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Promoting Watercolor and Watermedia Painting on the Virginia Peninsula
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AS OF APRIL 1ST 2019 WE NO LONGER WILL BE MEETING AT
The Charles Taylor Visual Arts Center, Hampton, VA.
THE CENTER WILL BE CLOSED SUNDAYS
The meeting will still be the FOURTH Sunday of the month, however.
The location and time will change for a while (more than likely) until we find a more permanent location.
More to come on our meeting location for next year!! I'm excited!!!
email us at: pwsva.virginia@gmail.com Or use our: contact form
SUNDAY JUNE, 2019 at 2:00 (not 2:30)
Is our NEXT PWS MEETING!!
WE ARE MEETING AT THE HAMPTON LIBRARY
IN THEIR SMALL MEETING ROOM.
You are a member if you get the email reminder notices.
We don't have any dues, so to be a member send a request, ask to be placed on the mailing list, that's it.
Is our NEXT PWS MEETING!!
WE ARE MEETING AT THE HAMPTON LIBRARY
IN THEIR SMALL MEETING ROOM.
You are a member if you get the email reminder notices.
We don't have any dues, so to be a member send a request, ask to be placed on the mailing list, that's it.
June 23rd is the next PWS meeting.
We will meet at the Hampton Library, in their small meeting room downstairs at 2:00 pm on that Sunday.
When you come into the library there is a short hallway slightly to the right. If you follow it to the rear on the left is the door to the smaller meeting room.
For June, the demo will be yours truly (Jon) demonstrating how I do miniature watercolor paintings. What I will present will also work for any smaller work that needs to be framed, water based inks, etc.
I will show you how I mat, frame and present smaller pieces by actually framing a work I have recently done.
I will discuss matting, some tricks I have learned along the way to keep costs down
but still present a professional looking piece to a buyer.
I will talk some about the history of miniatures, will have some handouts, will talk about some of the miniature shows nationally and internationally.
I will also talk about the upcoming formation of a local miniature society, much like PWS but open to all mediums are dedicated to miniature art. I even have a name for it: Miniature Art Society of Tidewater (MAST). At the moment, the plan is to meet quarterly, have a member show in the not to distant future (probably 2020) and proceed from there. Since MAST will represent the entire Tidewater area we will likely meet elsewhere than Hampton. We have, at the moment a tentative host, but until that's confirmed I don't want to say where at this time, but I'm hopeful and excited.
INFORMATION FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR'S meetings:
JULY 28: July’s meeting is CANCELED. I’m out of town on the 21st and 28th of July
(or otherwise busy on the remaining weekends, sorry)!!.
AUGUST 18: August’s meeting is the 18th, not the 25th (I’m out of town on the 25th) at the HAMPTON LIBRARY at 2:00pm, not 2:30.
SEPTEMBER 29: September’s meeting is at THE HAMPTON LIBRARY, (The 29TH at 2:00).
OCTOBER 27: October’s meeting (27th) is at McKay B’s home: It’s our ANNUAL POTLUCK, and if desired PLEIN AIR at her gorgeous home/grounds. Come ready to eat, drink, be merry and paint! Specific details as to arrival times, plein air painting times, and directions to come as the date approaches.
NO MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER due to the holidays.
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For 2020 I am in talks with the Stryker Center to host another member show sometime during the summer.
No specifics or dates yet, but the exhibit will be up for several months from what I understand. More to come on this.
I have lined up two demonstrations for next year.
Amy Snowden has agreed to show us how she does portraits. Her skills are amazing. Don't miss this one!!
Tom Dunteman, a local artist, who does amazing watercolors,
More to come also!
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The annual WILLIAMSBURG PLEIN AIR event is being advertised.
30% of that day's sales go to Housing Partnerships, INC.
They provide emergency home repairs to low to moderate income level families.
It's SATURDAY September 28th, 2019
Application fee is: $25.00
Registration is by regular snail mail only, it seems.
Contact Brandie at: bweiler@housingpartnerships.org and request a registration form,
or call her at: 757-221-0225
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Monthly Challenges!
#2: MAY. "A bunch of Garlic"
#3: JUNE. "A COW or FARM ANIMALS"
#4: JULY. "Cloudy Day"
#5: AUG. "Still Life"
#6: SEPT. "Underwater Landscape"
#7: OCT. "Bird or Birds"
NOTE: We don't meet in November or December so no challenge for those months.
Please consider donating to the yearly upkeep of PWS!!! Even a little bit helps with the hosting of the website, domain name renewal!
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Thanks to all of you who have donated to the upkeep and support of the Peninsula Watermedia website. It's much appreciated. You all are amazing!!
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