Watermarks Newsletter for the Central MM Watercolorists November/December 2015

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1 Kerry Kupferschmidt Watermarks Newsletter for the Central MM Watercolorists November/December 2015 Important: Start your card for our relaxing and fun Christmas/Holiday meeting on Dec. 14, 2015 at the Paramount Visual Arts Studios. Bring a treat - sweet or savory - to share. *** Sign up NOW for the Don Andrews Workshop featuring Landscapes with Figures. Call Derick at Presidents message: Well, November caught me curled up on my couch wrapped in a soft warm throw watching the wind play havoc with the leaves in the yard then watching the first snow fall. The trees once brilliantly flaunting their oranges, yellows and reds show their taupe infrastructures reaching towards a sky now grey more often than blue. Snow blowers are fired up in ready and wood smoke scents the air. By the time you read this, we will have given thanks for all we enjoy, will be trying out those left over turkey recipes and decorating for Christmas!! As fall fades moving us to indoor activities, CMW has provided contrapuntal color, inspiration and excitement to the internal environs of Rivers Edge Convention Center, Whitney Senior Center and Waite Park Library. Many of you who attended Frank Zeller s workshop in October are finishing paintings influenced by his techniques and use of pastels. Kelly Kupferschmidt s demo at the October meeting showing the process he uses to do watercolors of architectural renderings of new homes brought a new perspective. November 6 Bonnie Schwichtenberg and Linda Addicott represented CMW demoing their skills at the Art Crawl in studio B at the Paramount Visual Arts Center, downtown St Cloud. Dan Mondloch also illustrated his style in studio C then gave an interesting artist talk summarizing his plein air journey culminating in his exhibit there, Perpetual Search- 1 Year of Outdoor Painting now showing through December 5. Tim Schreder was also busy at the Falcon Bank on the 6 th creating a collaborative painting with a team of local artists. January 2014 ONLINE Find Central Minnesota Watercolorists news and more at and on Facebook at Central MN Watercolorists

2 November 10, Duane Barnhardt brought quiet humor as he brought an old pickup to life in a familiar rural backyard. Of course, many of you continue to attend or conduct attended by many you who have completed or are finishing paintings influenced by his techniques and uses of pastels. At the October 12 member meeting Kelly Kupferschmidt demonstrated the process he uses to do watercolors of architectural renderings of new homes. Of course, many of you continue to attend or conduct workshops, participate with small painting groups mentoring and sharing water media insights and ideas. The CMW board continues its energetic work behind the scenes. The CMW Guidelines are being reviewed and updated to include processes for management and accountability regarding digital media(our web site, Facebook page); privacy issues; board member roles and succession planning; property management; member responsibilities regarding exhibits, shows, fees etc. The 2016 budget was approved; copies will be available at the December meeting. The Memorandum of Understanding for our relationship with the Paramount Visual Arts Center(PVAC) was updated by Melissa Gohman, director of PVAC, and me then approved by the board. Workshops, demo artists and meeting activities have been planned through 2015 and into Nunc cursus magna quis Recently the board traveled to Campfire Bay Resort in Cushing to tour the grounds and check out the facilities. It s a very nice venue. We plan an informal painting retreat there March 10 to 13. Bonnie follows with pix and details. Lots happening!! We have gained 3 new members. Welcome Janice Wicks, Emily Howell and Paulette Swarthout! We have added Good Shepherd Community and another opportunity to show at the Whitney Senior Center to our 2016 exhibit calendar. You have varied opportunities to participate in CMW: exhibits, demoing, teaching, board membership/leadership roles as they open. I step down December 31. We need a new president. The board determined that the past president will remain a nonvoting board member to provide a support role assisting the new president as needed not to exceed a year. Please consider this opportunity and throw your hat in the ring! The December meeting is approaching. We ask you to design an original Christmas card for our annual exchange. Bring a sweet or savory snack to share. During the festivities we will view the Transparent Watercolor Society of America s annual show, always a treat. Thanks to the board for their consistently diligent contributions and to you all for your presence at meetings and for enhancing the arts in our community! "Art is the only way to run away without leaving home." Twyla Tharp Stef Central Minnesota Watercolorists is in great need of a member to step in as President. The term is for 2 years. In addition to presiding at monthly CMW meetings Sept - May, the president also schedules a meeting monthly with the board and the webmaster at a place convenient for him/her. For the first time the current President (Stef) will become the Past President for the first year (2016) to assist the board with transition, help out when needed, and offer support and advice when asked. The new President will serve for two years. Please consider agreeing to become the President for the club and for your own artistic growth. We will be glad to work with you! Stef, Robyn, Linda, Bonnie and Mary (our webmaster ex officio). DUES Dues are $25 per year payable to the Treasurer, Robyn York, before Feb. 1, It is important that you are aware that all paintings and artists pages on the CMW website will be deleted after Feb. 1 if dues are not paid.

