Dec 2016

New Members Welcome -

Open to Northwest Artists of All Skill levels ***Celebrating our 23rd year***

www.ncartsguild.com Dues & Donations tax deductible

NCAG is a 501.c.3 Non-Profit Dedicated to the appreciation and understanding of the arts,

the encouragement of new artists and promotion of art interests in the community.

Next Meeting

Note Location Date: Dec 13

th , 2016

Second Tues of the Month

Time: 1-4pm

Place: Hillside Comm Center.

10203 D Street, at the bottom of

SE Hillside Court just past

Providence Milwaukie Hospital,

Milwaukie, Or, 97222

map available on our website

NCAG Contact Information

**Board Members** 2016-2017 President- Connie Emmons 503-454-0447

Vice Pres - Shawn Van Doren 503-348-9265

Secretary- Chris Everest 503-652-1243

Treasurer- Diana Strom 971-255-3945

**Committees** Critique – Gary Michael 503-659-9116

Critique Alt – Pam Davis 503-655-2062

PR & Ads - Jerry Schmidt 503-557-9653

Membership- Jerry Schmidt 503-557-9653

Asst Membership- Diana Strom 971-255-3945

Workshops- Char Tritt 971-570-5782

Revolving Art -Shirlee Lind 503-722-3845

Hospitality- Kristy Flaherty 503-998-9751

Hospitality-

Historian -Sharon Payne 503-654-5613

Website- Shawn Van Doren 503-348-9265

Email Bio for Web Page to Shawn @

Shawnuf@comcast.net

Newsletter-Chris Everest 503-652-1243

Email News Items to Chris @

Misscrunch@gmail.com

Presidents Message

from Connie Emmons

A big Thank you to both Shawn and

Diana for their work on what to include

in a “Biography” for the website. It was

very helpful. Please take the time this

month to create your bio for our website. It

may help you get recognition and lead to

selling some of your artworks. Send Photos and your info to

Shawn Van Doren.

Seems like this year has flown by so rapidly. New Year is

just ahead. Reflecting back, I would like to share what being

involved in our guild has done for me: stretching my

imagination to do and try new things which included

workshops, competitions, observing other artists in our

demos, seeing new products and just attempting to do new art

for competitions, and feeling good about making a few cards

for Gladstones Meals on Wheels. I invite each of you to join

us in the coming year to participate in all aspects we offer.

We added the free paint sessions on 1st & 3

rd Tues and Sat

this year and already have more ideas for next year. Please

feel free to contact any of your board members if you have an

interest to join in any of the volunteer positions. We all can

use a little help.

Wishing you a Very Happy Holiday!

Sincerely,

Connie

Flower of the Month= Poinsettia

Agenda for Dec 13th

NCAG Meeting

11:00am Board Meeting-Committee Heads

encouraged to attend, Members Welcome

1:00pm Critique- Bring two or three paintings

2:00pm-4pm Pot Luck Holiday Party,

*Bring your favorite dish to share.

*Also bring your favorite paintings done in

a NCAG workshop in 2016 to show off.

*Bring a few dollars for donation and for

raffle prizes to be won!

*Voting on In House Card Competition.

*No demo in December.

Give yourself a Gift of

Membership in the NCAG

Renew your Membership for 2017

$30 NCAG Renewals due Jan 1st

Send your Artist Statement and Bio info with photos to

Shawn Van Doren@ Shawnuf@comcast.net for

insertion into the Guild website. Help available.

Our newest member,

Katie Young, to the

Guilds Roster..

December 13th

Meeting

NCAG’s Annual

Holiday Party

1. Bring your favorite potluck dish to

share. The Guild will supply Ham

and Lasagna, coffee, cups, plates

and silverware.

2. We wont have a Demo so we can

allot extra time for a long critique which seems to

be the highlight of the meetings, so consider

bringing two or three paintings this time for review.

3. We also want to see the impact of

all our great workshops that were attended this

year. So we would love to see your favorite

artwork done in a workshop you attended given by

either Gary Michaels, VJ Brooks, Shirlee Lind,

Syndi Michaels or John Halvorsen in 2016.

4. December is also

time for a Holiday themed

In-House Card

Competition. You can enter

your original card or a copy of

your original art. Members

present will vote on their

favorites. Ribbons awarded to

the top three winners. Winners showcased in Jan

Newsletter.

Cards can be donated to the Meals on Wheels.

5. Instead of gifts for each other,

there will be a money tree available for

monetary donations that will be given to the

Gladstone Meals on Wheels, our ongoing

community outreach project. The money can be

used to buy the recipients something

special for the month. Try to bring

a dollar or two, if you can, to make

the tree bloom.

