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Newsletter July. 2009
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President’s Palette
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a
lifetime to paint like a child”
PABLO PICASSO
I’ve
been thinking a lot about children lately while we are
in the midst of our Summer Camp. There’s an energy and
excitement about them that I sometimes
 miss. As we go
about creating our art we often focus on painting a
perfect tree, drawing proper body proportions, or in
getting the right perspective to a point where it
becomes our main emphasis. While I don’t presume to know
what was in the mind of Picasso, I think he may have
been trying to say that by focusing on only those things
we sometimes loose the creativity, spontaneity, and
adventure of art that children seem to come by so
naturally. They often have the ability to express
themselves without concern for other’s judgment.
A few months ago
we had Lesley Humphrey with us for a workshop. Not only
is she an exceptional artist, but a wonderful teacher.
She talked to us about the “KEY” to becoming a
true artist, as she was, in turn, taught by her art
teacher, the late Dick Turner. The “KEY” goes something
like this:
“K”
is knowledge, technical skill, and
technique
“E” is expression, excavation, and feelings conveyed
in our work. We are usually pretty good at these and
often stop at this point. But we are leaving out the “Y”
and the “Y” is an essential part of the “KEY”.
“Y” is to yield to what
is inside us that makes our artwork ours, makes it
personal and unique. While we are all in various stages
of the process -- some of us prefer the “K,” some the
“E” and maybe even some the “Y” -- this is something we
may want to think about. Not forgetting to pay tribute
to that “inner child” that would like to go out and take
a swing on the monkey bars for a while.
“Every child is an
artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we
grow up.” PABLO PICASSO
Keep creating,
Nancy
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Upcoming Events/Workshops
No BVAL General Meeting or Board Meeting in July
July 3—First Friday in downtown Bryan
July 8,9,10—Carrie Allbritton Workshop Let’s Get Real
about Experimental/Abstract Painting
July
11—World Wide Sketch Crawl
August 1—New calendar year for BVAL begins
Membership renewal & dues information on page 3.
August 3—BVAL Board Meeting10:30 AM. No Regular BVAL
Membership meeting
August 7—First Friday in downtown Bryan
August 24-26—9:30-4:00 PM—Vie Dunn-Harr, Contemporary
Realism, oil. Cost $300. Contact Joyce Conner of
Northwest Art League, 281-440-4559,
joyceaconner@sbcglobal.net.
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Membership Dues
Remember that August 1st is the beginning of the new
year for BVAL. Please use the updated form on the BVAL
web site, bvartleague.org/ Please send the
completed form and check for $35 to:
Brazos Valley Art League
c/o Membership Chairperson
2275 Dartmouth, College Station, TX 77840
Prompt payment of
dues assists with financing the yearbook which is
reprinted each year. Thank you for your prompt attention
to payment of your dues.
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Let’s Get Real about Experimental/Abstract Painting 2009
Something Out of the Ordinary –Instructor-Carrie Lee
Allbritton
BVAL – July 8, 9, 10
Cost – Location- Time-
$50 Deposit to Mary Walters by June 20, 2009
Supply List sent upon receipt of Deposit
All Carrie Lee’s techniques work equally well on paper,
illustration board or canvas. Please see
AllbrittonArt.com for examples of workshop art.
Even the beginner students come away with wonderful
works of art.
Carrie Lee Allbritton is an enthusiastic and energetic
teacher who holds nothing back. Her students come away
with a new understand of their own creativity and how to
express it using innovative tools, techniques, mediums
and paint application. She also provides lots of printed
information for the student to keep.
The student will be learning to add realism to
abstracted backgrounds, as well as creating the fully
abstracted painting. 2009 Workshops will be even more
exciting because we will be planning a finished
experimental/abstract painting by using printed papers,
fabrics, and magazine pictures to layout and plan your
artwork. You will also learn to use heavy fabrics and
canvas pieces to add dimensions and texture to your
finished work. Carrie Lee will also have available a few
3D surprises to add to your finished work. She will
bring the canvas pieces, many printed papers and some
heavy fabrics. Should you have scrapes of any heavy
fabric, please plan to bring them.
Learn through this fast paced workshop:
Painting on newly created surfaces. Glazing techniques,
including transparent and opaque. Personal, exciting and
dramatic effects are created using gel-mediums, gesso,
papers and more. Creating painted papers for dramatic
collage, and additions to your paintings. Making your
own personal stamps using something new. Strong emphasis
will be placed on self-expression, creativity and
design. Using new and fun instruments which will be
available at the workshop. Learn how to make the all
important texture. What and how to make the award
winning painting. Adding mystery and importance to your
painting. Where to put that important center of
attention. You will come away with the knowledge and
know how to complete an out of the ordinary work of art.
Please come with an “ what if” attitude and you will
leave with the confidence and know how to make important
works of art.
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Hill Country Arts Foundation
Contact
Visualarts@HCAF.com
September 31-October 1 & 2
See CARRIE LEE'S website
ALLBRITTONART.COM
for complete information on her workshops, supply
list and examples of workshop art.
Carrie Lee Allbritton is an enthusiastic and energetic
teacher who holds nothing back. Her students come away
with a new understanding of their own creativity and how
to express it using innovative tools, techniques,
mediums and paint application. She also provides lots of
information in printed form for the students to take
home and use. You will be learning to add realism to
abstracted backgrounds, as well as creating the fully
abstracted painting. Please check out AllbrittonArt.com
to see her complete collection of paintings. 2009
Workshops will be even more exciting because we will be
planning a finished experimental/abstract painting by
using printed papers, fabrics and magazine pages to
layout and plan your artwork. Carrie Lee will also have
available a few surprises to add to your finished
artwork. She will bring the canvas fabric, many printed
papers and some heavy fabrics.
Learn through this fast paced workshop:
Painting on newly created surfaces. We will create a
"frame" using gel medium, on our support to add drama to
the finished painting.We will also collage heavily with
brown papers, tissue papers and anything else we can
find.These new surfaces add so much to the finished
work, plus its fun and creative to do Personal, exciting
and dramatic effects are created using gel-mediums,
gesso, papers, fabric and more. Making your own personal
"stamps" - using something new Creating painted papers
for dramatic collages, and addition to your paintings.
Strong emphasis will be placed on self-expression,
creativity, and design.You also will be using new and
fun instruments which will be available at the workshop.
You will just love these techniques. We will also be
adding 3D objects to our paintings, creating even more
interest. So check out your old jewelry, yard sales,
etc. for 3D items.
Many more areas of experimental/abstract work will be
explored and created. This is a workshop where the
beginner level student can take home new and wonderful
experimental work. And so much more.I can't wait to
share with you all the wonders of experimental, abstract
art.
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In the Spotlight
Shelley
Harris-Janac
Shelley’s art work was recently featured in both
the Eagle “Home in Style” magazine, summer 2009,
and the spring 2009 edition of Flair’s
Creative Sensations.
Greta
Watkins and Nancy Elliott
Greta Watkins of the Frame Gallery and artist,
BVAL president, Nancy Elliott were recently
highlighted in The College Station Eagle “Brazos
Arts”
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