Tuesdays at Creighton's - Aug 26

Well, it's official. Tuesday's at Creighton's is our name.

It was a short meeting today, things to do, people to see, etc. We showed off our work on different shaped paper: a 3-D mask, an ocean in a fishbowl and someone did four different versions. Freeing our surface from the rectangular opened up new and fun painting styles.

Some of us showed artwork from our distant past and it was interesting to see elements of current work viewed from long ago.

Mary talked a bit about her show and promised to bring in pictures, soon.

I noticed a poster about an exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo called "Washed Ashore: From Beach Trash to Ocean Art". I found this link for more information: http://www.visualnews.com/2014/06/19/creating-sea-inspired-sculptures-beach-trash/. There are other exhibits around, like at the Marine Mammal Rescue Center in the Marin headlands.

Next week's experiment:
#28 - Convey a Bright Day, pages 85 + 87

See you next week, Shirley
ps - we missed you Joanie

Tuesdays at Creighton's - Aug 19

Hi, Gang,
Since we are working on a new name I am using a fairly generic greeting.

We met at Creighton’s Tuesday to start the “new semester”.

Here are the choices for our group name:
- Try it or Try it Tuesday
- Primaries & More
- Boldenfrees
- Tuesdays at Creighton's
- Watercolor Players
- Tuesday Painters
- The Experiment, The Painting Experiment
- Intrepids
- Why Nots?
- The Curious
- Muddy Waters
Email me at watercolor.sf@gmail.com with your preference. Winner gets a free cup of coffee!

Here is a summary of the experiments we worked on over the summer from Lawrence Goldsmith’s book, Watercolor Bold and Free .
#54  Practice Calligraphy
#39  Combine the Figure with Land Forms
#56  Spatter Freely
#08  Focus on a Central Dark Area
#02  Let the Base Dominate
#03  Compose From the Side
#27  Convey a Grey Day
#30  Use Mostly Hard Edges
        Final Library Critique and Sharing

A few brought current paintings to share.  There was a night painting, someone tried egg tempera but said it was smelly and labor intensive, and a yummy looking cupcake that requested a little shadow support.

We discussed good shadow techniques and one was not to try the yellow/violet compliments to make neutrals because they often turn a sickly greenish color.  Try painting the shadow in first and then over glaze with a very transparent color.  For shadow placement try making a black and white copy which will show values and shadow shapes.

Another trick when you are stuck is to turn your piece in a new direction.  If you aren’t sure what you do next you could try laying a piece of acetate treated for watercolor and paint on that to see if it works!

For the next meeting we agreed to bring a piece of old art that we have done.  It can be any medium.  Dig back and find something from your childhood or just something you did when you were starting.

We talked a little more about “The Painting Experience” and here is a link for more information. http://ccesf.org/

New experiment - #07 - Use a Different Shape Paper.
Don’t go gimmicky….or make it totally gimmicky…whatever.  Have fun with it!

Until Tuesday,
Joanie and Shirley

Kay Russell News

Showing Off in a Good Way -
Mary Ciofalo
Sat, Aug 23 + Sun, Aug 24
Northbay Artworks
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Heather Solway
Thu, Aug 28
24th Street
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Kinya Matsumo, Gail Block, Pat O'Connell
December dates pending
A.W.E. Gallery

Congratulations -
Danielle Cleary won 1st place at the Sonoma Co. Fair

Studio classes begin -
Wednesday, Sep 24, 6:30 - 9:30 pm (Full with waiting list)
Thursday, Sep 25, 1 - 4 pm (Full with waiting list)

Studio classes will be posted on Schedule page

A Farewell to Nancy

Tuesdays at Creighton's - Aug 12

Because of the enthusiasm and momentum generated during the summer, the two Tuesdays groups are merging.We were trying a combination of over-lap and alternate weeks and it's getting simplified.
Every Tuesday we will meet at Creightons at 10 am. Everyone welcome every week!

- For those of us that are working independently of any assignments, bring your work and show it.
- If you are working from Goldsmith's experiments, bring it and show it.
- If you have some of both, bring them all.

If you are new to the Tuesday group, it is composed of painters that embrace the support, motivation, good ideas and related news about watercolors. We meet at a coffee shop in the Diamond Heights Shopping Center and have a good time and value the comments from the fresh eyes of the group. Here are the details:
- Tuesdays at 10 am.
- Creighton's Bakery & Cafe
  5214D Diamond Heights Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94131-2118
  (415) 282-2366 

If you would like to participate in the Goldsmith experience, it has proven to be a great way to get the juices flowing. His suggestions for ways to approach a painting encompass whatever subject or painting style you are interested in. Painters learned a lot about their habits, misconceptions, likes and dislikes, techniques, and a whole lot more. 

His book has approximately 60 "experiments." We randomly pick a number from an envelope, work on it at home during the week, and bring what we created the next week for the "show and tell."  Here are the details:
- Here is the link to the book we work from:
  Watercolor Bold and Free by Lawrence Goldsmith
  You do not have to get it from Amazon, this is just a way to see the book.
- Tuesdays at 10 am @ Creighton's Bakery & Cafe (same address as above)
- Because of busy schedules, some folks cannot make every meeting and just come when they can. We post the new assignments every week, so you can keep up while away or take a break, your choice.
- It's pretty easy-going. I do want a group that sticks to topic as much as possible. By 10:15 the conversation is directed to art, so if you want to catch up with folks you haven't seen in a while, come early or stay late, please.
- Try it, it's fun and challenging and Joanie puts out a great summary every week.

Heather Solway on 24th Street

show by a friend -

50/50 at the Sanchez Gallery

exhibit -

50/50 at the Sanchez Gallery

Thank you, Lee