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May/June 2017
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May 2016
,jhgvjvuyvuvc PRESIDENT Gloria D. Lee
VICE PRESIDENT Jody Wiggins
VICE PRESIDENT Pat Woolley
TREASURER Charlotte Moore
RECORDING SECRETARY Sylvia Smullen
PUBLICITY Gloria D. Lee
PROGRAMS CO-CHAIRS Herlinda Giandalia Barbara St. John
WORKSHOP COORDINATOR Gale Driver
MEMBERSHIP Etty Andreani
NEWSLETTER Elaine Baldwin
The next SBWS meeting will be held on May 8 at 7 pm in the Garden Room, Torrance Cultural Center.
Mike Ishikawa is an Architect by profession. During his vacations, or any time he had some free time, he sketched with his pen and ink, filling many sketch books with interesting places he visited with his wife Miki, becoming a postcard of his travels. Semi-retirement allowed some time to think about a new He uses bold bright colors, strong strokes, shades, shadows, and varied textures to create an image that is similar to the actual image, but with more interest and a “painterly” (non-photographic) quality to the painting. He paints as a hobby and his favorite subjects are seascapes around the south bay, old fishing boats, Sierra Nevada mountains, deserts and night images of buildings. He is a member of the Southern California Pastel Society and Pacific Art Guild of Palos Verdes.
May 8 Demonstrator – Mike Ishikawa
interest, which led to pastel painting in early 2009, after taking an art class in Torrance with Beverly Metcalf. He loves using pastels, the vibrant colors are unlimited, being a skier, hiker, and fisherman, painting the outdoor landscape has been one of his passions. He uses bold bright colors, strong strokes, shades, shadows, and varied textures to create an image that is similar to the actual image, but with more interest and a “painterly” (non-photographic) quality to the painting. He paints as a hobby and his favorite subjects are seascapes around the south bay, old fishing boats, Sierra Nevada mountains, deserts and night images of buildings. He is a member of the Southern California Pastel Society and Pacific Art Guild of Palos Verdes. [email protected]
Ruby Wang was the March 13 Demonstrator
It was heart warming to see our old
friend Ruby again after a long time and her charm enveloped the room. She treated us to a number of anecdotes about her life in China as well as in America. Her demo centered on the different types of brush strokes that she employs in her painting, Chinese with western influence. She illustrated v-strokes, u-strokes and “mi-dot” strokes, each stroke having its own “tonality and energy”. She astounded her audience with her sense of composition by unifying unrelated
2017 Annual SBWS Juried Members Show, May 9 – July 1 EVENT CALENDAR Saturday, May 6, 9 -11 - Delivery of entries Note: the Entry Form is available on the SBWS website Sunday, May 28, 1- 4 Awards Reception Saturday & Sunday, June 3 & 4 - Al Setton workshop Saturday, July 1, 9 -11 - Artwork pickup Etty Andreani and Parish Hirasaki will chair the show.
SBWS WORKSHOP - Al Setton will be conducting a two-day workshop on landscape painting for South Bay Watercolor Society June 3rd and 4th at Destination Art in Torrance. He will provide guidance on the elements and technique of painting to help you move your landscapes to a higher level of accomplishment and expression. For workshop information, contact Gale Driver – [email protected] 310-371-2866 For exhibit information, contact Parrish Hirasaki – [email protected] 310-376-7603
subjects on the rice paper by the use of collage. She uses exclusively her own work for collaging, being partial to geometric shapes. Ruby paints with an oriental brush and showed us how it is held and used, far differently from the way we tend to use the brush in a western style.
Janet Steinberg
Bobbie Davison
Thank you Gale Driver, Gloria Hargrave, and Terry Godat-Kelly for bringing the refreshments to the May meeting.
Their were 5 lucky raffle winners. Each received two booklets of
Ruby Wangs Art.
Gale Driver
Julia Gillate
Connie Price
Beverly Spisak
Janet Steinberg
1nd Place Bobbie Davison
2nd Place Bill Wassenberg
3rd Place Suzanne Kuuskamae
Congratulations to the winners of the Popular Vote Competition:
Gloria Lee greeted returning member Louisa McHugh. New Memebers include: Haruko Aki, Debra duVall, Christina Centofante, Setsuko Hasegawa, Louisa McHugh, Fumiko Uno.
Be sure to bring a painting to the meeting for the Popular Vote Competition. Ribbons will be awarded for the First, Second and Third Place.
South Bay Watercolor Society c/o E. Baldwin 3760 Ruthbar Dr. Hawthorne, CA 90250
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MEMBER NEWS
Sad News We are saddened to report that longtime SBWS member, Florence Strauss, passed away from heart failure at age 91 on March 17th. Florence was extremely talented. She had a special gift painting flowers and was constantly awarded special recognition for that. She will be missed but her art will remain forever......
• Women Painters West is looking for new members. Contact at: [email protected].
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