3 The Banner Painting This is my own painting. I was very proud of it and it is special because it is the only real painting I have ever sold to someone not a relative. I started it in the Lian Zhen workshop and finished it at home. I found out that I am really comfortable with the style he taught us which is setting out an abstract background using very little drawing and finding the details of the work through negative painting. This really works for me. Also working with a simple triad makes the colors harmonious everywhere in the work. I won t see this piece anymore and I will really miss it. Bonnie Please contact Bonnie at bswitz@cloudnet.com by the 25th of each month so we can post your event/award/display. CMW wants to support all your art adventures.

4 Calendar NOV. 1-Dec. 30, 2015 Waite Park Library Exhibit. Take Down Dec. 30, 2015, 4-5pm. All paintings must have wires to hang. NOV. 30, 2015 Take down exhibit at Whitney Sr. Center before noon. The silver Brushes will assist us in taking down the works in the morning and placing them in the office. You may call for them between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm. If you can not come on Nov. 30 then contact Whitney Sr. Center and arrange for a pickup convenient for them OR have someone else pick it up. Nov. 30, 2015 Take Down exhibit at Rivers Edge convention Center, St. Cloud 4-5 pm. If you can not be there to remove your work, find a friend to do it for you. DEC. 14, 2015 CMW Christmas/Holiday gathering. 6 pm Paramount Visual Arts Center studios. A time to visit, share the holiday spirit of joy and friendship. Bring an original card you paint yourself to exchange with a member. We put them in a basket and draw another out. At the end we all open and share. Bring a special treat to share. JAN. 11, 2016 CMW meeting at the Paramount Visual Art Center. The program will be: All You Wanted to Know About Matting and Framing with Robyn York. Robyn is our Treasurer and has been preparing her work for exhibit for many years. She will pass along some of her personal hints for presentation success. You may register and pay for the Campfire Bay Paint-In on Mar 10-13, 2016 at this time also. FEB. 1-MAR. 31, 2016 CMW will have a special All Galleries Show at Whitney Sr. Center. Hang date is Feb. 1, :30-5:30 pm. Information to Robyn by Jan. 25, 2015 with framed size, price, title, and contact. Take down date is Mar. 31, 2016 before noon. All paintings MUST have wires to hang. If you can help hang please let Robyn know. There is NO fee to hang your work for this show. FEB. 8, 2016 CMW meeting at the Paramount visual Arts Center. The PRESIDENT S CHALLENGE Birds of a Feather. This is one of the most fun meetings each year. We each bring a painting or two to show to each other. No critique. Just lots of admiring, O OHs and A A Ahs! It is a lot of fun to show your work in a truly safe and nurturing environment. For information on how to make your own Artist Website, marketing for artists and professional development opportunities, see our website!

5 MAR , CMW Paint in at Campfire Bay on Fish Trap Lake, Cushing, MN. Join fellow CMW members for a delightful and relaxing weekend of painting at this spotless resort whose owners make a point of catering to groups of crafters and painters. The studio is exceptionally well lit and very spacious. The accommodations are modern and very well kept. Register at the December or January meeting or by calling a board member. The maximum number is 20. See the board member information on the last page of each newsletter. It is only $39 per night plus a onetime $5 studio fee plus meals. You may bring your own food and cook, go out, or order in. However the kitchens in the studio and the cabins are really, really nice. NO REFUNDS will be returned after Feb. 8, 2016 MAR. 14, CMW March meeting at Paramount Visual Arts Center. Our presenter this month will be Pat Choffrut, Watercolorist. Pat likes to add people into her paintings. She uses fresh bright colors in a very painterly way. Check out her work on her Etsy page by Googling Pat Choffrut, artist. DON ANDREWS WORKSHOP APRIL 5-8, Don will also give a demo at the CMW monthly meeting on either April 4th or 6th. We will keep in touch about this date and let you know. This workshop is in association with the Paramount Visual Arts Center. Don will focus on Landscapes and the figure. Call Derick at NOW to enroll MAY 7, 2016 May Paint IN at the Watab Town Hall, th St. N W. Sauk Rapids, MN We will have our annual Mothers Day day of painting for all CMW members. At the Town Hall. This is a great space with excellent light. Come Join the fun. Only $5. Complementary beverages. Bring a snack to share if you wish. LIAN QUAN ZHEN WORKSHOP OCT , Registration will be in the summer of 2016 through the Paramount Visual Arts Partnership with CMW. We will keep you in the loop as to when/how to look for this. As usual, the CMW membership will have a specific window to register for this before it is open to the public. Lian will teach us Chinese painting this time TED NUTTALL APR , Ted Nuttall is a nationally and internationally known portrait watercolorist. This will be his first time visiting Minnesota and he is really looking forward to it. Registration will be posted in the fall of CMW needs your help. We would like to send our members a card if an illness, death or serious event befalls their family. We hope you will join in contributing an original card to the SUNSHINE BOX for these kinds of occasions. The subject can be anything you choose. Please make it a 5 x 7 card. We will get the envelopes and send an appropriate card from the box.

