WATERMARKS: November 2016 The Newsletter for Central Minnesota Watercolorists

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1 WATERMARKS: November 2016 The Newsletter for Central Minnesota Watercolorists Our presenter for November is Peggy Hall. Peggy was kind enough to reschedule her demonstration and we can t wait to see her innovative techniques. Be at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Studio C on Nov. 14th at 6 pm. Bonnie Schwichtenberg Presidents Message from Kerry Kupferschmidt November looks to be a busy month for our watercolor CMW members. We began with two sites for exhibiting art. Rivers Edge Convention Center is an excellent site for larger work and perhaps some new winter scenes. We ll be able to see images of that exhibit soon. The first ever $50 Sale proved to be a challenging but worthwhile endeavor. Thanks to ALL those who chose to bring their work. There was a flurry of activity making room for all the pieces delivered. I was impressed with the quality of the mostly smaller scale paintings. Many of you included frames with original art. The dilemma of presenting quality work at a bargain price was solved in many creative ways. We had sold nine pieces of art when I last checked. I really appreciate the effort put in by our board and our members to make a successful sale! Bonnie Schwichtenberg and Anita Hendrickx were vital to the cause with signage and display set up. Robyn York and several others kept sales going smoothly. Many contributed by encouraging customers. We had a very good turnout! I am sure we will have much feedback on improving the next sale, but it was a very good first effort at this venue. Be sure to come to our next meeting November 14 th! Our demonstrator will be Peggy Hall. She works in mixed media in a range of subjects, employing added textures for interest. You won t have bad ONLINE Find Central Minnesota Watercolorists news and more at and on Facebook at Central MN Watercolorists

2 weather for an excuse not to attend, if our balmy November weather continues. Please start thinking of card ideas for our December 12 th meeting. Remember, original art at card scale. It is a challenge for me, but many relish the idea. Well, my quote this month is from an excellent book I am reading about Claude Monet. Mad Enchantment by Ross King has given me a new appreciation for the challenges of an aging artist s struggle to deal with maintaining creative energy. He was 75 years old when he started his most ambitious project of his lifetime, his largescale Water Lilies paintings. These landscapes of water and reflections have become an obsession he wrote to a friend in And yet it seemed to fuel his energy. He eventually painted better than 30 large scale Water Lillie paintings, many infused with intense color and energy. Great encouragement for those of us challenged by age and health issues. Keep those paintings coming! Kerry CALENDAR NOV. 14, 2016 CMW NOV. MEETING. Paramount Center for the Arts, Studio C, at 6:00 pm social, 6:20 meeting, and 6:40 demonstration. Peggy Hall will guide us through her journey with mixed media. Her work varies from easily recognizable images to abstract representational ideas. She uses texture and form to convey her message to the viewer. You can see Peggy s work at DEC. 12, 2016 CMW DEC. MEETING Paramount Visual Arts Center at 6:00 pm. Our annual time to exchange an original card with each other and share holiday treats. Come for a relaxing and deliciously fun evening of friendship and good food. Happy Holidays to all. Bring a treat to share. DEC. 19, 2016 Takedown at RiversEdge Convention Center 4-5 pm WE GENERALLY DO NOT HAVE A JANUARY MEETING. Feb. 1-Feb. 28, 2016 Waite Park Library Exhibit. 11 paintings that are 16 x 20 or near that will be accepted. Cost $5. Hanging Feb. 1, 2016, 4-5pm; takedown Feb. 28, pm. Contact Yvonne Schrank at or schrank@prodigy.net. FEB. 13, 2016 CMW PRESIDENT S CHALLENGE: Our illustrious President, Kerry Kupferschmidt, will give us a theme and invite us to bring a painting to share with our membership. This is as much fun as the card exchange. We show it, tell a little about it and then put it on a stand on the table for all to see at the end during refreshments. You don t have to bring one but you will enjoy it more if you do.

3 CALENDAR cont d. CMW Campfire Bay painting Retreat, March 9-12 We will return to CampFire Bay Resort for our 2nd Painting Retreat. Our leaders have calculated all the fees and they feel confident the 4 days and 3 nights will be very close to $ per person based on a 6 person minimum participation. That will include your room, taxes and the $5 studio fee. For those of you who have never been, the cabin is big with 2 flat screen tvs and dvds, two complete modern kitchens, and it sleeps 12. However we prefer 8 if possible. Then, each person gets their own bed. With 10, two have to use a futons, with 12 beds are shared. We would likely get another cabin before doing that. Last year we all brought food and ate like Kings! So well we did not go out at all. The Studio is remarkable with great light, a super kitchen, with many, many, tables; the accommodations are REALLY clean. The beds are OK. Sign up if you are interested at the meeting on the 14th. Last day to pay the balance is Feb. 1, The board will set a date for interested painters to remit a nonrefundable deposit in December and contact all interested parties to commit. MAR. 13, 2016 CMW MAR. MEETING: Paramount Center for the Arts 6pm social, 6:20 pm meeting, 6:40 presenter TBA. APRIL 10, 2016 CMW APRIL MEETING: Paramount Center for the Arts, Studio C, 6 pm social, 6:20 pm meeting, 6:40 demonstration by Katia Irie. Aka Katia Andreevna SPRING WORKSHOP APRIL 25-28, Ted Nuttall Watercolor Portrait Artist. The rate for CMW members is $450. Non members is $500. ( it would be cheaper to join the club.) This workshop is currently full. Call Derick NOW to get your name on a waiting list We knew this would fill quickly but we find that someone always cancels after the deposit deadline so you still have a chance! : ) Some dates to save in Good Shephard Lutheran Home Exhibit April and May. Smaller paintings under $150. $5, Contact Yvonne at or schrank@prodigy.net. 2. Look for the deadline around April to submit a JPG for the JURIED exhibit at the East Bank Gallery in Sioux Falls. $5. Contact Yvonne at or schrank@prodigy.net. 3. St. Cloud Hospital Exhibit, May 2017, $5. Contact Yvonne at or schrank@prodigy.net. 4. CentraCare Plaza Exhibit, June 2017, $5. Contact Yvonne at or schrank@prodigy.net. 5. St Cloud Library Exhibit, July 2017, $5. Contact Yvonne at or schrank@prodigy.net.

