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tor! I now have a number of

ideas for improving our meet-

ings and we are beginning to

form a committee to search for

new opportunities to show and

sell our work. So far we have

3 board members and 2 other

members on it. If you would

like to join us in this effort or

have any ideas of places we

should investigate, please let

me know

([email protected] or

512-795-0203).

Later on, I will email each of

you the full summary of the

2015 survey results. The first

page of the results can be

found on page 8 of this news-

letter. If you have any ques-

tions or further suggestions,

please let me know.

I hope to see everyone at the

free Nicholas Simmons

demonstration on Sunday,

March 1 at 3pm. And don’t

forget to drop off your paint-

ings for judging in the Spring

Membership show from 11;15

to 12:15 beforehand.

As we March onwards into

2015 (yes, I meant the pun),

I would like to summarize

the January survey results

for you. First of all, thank

you all who took the survey!

It was very interesting read-

ing and you gave the board

a lot of great ideas for im-

proving WWG.

There were about 35 mem-

bers who responded. I gave

3 points to the top sugges-

tion/activity for each ques-

tion, 2 points for the second,

and one point for the third.

The point counts are in pa-

rentheses after the ranking.

Not everyone responded to

all questions and some only

had one or two responses.

What we do best and

should keep on doing:

#1:Multi-day workshops

with professional artists(70),

#2: Shows(major juried)

(39) and #3 Mini workshops

(30). Other good things we

do were Demonstrations,

Newsletter, Great Members,

Meetings/opportunities for

camaraderie, Activities, Li-

brary/Paper sales and Par-

ties/Lunches. So, great job

Workshop folks (Michele

Missner, Chuck Wallace,

and Tina Broderick), for-

mer Show VP Helen Green,

along with all the hard-

working show chairs, and all

who taught the mini work-

shops this past year! Kudos,

also, to the board and mem-

bers who have generously

donated their time to support

WWG’s mission in other

ways.

What we could improve up-

on or start: #1 increase/

improve activities & demon-

strations. (49), #2: Improve

General Meetings (28) and

#3: Improve opportunities for

selling/promoting our art (25).

Other suggestions for im-

provement included Improve

workshops/mini-workshops,

Improve Shows, Support the

Board and Party/social/

member recruitment. I think

we already are well on our

way to addressing the first

issue by having our former

Show VP, Helen Green, at the

position of Activities Direc-

President’s Message, by Nancy Charbeneau

The Waterloo Watercolor Group Newsletter March, 2015

Wet Paint

Important Dates

Feb 10-28 entry forms,

fees due to Debra James

for Spring Show

March 1 Bring Spring

Show entries for Judging

to Apache shores, 11:15

March 5: Deadline for

winners to submit jpegs

to Eileen Pestorius

March 13: entry forms,

fees, and jpegs for Bass

Show due to Helen Green

March 20: Notification

of accepted entries, Bass

April 11-12: Deliver

accepted paintings for

Bass show to Helen

May 4: Deliver, hang

paintings for spring

show, Corridor of Art,

May TBA : Reception,

Spring Show

June 9: Bass show

Strike-Pick up paintings

@Austin Artspace, 11:30

July 6: spring show

strike

[email protected]

Have you paid your dues/

renewed your membership for

2015? Act now, or this will

be your last newsletter

:( :( :(

See page 2 for the

schedule of events

for March 1.

Directions and Schedule for Sunday, March 1

by Eileen Pestorius And Deb James

Bring Paintings for Judging

Our 37th spring show paintings are due

between 11;15 and 12:15 at Apache

shores Sunday to be juried by Nicholas

Simmons. Kindly have your information

taped to the upper left rear of the paint-

ings, as noted in the prospectus which

was in our newsletter. Nicholas will look

at up to 3 of your paintings, decide which

one will be in the show, choose prizewin-

ners, and also include other paintings to

hang in May at the Corridor of Art. We

will hang about 55 paintings.

After Judging:

At 2:30, kindly remove ALL your paint-

ings from the hall so that we can have the

demo from 3 to 5. At that point, the

workshop people will take over.