6 Don Andrews Workshop April 5-8, 2015 Sign up NOW by calling Derick at We are extremely fortunate to have Don Andrews, nationally known watercolorist, conduct a 4 day workshop for CMW members and painters from the surrounding area. Don is a an active member of the American Watercolor Society as well as a past board member. He has authored many books and DVDs as well as articles in American Artist and American Artist Watercolor Edition You can see his vibrant color and bold strokes. Be sure to sign up immediately to secure a spot with Don. The fee is $375. Don will ALSO give the CMW membership a demo on April 4 or 5. Date to be decided soon.

7 Campfire Bay, March 10-13, 2016 Here are pictures of the resort we can enjoy for a paint in. The dedicated painting room is fabulously lit and room for 20 tables plus a kitchen, oven, microwave and snack tables while we are painting :- ). The cabins have private rooms with NO mildew smell. Really spotless and sanitary. The large ones have two kitchens, double TVs with DVDs and good beds. Some queen and some singles all private sleeping rooms/areas. The price is reasonable. $39 per night, plus $5 studio fee. The Resort Caters to groups such as CMW. One hour drive north on Fish Trap Lake. Modern Facilities. Food - you can cook, send out, go out or have it catered. Beautiful Lake setting.

8 Our Own Kerry Kupferschmidt Demonstration October 2015 Kerry took us through his complete process of how he makes an architectural portrait of a home one of his accounts wants to promote. He works with architects and realtors in the state to help them present their properties or designs to their buyers and clients. Frank Zeller workshop, Oct , 2015 at the Paramount Visual Arts Center Frank focused on the works and techniques of several different artists. We worked on an underpainting with India Ink, creating a painting with only 4 values, and creating a piece using realia Frank provided by taking an unconventional look at the shapes and color. Mary C and Yvonne S work on their India Ink under painting piece as does Suzanna J. We added color after we textured our pieces with ink using a found stick or a shaved matchstick..

9 Frank Zeller continued: After we created a small piece using only cutouts from 4 values Frank went on to show us how to use that model to create a watercolor using the same four values only this time in color. By referring to our original model of the 4 values in neutral tint, we could decide where to place the lightest and darkest values using color. Here is Frank s finished piece. Photo Issues We have paintings on exhibit at this time in three venues currently. The River s Edge Convention Center thru Nov. 30, 2015, the Waite Park Library thru Dec. 30, 2015, and Whitney Sr. Center thru Nov. 30, We are finding that the lighting glare is so serious in certain venues on the glass that it is nearly impossible to take a good picture of your work. They are easy to see in person but the camersa doesn t like the setting. Going forward I will try to have a helper hold the piece up for a photo before hanging to do justice to your work. At this time all of the Rivers Edge exhibit photos had so much glare that I could not get one good shot. It is only possible thanks to Sandra Koep that we have some of the Waite Park Library pieces. Thank you Sandra. When I see that this is the case I will make every effort to take a picture of your work before it is hung OR you for a jpg to use in the neswletter. I am trying to edit some of the other paintings from Whitney and Rivers Edge to feature in the next newsletter.

10 Waite Park Partial exhibits thank you Sandra Koep for your photographs. COLORFUL PAINTING TIPS I keep getting questions about framing your work. So here is a repeat for some and new ideas for others. Rule #1. When you are starting out, pick paper sizes that fit common frames. A 5 x 7 painting fits a hole made for an 8 x 10 frame. The ready made mat hole is 4 ½ x 6 ½ An 8 x 10 painting fits a hole made for an 11 x 14 frame. The ready made mat hole is 7 ½ x 9 ½. A 11 x 14 or 15 painting fits a hole made for a 16 x 20 frame. The ready made mas hole is 13 ½ x 10 ½. Rule #2. When someone offers you a free frame with a glass check the size AND the depth of the cerf/rabbet to hold the picture. You need it to be about 3/8 to ½ to hold the picture, the mat, the glass, and the backing board. Rule #3. When starting out, generally the best color mat to get is white or cream. A double mat hole is the same size hole as a single mat also. It is the outside mat that is bigger. The inside one is the single size. Rule #4. Use wire and D ring strap hangers to hang your picture. Most galleries will not accept a sawtooth hanger.

11 Duane Barnhart demonstrates on November 9, 2015 We had an excellent turnout for the November meeting and a really interesting program presented by Duane Barnhart who painted an old pickup truck that had been sitting so long in its location it was starting to sink into the earth. Duane felt he had better paint it before someone towed it away. We were also given tips on how to mount Arches Paper onto masonite, and how to finish and mount a painting without glass or mats.

12 New Central Minnesota Watercolorists Board Stef Young, President Linda Addicott, NEW Vice President Robyn York, Treasurer Bonnie Schwichtenberg Newsletter Mary Buhl, Social Media including Facebook and 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. 31 of the current year. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP CODE HOME PHONE CELL PHONE Send dues to Robyn York, CMW Treasurer: at nd St., S. E., St. Cloud, MN We now all our newsletters. If you can t receive ed Newsletters, please let us know. You can also find the newsletter on our website every month at