4 TED NUTTALL This workshop has filled but there is a waiting list. If you are interested, Call Derick now at to be added to it. It is common for someone to cancel at the last minute. TED NUTALL, portrait artist, April 25-28, 2017 Negotiations THE FEE IS $450 FOR CMW MEMBERS, $500 FOR NON MEMBERS. You can see his style at Ted is excited to come to MN. This will be his first time. Peggy Hall Peggy Hall works in mixed media in a number of styles. Below are a selection of her pieces. She will be our demonstrator on Nov. 14, at the Paramount. The Banner Painting Chalet in the Dolomite Mountains 5 years ago I started attending workshops with Rose Edin an excellent teacher. I am almost done finishing all the paintings I started in her three workshops I paint slowly. This was actually the first one I started with her 5 years ago. I AM SO GLAD TO ALMOST BE DONE!! I have one more; it is a full sheet! What was I thinking? Bonnie

5 Lian Quan Zhen s workshop using Chinese painting on Raw Schuan and Mature Schaun. Actually Schaun is a grass in China that is made into paper. It is also called rice paper. He taught us how to make simple strokes turn into animals and how to blend Chinese paint on the brush instead of the paper. We practiced a little and jumped into our first painting. Peonies. Then we got to try our skills. Next we worked on the Owl and after that the Landscape. Lastly we worked on an undersea scene with fish, coral, and sea creatures.

6 Here are a few of Lian s seascape skills we put into our seascapes. On Nov. 4 we organized The Best Ever $50 Art Sale! There were 12 sides of panels covered with original paintings with a bunch set up on shelves, on the floor and set up on chairs. The display was impressive to say the least. This was the Winter Art Crawl sponsored by the St. Cloud Downtown Business Association. Due to the magnificent weather there were hundreds of viewers. Take a look at our first attempt to do this. Mary Buhl and Linda Addicott were demonstrating that evening. Thanks to Anita Hendricks for the really professional posters. She designed them.

7 Dues Dues are payable at any meeting or by mail to the treasurer. There is a membership application of the last page of each newsletter. The rate is $25 for If you pay after Feb. 1, 2017 the rate is $30. Dues are also prorated for new members who join throughout the year. How we protect your information Paying your dues implicitly gives us permission to contact you regarding any club business or event. A member directory is published AND distributed to ALL members by around Feb. 15th. You may OPT OUT OF PARTICIPATING in the directory by contacting the treasurer IN WRITING by Jan. 15, You may exclude all or part of your information. HOWEVER, if you are in the directory, you are giving other members permission to contact you. The DIRECTORY and the MEMBERSHIP LIST information are proprietary AND owned by Central Minnesota Watercolorists (CMW). The information included in either may NOT be shared with any entity not listed above for any reason by CMW or its members. Information posted on exhibits. Some venues require that your personal information be posted on your painting for view to the public. This is often true if you are trying to sell a piece of art. They also may require a list of your information to be help privately in their office while your art is displayed. We will try to always advise you what is needed for each exhibit so you can decide if you wish to participate. Here are a few honors some of our members garnered this past year that we had to defer because the newsletter file got too big to send to some members. Morning Bite by Dan Mondloch won Best in Show at the Pleinair Hudson event in Hudson WI. Dan is becoming very well known for his outdoor painting nationally. This is Rides by the Ocean the painting Ellen Deidrichs started in the demonstration she presented in May. She finished it and sent this on.

8 Introducing your new Officers Thank you to Gordon Schrank for accepting the position of Vice President for 2017 and Gordon and his wife, Yvonne, participate in many workshops exploring all kinds of new painting and drawing experiences. He will bring much experience to the position. Gordon s main job is to seek and hire our meeting demonstrators. He will replace Linda Addicott. AND a new Treasurer! Yvonne Schrank has volunteered to cook the books for us for the next two years also. A family affair that couldn t be better for us at CMW. Thank you, Yvonne, for accepting this position. Of course as treasurer her responsibilities are to keep us on course financially. She will do a wonderful job. Yvonne will serve in She is replacing Robyn York. Marilyn Clement won several awards at Artists of Minnesota this spring. Kathy Braus had two paintings accepted into Salute to the Arts in Brainerd this spring. Dance of the Jellyfish and Rose in Outline Here is Rose in Outline.

9 New Central Minnesota Watercolorists Board President Kerry Kupferschmidt Linda Addicott, Vice President Robyn York, Treasurer Bonnie Schwichtenberg Newsletter Mary Buhl, Social Media NEW including Facebook and SAME CentralMNWatercolorists.org website Central Minnesota Watercolorists membership form While mostly watercolorists, this organization welcomes all artists regardless of medium or experience. We are a group of individuals embracing the arts. Dues are $25 annually paid before January 31 for the current calendar year. After that it is $30. New members who join after July enjoy prorated dues. By joining CMW you are giving us permission to contact you. We will not share your data with any other entity. We will publish a paid member roster electronically to all members once a year after Feb. 1. You may opt out of the directory in writing to the Treasurer before Jan. 15 of the current year. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP HOME PHONE CELL PHONE Send dues to Robyn York, CMW Treasurer: at nd St., S. E., St. Cloud, MN We all of our newsletters. If you do not receive , contact us. You can also find the newsletter on our website each month at