Keith Thirgood's demo March 10, 2015

At this first meeting of 2015, members got to see a great demo by Keith Thirgood who paints plein air a lot, mainly in acrylic. He showed how he made a small sketch from a photo he projected on screen before proceeding with the actual painting. He uses a different colour wheel from others, picking his three basic colours : Hansen Yellow, Quinacridone Magenta and Phthalo blue (green shade). He always painted on black background after, gesso-ing his board with black gesso. He emphasises on big shapes.

2015 Schedule

Monthly meetings
Rouge Woods Community Centre, 110 Shirley Drive, Richmond Hill, 6:45pm 

Mar.  10            Keith Thirgood   -    acrylic  post/impressionist  landscape
April 14            Sharon Kirsh    -        mixed media   collage
May 12             David McEowen -    watercolour - High Arctic Landscape and digital presentation
June 9               Didi Gadjanski  -   critique evening
July 14              Demo TBA

BRING A FRIEND FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR FREE!

Other art events:
April 28           Painting Party with munchies  at Framing Depot  11:30am - 3pm
May                 Art Excursion TBA
May 19            Luminosity 2015 Juried Show and Sale, McKay Art Centre, Unionville
June 23            Workshop  -   Sharon Kirsh  - mixed media 
                        Framing Depot*  11am-3:30pm
July 28            Workshop  - Shirley Scoble - Doodle, Tangles and Mandalas to inspire your art 
                        Framing Depot* 11:30am - 3:00pm


*Framing Depot: Framing Depot: 1335 Lawrence Avenue East #6, Toronto, 

Our "Impressions 2015 Art show" is on now! Don't miss it!

 

 

 

Hanging day for our "Impressions 2015 Art Show" at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts



  Here we were this morning at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts for show hanging. "Liberal" newspaper sent a reporter to take a photo of some of our participating artists in this month long show. Three new members also brought in their work. Stop by to take a look at this gorgeous display!

 

“Impressions 2015” Art Exhibition and Sale

The Bayview Watercolour Society announces their “Impressions 2015” Art Exhibition and Sale

Venue: Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill

Dates: Monday, February 2, 2015 until Sunday, March 1, 2015.

Paintings in watercolour, acrylic, and mixed media will be displayed and available for purchase.

 Entrance to the exhibition is free.  

The exhibition will be open for viewing Monday to Friday 10 am– 5pm, Saturday 11am– 4pm, closed Sundays, extended viewing times on performance evenings, check www.rhcentre.ca for more details regarding performance dates.

Members note: Registration to exhibit in the show closes January 10, 2015.

Founded in 2002, the Bayview Watercolour Society is a non-profit organization that fosters a supportive environment for water-based media artists through exposure to regular demonstrations, workshops, critiques, and art shows.

The Bayview Watercolour Society can be contacted at: bayviewwatercolour@gmail.com

Adult membership for 2014-5  is $75.00 (April 1-March 31). New members joining after August will pay $55.

Rendering glass objects in watercolour

Susan Chater demonstrated techniques for rendering glass objects

Close-up of the painting

At our November meeting

Photo credits: Jean Patterson

Meeting schedule 2014-2015

Bayview Watercolour Society has an exciting schedule planned for our Tuesday evening membership meetings for the balance of 2014 and for the first half of 2015:

December. 9, 2014 - Watercolour  Demo by Long Yun-Xu and Holiday Celebration

March 10, 2015  - Acrylic  Demo by Keith Thirgood  - Post Impressionistic Landscape

Membership dues for the 2015-16 year are payable at the March 2015 meeting

April 14, 2015 - Demo by Sharon Kirsh on Mixed Media Collage

May 12, 2015 - Demo by David McEown on Watercolour

June 9, 2015 - Critique Evening by Didi Gadjanski

These membership meetings and demos will be held at the Rouge Woods Community Centre starting at 7 pm.

There will be no Tuesday evening membership meetings in January and February as many of our members are away and there is the potential for bad weather. 

Preliminary notice:

We are planning a non-juried Open Art Show and Sale at the Richmond Hill Centre for thr Performing Arts from Monday, February. 2 to Sunday, March 1, 2015.   The Call to Artists for this show will be emailed to members in the next few weeks.  Show sitting is not required for this show.

