October demo and what's to come next month

On the second Tuesday of each month we have a membership meeting.    At this meeting we get filled in with some of the details of the art center/gallery and have a chance to ask questions and meet other members.   This month Doug Drendell, our Vice President gave the report, followed by Pam Bechill giving a financial update, then Valerie Pignalli reported on membership stats.    Doug also told us about the experience of being an auctioneer at the KVIE art auction recently.      We have been invited to show again as a featured gallery next year.    

After the business was over, we moved on the demonstration by Caroline Henry.    Working quickly on dampened watercolor paper, she spread colors on the paper broadly with no attention to detail, and set it aside to dry.  This is much the same way she works in her journals.    This time she was working large, so when it came to time to bring out the pen to define her shapes and sketch over it, she worked with a large marker pen.   In her journals she uses fine tips.     This is the charming bird she created in front of us from a blank piece of paper, and a photo reference.    

During the break when the base watercolor was drying, she showed us some of her journals and other work.  And also showed us how she sometimes will rescue an unfinished or unsatisfactory earlier work.   We all have these.   So, we found this quite interesting.   

In November we will  not have a demo for the membership meeting.  Instead we will have a critique of the small works show by the judge, Deanna Hunt.    These critiques are always fascinating and give good insights into what judges look for in a good piece of work.  And what does not work.     It's a great learning experience, I hope you will join us for that.   November 11th, 7 p.m., come a little earlier for visiting and getting a good seat.