Prize Winners

All prize winners must send Eileen

Pestorius a jpg of their work(we’ll tell

you the happy news) so we can print bro-

chures for the show opening in May. We

hope everyone participates and will an-

nounce the Corridor of Art hanging and

reception times closer to the dates.

Directions:

Address: Apache Shores Community

Hall, 14919 General Williamson Drive,

Austin, TX, 78734

General Williamson Drive is one and a

half miles west of Mansfield Dam on RR

620. There is a traffic light at the inter-

section of General Williamson and 620.

there is a fire station on one corner and a

middle school on another corner of the

intersection. You can only turn south on

to General Williamson Drive. Go one-

half mile down the road and turn right

into the paved parking lot surrounded by

community buildings and a poos. There

are two Apache Shores community en-

trance signs on either side of the parking

lot entrance. The barn-shaped building

at the far end of the parking lot is the

Community Hall, where our meetings

and workshops are held.

Wet Paint

Contact Carol at:

[email protected]

Do you need Watercolor Paper for the Simmons

Workshop? -By Carol McCollum, Librarian

Would anyone needing paper for the Nicho-

las Simmons workshop please call Carol Mc

Collum to place your order—512-345-1536?

Available paper:

Arches 140 lb. cold press, natural or bright

white, $4.25/sheet

Arches 300 lb. cold press, natural only,

$9.50/sheet

Fabriano 140 cold press, natural only, $3.25/

sheet.

I will bring the orders to the demo on Sun-

day.

In addition to the paper, the Library has a

number of art instruction books and DVDs.

See the website for the complete list. If you

arrange with me ahead of time, I can deliver

these to the meeting Sunday as well.

Wet Paint

Show News, by Tanya Christie

Spring Member Show: Entry forms for our

spring member show, titled “Bursting with

Color “ are due February 10-28 to Debra

James. Please see prospectus at the end of

this publication. Nicholas Simmons is our

judge at Apache Shores on March 1. Many

thanks to Debra James and Eileen Pestorius

for co-chairing this show.

Bass Show: Entries are due March 13. Send

jpegs to [email protected]. Entries

must be 1/2 sheet or larger in size. See pro-

spectus at end of this newsletter for details.

Thank you Helen Green and Donna Overly

for chairing this show.

—Tanya Tanya Christie

[email protected]

Questions about member-

ship? Contact Pat Molina at:

[email protected]

Membership News, by Pat Molina

Thank you all who renewed this month. New

member Carol Keller joins us, along with

Jacqui Boyd, who is returning.

If you haven-t renewed your membership in

our group for 2015, now is the time. Starting

next month, we will update our mailing list for

2015. Don’t get dropped from the list and

miss out on our newsletters, shows, work-

shops, and activities.

Please consider using PayPal to pay for mem-

bership; and, as always, checks are accepted.

The membership application may be found at

the end of this newsletter or on the WWG web

page. Just click on the “join Us” red button

and download/print the application. For those

who have signed up again, thank you. Water-

loo is a wonderful bunch of folks who love to

paint and share in fellowship.

Here’s a quote I found from Eric Wiegardt that

I’ve been thinking about: focus on what

makes a good composition and the design

tools needed to attract the eye, carry it

throughout the picture plane, and then rest on

the Area of Dominance. If you haven’t renewed

your membership, now

is the time! Starting

next month, we will up-

date our mailing list for

2015. Don’t get

dropped from the list

and miss out on our

newsletters, shows,

workshops, and activi-

ties. Contact Eileen at:

www.Eileenthepainter.com

Bookworms by Eileen Pestorius

The Bookworms met on their regular quarterly Saturday morn-

ing Feb. 7 at 9:30 AM. Eileen Pestorius hosted, 512 Kon-

stanty Circle. We discussed the 800-plus pages of Titian

which we’ve been reading for longer than usual on dark winter

days! Popes, dukes, and the Holy Roman Emperor all fit into

the Renaissance life of this great painter, one of the first to use

oil while portraying saints and myths in grand art.