We look forward to seeing you at these exciting demonstrations and to your participation in the February . show.

Jake Mol paints a fall scene

 
 [Text and photos courtesy of Jean Patterson]

Jake Mol came to the BWS meeting on October 14, 2014, and while he was scheduled to paint a water scene, he decided to do a fall scene instead.

He started out by talking about one of his paintings that he brought with him. He basically said that he re-uses his frames so he uses the type that allows him to transfer the paintings whenever he desires. He does not put glass on his watercolour paintings.  Instead he uses Golden MSA medium which has UVLS protection.  This medium is a polymer product which contains no water and he says it is tougher and more resilient than others.  The watercolour pigments stay completely transparent and they are not adversely affected in any way by the use of the medium.  After Jake puts on the medium and the painting is properly cured, he then mounts it on a Duro Plast board which is lightweight and rigid and gives better protection to the painting.  It is then put in the frame.

He generally uses Arches watercolour paper (approximately 200 lbs.) and Winsor and Newton paints (he usually buys #1 paints).  He tends to stick with one manufacturer because he knows for sure how these paints react.  He always uses two colours to paint an area because in this way one gets a sparkle in the painting.  At the top of the background in the demo, he used Cerulean and Alizarin Crimson and for the the orange leaves, he used Indian Yellow and Permanent Rose. Regarding technique—he uses his board at an angle so that the water keeps travelling down and in this way, you do not get a blossom.  As you can see from the photos, he uses the green tape to mask out his birch trees.  

The demo painting is incomplete—he intends to finish it some time later.

Regarding the other painting that he brought, he reminded us that water is a reflection of the sky and that is how one decides the colour to use when painting water. He also mentioned that when you are painting rocks in the water, you must indicate that the rocks are sitting in the water.  He uses yellow ochre to make drawings of the rocks--this usually disappears when you put on the proper colour for the rocks.

The Golden Girl

Bianka Guna at BWS

If one is seeking information about any number of artistic pursuits, they would do no better than attend a workshop with Bianka Guna. At BWS, we were fortunate to have Bianka come to provide an overview of Golden Acrylic paints. In little over an hour, she reviewed the characteristics of numerous pigments, mediums and gels, while pouring copious quantities of paint onto demonstration supports. Many in the group were heard to gasp at the amount of pigment that was being used. (I thought she went through as much pigment as I use up on a large painting!)

 

A typical demo board

Lots of juicy pigment

Pay attention! Lots of information here.

Bianka was one of the early members of BWS and so was already well known to most in the audience. She is a non-objective painter, an honors graduate illustrator from the Minneapollis , MN, US program , and beloved art teacher for a multitude of art groups and community centres. An elected member of various prestigious art societies in Canada like Ontario Society of Artists (OSA) ,Canadian Society Of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC),Society of Canadian Artists ( SCA), Toronto Watercolour Society (TWS), Israeli Group of Artists in Toronto (IGA) , she has won several juried exhibitions in Canada and abroad and participated in numerous group and solo shows . 

Her distinctive contemporary work was purchased by private and corporate collectors in Canada, USA, Sweden, France, China, Australia, Romania, Israel, Russia, South Africa and UK. In the summer of 2013 Bianka became a Certified Golden Artist Educator. In 2014 she was certified as a Golden Working Artist.

Lots to study

Goodie bag time

Each attendee at the presentation received a small goodie bag of Golden products and encouragement to attend a special workshop on the new QoR Watercolours led by Bianka and hosted by BWS. She teaches water media (watercolour, acrylic, mixed media, critique) abstract painting classes for adults at Visual Arts Mississauga,Koffler Centre for Arts, Neilson Park Creative and at her Toronto studio in The Distillery District or on location.. More information is available from her website at www.biankguna.com

Two parts of a triptych

Bianka's sketch system (left) and a work in progress developed from one of the sketches.
The sketches are about 5 x 7 inches on watercolour paper

Coming meetings:

Oct. 14        Jake Mol              Watercolour /waterscape
Nov. 11       Susan Chater       Watercolour/ Architecture