liason 235-2631

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