Our next choice will be a modern mystery set in Rome and

filled with art crime for a total change of pace. All members

are welcome.

Logo Update Contest.

It has been suggested by several that our long time logo needs a facelift. Since it has been part of WWG

for many years our goal is to renew it, but keep it similar enough that it still recognizable as our symbol.

Think the Morton Salt girl, Coca Cola or Wendy's.

Send your designs to [email protected] and we will give the membership a chance to choose.

Deadline: May 31st Prize: $100

As a little side note, Carol McCollum told us a family member designed the original Morton salt girl.

Wet Paint

Wet Paint

Activities, by Helen Green

Splashing Around, a day of water

painting with Marsha Reeves : Satur-

day, March 21, 2015 at Apache Shores

9:30-3:00 Fee, $25, members, $30 non-

members. All levels welcome. This mini

workshop is currently near capacity so

act now to reserve your space! We have

one or two spaces left before we start a

wait list. Because the date is over a

month away ,however, plans change and

there is a good chance that people on the

wait list will get in. Contact Marsha

Reeves at: [email protected]

or 512-292-6201 for more information.

Introduction to Chinese Brush Paint-

ing, Detail Style, with Vivien Burns

March 24, 2015, 9:30-2:30 with a 6 stu-

dent limit, $35 contact:

[email protected]

Learn this meditative and mind awaken-

ing art form using the four treasures of

Chinese art (bamboo brush, ink stone,

ink stick, and rice paper). Vivien will

guide you from ink sketching to finish in

Detail Style and explore how to extend

techniques to Spontaneous Style. All

levels are welcome.

Vivien will provide Rice Paper (Raw

Shuen Paper and Sized Shuen Paper) and

Ink for you in the class

Vivien Wushan Burns is deeply passion-

ate about Chinese Brush Painting. She

studies with masters in china and Tai-

wan. She stills the mind, grinds ink on

stone, draws wolf-hair brush across rice

paper creating prolific imagery: compo-

sitions that balance filled and vacant

space. Originally from Taiwan, Vivien

lives in Austin, TX. Check on Vivien’s

work at www.inkstonefineart.com.

Picnic/Paint Out at Lonnie Shan’s

Ranch in Thorndale

April 18, 11-4. RSVP to Helen Green,

[email protected]. If you can

drive and offer rides, let Helen know.

Lonnie is furnishing the BBQ and it’s up

to guests to bring the sides. It is pretty

easy to get out here. Only two ways

from Austin, and both go through Tay-

lor.

We plan to eat first, let people scatter to

paint , then meet up again for a critique

around 3pm or so.

As for supplies, people need to

bring their own lawn chair and art sup-

plies. We sill have a cooler with iced

down bottled water and sodas available.

Tea will be provided for lunch. I also

plan on having county maps available

with nearby interesting areas highlight-

ed. More details in the April newsletter.

Watercolor Journaling Mini Work-

shop, taught by Anney Rehm

April 25, 2015, from 9:30 to 3:00 at Hel-

en Greens Home, 8904 Mission Creek

Cove. Limit: 15, all skill levels wel-

come. $25 per student. Supplies will be

minimal.

This class is designed to get you sketch-

ing/painting on a daily basis in order to

record your life, improve your artistic

skills, and add more fun and depth to

your life.

In this class we will start off with a quick

overview on design, composition and

color. After some quick 3 minute

sketches, we will experiment with some

different tools to make marks with wa-

tercolors, as well as inks, pencils, ink

pens, white pens, and more. You will

also learn some basic hand lettering and

calligraphy to add to your sketches.

Contact Anney at:

[email protected],

phone: 512-680-2471

The following are Waterloo Watercolor Group sponsored activities, arranged under

the auspices of our Activities Director, Helen Green.

Reticent Beauty by Vivien Burns

[email protected]

Some of the paintable scenery near Lonnie’s

Workshops, by Michele Missner, Tina Broderick, and Chuck Wallace

Wet Paint

The Workshop Committee will be formatting a

new way of registering for workshops. It has

not been completely worked out, but will be

soon. We hope to take advantage of PayPal

for registering.