6. Also we will have raffle tickets

for prizes for $1 each, and a free door prize to give

away. Don’t miss out on the fun and social time.

Happy Holidays

Marshall Baretta Art

Ron Rasch Art

Connie Emmons Art

Shawn Van Doren Art

Rita Townley Art

Shawn Van Doren Art

Larry Dietz Art

Jerry Schmidt Art

Jerry Schmidt Art

Extra time is being

allotted in Dec for

the critique, so

bring 2-3 paintings !

NCAG Member Barb Seliner shares her card making

talents every month to

ensure the recipients of

Gladstone Meals on

Wheels get a special card

during the month.

Novembers’ card featured

a sassy turkey.

We had a few entries into our members Fall themed

Card Competition in November, and hope even more of

you will bring a card of your making to the December

Holiday Card In House Competition at the upcoming

meeting.

Kathy Brown

1st Place

Winner

Patti Kraft

2nd

Place Winner

Holiday Card ‘In-House Competition’

As part of the Annual Holiday Party Fun,

we are holding an In House competition

of cards members have made, or copies of

their art work made into a card.

Members present will vote on their

favorites, top three winners will be

awarded ribbons. Winners will be

showcased in next newsletter.

Famous Artist Quotes:

“Every Artist was once an

amateur” Ralph Waldo Emerson American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

“Art is never finished, only

abandoned” Leonardo de Vinci 1452-1519 No name better symbolizes Renaissance

Art.

The NCAG Board Members reviewed all the First Place Winners of In House Competitions during 2016 and

are proud to present the first Annual ‘Best of In House Competition Winners Award’ to Joyce Hammond for

her painting entered in the Springtime themed In House Competition. Congratulations to Joyce.

Free Demos to resume in January Artist Bill Baily will do a demo at the January meeting.

His subject matter is impressionistic landscapes and seascapes as well as the more prevalent fruit and vegetable still lifes for which he is well known. In addition to having worked as a pharmacist, Bill has been an artist for over 45 years. He has had work included in the annual Northwest Watercolor Society Show in Seattle, Artists of Oregon Exhibit at the Portland Art Museum, and numerous Watercolor Society of Oregon Biannual exhibits. He has contributed his paintings to the Cascade Aids Auctions where his work was usually selected to be in their published catalogues. Some of the permanent collections where his work can be found are those of Sunriver Lodge and Condominiums, Georgia-Pacific, Wells Fargo Bank, Lloyd Corporation, the Arlington Club, Good Samaritan Hospital, Nabisco, the Multnomah Athletic Club, Bank of America, Freightliner, Sisters of Providence Hospital, and Boise Cascade. Many private collectors in the United States, Japan and Western Europe also collect his paintings.

Yarnell Video full of good painting tips We viewed a Jerry Yarnell video at the November

meeting on a

makeshift screen

with the help of

Shawn Van Doren

and Diana Strom

doing the set up.

The video showed

Jerry Yarnell

painting a rocky

river stream in

acrylic paints. If

you have ever

watched a Yarnell

School of Fine

Arts Show on TV

you know he has a

unique teaching style and imparts a lot of good painting

tips as he leisurely makes his painting come to life.

He started by sketching in the background area from a

reference photo, and encouraged artists to modify the

photo image if it makes for a better painting.

Impressionistic strokes quickly covered the background

and he recommends using enough paint to thickly cover

the canvas.

Known for having a messy looking palette, he feels it is

important not to premix colors but prefers to mix them

as he goes along (often using a dirty brush to get a

continuity of colors around the painting). He definitely

has a fondness for using dusty colors for their values.

And he likes to paint the muted colors then brighten up

the areas he wants to highlight. His brightest colors are

usually contained in the center of the canvas, like the

highlights of the water cascading over shelves in the

river. These highlights were dry brushed on in several

layers of increasing lightness. .

Although he cautions viewers that paintings always start

out as impressionistic…how you finish it will determine

how realistic (or even photo realistic) it can become.

Contrast is key, paint light against dark or dark against

light. He used a dark background to contrast the lighter

scumbled foliage alluding to leaves on trees. But he

made sure he only highlighted outer leaves of trees,

leaving dark spots so as not to clog up the negative

space. And made the foliage less distinct as it neared the

edges of the canvas. “An artist is an illusionist, we love

to fool people”.

Note: Our Guilds video library has a variety of media

and artists, including Jerry Yarnell videos that you can

rent for a month for just $1. If interested, contact

Diana Strom, our treasurer.