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

(ncharbeneau@gmail.com 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

ncharbeneau@gmail.com

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 Page 2

Contact Carol at:

carolartgenie@gmail.com

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 Page 3

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 helengreen@earthlink.net. 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

tanyachristie@icloud.com

Questions about member-

ship? Contact Pat Molina at:

molinayvedia@hotmail.com

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,