Our next workshop is in early March, 2015,

with Nicholas Simmons. Given past registra-

tions, please add your name to the wait list if

you are interested. There are many changes

one month before the workshop and you just

may get in. To get on the list, please email

Tina Broderick at: hillcountryt-

[email protected]

Your input, please:

The Brommer workshop was difficult to fill.

We had enough on the wait list, but in the end,

after many drops and adds, we were one per-

son short of our quota. We would like to hear

from you what we can do for our members to

make you want to attend workshops that we

plan for you. We have had wonderful artists

that everyone in the workshops had enjoyed

working with. Is it the time of year? Would

Jan/Feb, and later in the fall be better? Do we

start registration too early? Send your com-

ments to Michele Missner at:

[email protected]

FUTURE WORKSHOPS

2015-2017

Nicholas Simmons, March 2-5, 2015,

$400 for members and $450 for non-members.

Eric Weigart, Oct 5-8, 2015, $450 for

members and $500 for non-members.

Karen Knutson, Feb 29-March 3, 2016,

$275 for members and $325 for non-members

Mary Ann Beckwith, Oct 2-5, 2017.

$300 members, $350 non-members

Mark Mehaffy, Feb 26-March 2, 2017

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Nicholas Simmons

is Coming !!!!!!

March 2-5, 2015

Wet Paint

Artists and their Work—Kudos Beryl Kerwick will have a solo show at the North Hills Gal-

lery March 2031, with a reception March 8, 2015, from 12:15

to 1:30 pm. Beryl is a finalist in the 2015 Hunting Prize Com-

petition. The Hunting Prize is given to one Texas artist a year,

and the competition to become a finalist is very stiff. In addi-

tion, Beryl will have 2 pieces of ceramic sculpture in the Reli-

gious Art Gallery show opening Feb 28-August 28, 2015.

Beryl’s paintings can be seen in two locations in two different

exhibits at ABIA.

Donna Overly will have an exhibit titled “Paintings and Poems

by Donna Overly” at the Lake Travis Community Library,

March 2-29, 2015. There will be a reception March 7 from

1:30 to 3:00pm.

Chuck Wallace Has been asked to create the cover design

for a novel. His painting is now the official cover for BB’S

Road, a novel by Steve Webb.

Betty Jameson ‘s painting was accepted into the Kansas Wa-

tercolor Society’s National Exhibition 2014 at the Wichita

Center for the Arts, November 21-January 4, 2015. She also

won First Place, Water Media at the River Art Group Annual

show and Sale at the Rag Gallery in La Villita, in San Antonio

this past fall.

From Kathy Summers: Kathy has a solo exhibit at North

Hills Gallery. “Finding Magic”, will be at 7050 Village Center

Drive, Austin, 78731 February 3-March 1, 2015. There will be

a reception February 8, 2015, from 12:15-1:30.

Michele Missner has a solo exhibit at Amplify Credit Union,

13050 Pond Springs Road from now through the first week in

March. In addition, she has had two paintings juried in to the

Creative Arts Society’s exhibit at Inspiration Gallery at River

Bend Church.

Rae Andrews’ new in-

structional watercolor

book , Watercolors Ready

Set, GO! has been pub-

lished! Inside you will get

11 demonstrations with

step by step photos and

many images of Rae’s art.

Rae discusses her approach

to watercolor as well as

design, color, and value. This book shows many tips, tech-

niques and fun ways to paint loose and exciting paintings.

Price point on this book is $45. Please contact her at :

[email protected]

Carolyn Patterson, Sue Kemp, and Helen Green all have

paintings in the Religious Art Gallery Exhibit at the Catholic

Diocesan Pastoral Center, 6225 Hwy 290 E. in Austin. All are

welcome to enter their religious fine art, with a focus on Judeo-

Christian faith. Contact [email protected] to receive

future calls for art.

Watercolor Workshops with Rae Andrews:

“Landscape”, Feb 19, 2015, at Rae’s studio, 3901 Culebra Cir-

cle, Austin, TX 78734. The workshop will be from 9:30-4:00

with a brief lunch break around 12:30 pm. Tea and coffee will

be available, however students must bring their own lunch.

Limited space, first come first served. Cost $60

Rae will demonstrate her techniques for a loose and yet con-

trolled watercolor using landscape as the subject matter. Ongo-

ing personal critiques throughout the day and a class critique at

the end of the day. Rae is known for her color and movement

within her watercolors. Students will see how freeing this ap-

proach is in their work. Contact: [email protected] or phone

512-266-083

Artist Opportunities: Workshops

Newsletter Items Wanted!

Do you have an artistic adventure or tri-

umph to share? Please submit your articles

by the 25’th of the month to Marsha

Reeves at: [email protected]

Please submit photos in jpeg, jpg or gif

form only.

Send in articles as an attached Word docu-

ment, or as part of the body of your email.

I cannot use write protected documents, or

web pages.

WWG January 2015 Survey Results

Method of Ranking (come up with the numbers):

I assigned 3 points to the top suggestion or activity for each question, 2 points for the second, and 1 point for the third.

What we do best and should keep on doing: Multi-day workshops with professional artists – 73

Shows (major juried) – 39

Mini-workshops – 32

Demonstrations – 16

Newsletter – 11

Great members – 9

Meetings/opportunities for camaraderie – 6

Activities (paint-outs, trips) – 3

Library/paper sales – 2

Parties/Lunches – 1

What we could improve upon or start: Increase/improve activities & demos – Add trips to museums/art exhibits/paint-outs (27), offer more varied activities (6),

start some overnight painting trips (3), create critique groups or opportunities (3), ask successful artists to talk about

how to promote our art in a tough market (3), discourage noise at demos(3), show artist’s demos or DVD’s in a

group setting with food (2), offer activities in evenings and on weekends (1), start an annual picnic maybe with a

paint-out (1), – 49 total

Improve meetings – vary location around town/get more central (10), add a meeting (6), streamline/no chair reports-do

handouts (5), add smaller group meetings around town (3), discourage talking during (2), get a microphone (2) – 28

total Improve opportunities for selling/promoting art – Find a physical location to sell art year-round (15), get more involved

with networking with other artist groups (3), find more sales venues and maybe hold a studio tour (2), market WWG

to new artists, younger and male (2), promote our website gallery as a destination (2), promote members art (1) – 25

total Improve workshops/mini-workshops – Offer more scholarships for workshops (2), get better teachers for mini-workshops

(3), try to reduce costs for professional workshops and locate more centrally (3), have bathrooms cleaned for us in

workshops (3), discourage talking at workshops (2), have more workshops in Austin (1), offer figure/life drawing

workshops (3), develop guidelines for creating scholarships for workshops (1), get workshop artists that do just wa-

tercolor (3), hold beginner workshops on evening and weekends (1), provide more beginner workshops, encourage

artists to work together in workshops (1)– 24 total

Improve Shows – Get better venues for shows (6), develop tighter specifications on framing for shows (3), coordinate

timing of jurying and shows (3), be consistent with prospectus’ (2), don’t charge a show entry fee unless there are

prizes (1), include acrylics in shows (2) – 17 total

Board related – More volunteers for important positions (3), do something special for board members (2), rewrite board

job descriptions to make more attractive and easier to recruit volunteers (2) – total 7

Party/social/member recruitment – Don’t like painting exchange at holiday party – maybe do an ornament exchange (2),

provide more opportunities for socializing (2), have new members paired with an experienced member (1), recruit

younger members (1) – 6 total

Nancy Charbeneau will be sending out the complete survey via email later this month.

Questions? Contact Pat Molina at:

[email protected]

512-825-2370

Membership runs from January through December.

Categories:

$35 Basic membership

$40 basic + your website link on our website

$50 Basic + 8 jpegs on our webpage

$55 Basic + your website link + 68jpegs

$20 basic for anyone under 25 years old.

Please fill out the application attached to this newsletter

and mail it, along with your check, payable to WWG to:

P. Molina

1200 Elm St # 115

Austin, TX 78703

Membership Information

Wet Paint

PRESIDENT Nancy Charbeneau

1’ST VICE PRESIDENT

(shows)

Tanya Christie, Janine Garcia

2’ND VICE PRESIDENT

(workshops)

Michele Missner, Chuck Wallace, Tina

Broderick

MEMBERSHIP Pat Molina

SECRETARY Courtney Brown

TREASURER Shevawn Eisman

NEWSLETTER Marsha Reeves

WEB Sandra Carlton

ACTIVITIES Helen Green

BYLAWS/HISTORIAN Kathy Summers

LIBRARIAN Carol McCollum

PUBLICITY Betty Jameson

PAST PRESIDENT Donna Overly

WWG 2015 BOARD MEMBERS

Wet Paint is a monthly publication of

Waterloo Watercolor Group in Austin,

Texas. We are a non-profit group of peo-

ple interested in the advancement of wa-

tercolor and other water-based media as

an art form. We welcome painters of all

skill levels. WWG sponsors a number of

juried shows each year, in addition to

workshops with nationally ranked artists,

and mini workshops given by members.

Come paint with us!

We Are on the Web!

www.waterloowatercolor.org

Waterloo at the Bass Concert Hall

April 13 through June 9, 2015 Co-chairs Helen Green and Donna Overly

Calendar

March 13 Jpegs or CD with list of entries to [email protected]

Mail $20 entry fee to Helen Green, 8904 Mission Creek Cove, Austin TX 78735

(PayPal may be available through WWG's website)

March 20 Notification of accepted entries

April 11-12 deliver accepted paintings to Helen Green

or make arrangement for drop off at an earlier date (713) 385-0644

April 13 Hang exhibit

June 9 Strike 10 am, pick up paintings outside Austin Art Space at 11:30 or

make arrangements with Helen to pick up at her house.

Eligibility: All current members of Waterloo

Fee $20 for up to 4 entries

Medium: water media on paper or synthetic surface. Must be original work. Up to 20% may be

hand painted collage.

Subject matter: There is no theme to this exhibit but work must be original in concept and of a

nature acceptable to WWG and public exhibition. Paintings should not have been exhibited at the

Bass previously.

Size: Full sheet preferred but nothing smaller than half sheet.

Frame: simple frame of wood or metal not to exceed a width of 2.5 ". Plexiglas glazing only.

Sturdy d-rings and wire hangers are a necessity. Place wire so it hangs 3" from top of frame.

Maximum size 42" in any direction.

Matting required: white or off white. A single colored liner is acceptable. Mats and frames

must look professional and clean.

Label all painting with Artist name, title, price and phone number.

Juror: Alexis Lavine alexislavineartist.com. Due to space limitations we continue to jury this

exhibit. We have a maximum of 28 paintings.

Viewing hours: The lobby at the Bass Concert Hall is open to the public from 11am to 2pm,

Monday-Friday (excluding university holidays). Other viewing times coincide with occurring

events.

Note: Our exhibit time may possibly be extended to the end of June. Work may not be removed

before the exhibit strikes. We reserve the right to refuse paintings which do not meet our framing

requirements.

Entry form for Bass Concert Hall Exhibit

Liability Agreement: Submission of a painting to this exhibit shall constitute both an agreement by

all parties to all conditions in this prospectus, as well as permission by the artist to allow photos of

paintings to be published in the WWG newsletter and on the WWG website. Sales from the exhi-

bition will be encouraged and handled between the artist and buyer.

Agreed by

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date----------------------- your signature

Artist Name_______________________________________________________

email______________________________________________________________

address____________________________________________________________

Phone (home)_____________________(cell)______________________________

List of entries 1. Title_____________________________________________________________

unframed size (h)__________(w)_________ Price or mark NFS______________

2. Title_____________________________________________________________


3. Title_____________________________________________________________


4. Title_____________________________________________________________


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