Jean Haines' Simply Magic

Jean Haines was our Artist of the Month in August.

She has just posted an interesting watercolour exercise on the SAA (UK) web site. You can view the article at this address

BWS Impressions Exhibition and Sale 2012 Video

Hope you enjoy this short video slideshow of our Exhibition at Boynton house last month.

Ona

Art Cunanan Workshop!

To celebrate World watercolour day Bayview Watercolour Society has arranged an All day workshop with Art Cunanan which will take place on Saturday Nov. 17  9:30 to 3:30pm   in the Program room at the Langstaff Community Center, the corner of Bantry rd. and Red Maple  in Richmond Hill.

The cost is $49 for members and $55 for non-members. 

 

Please register first with Julie Junger -   julie.junger@hotmail.com.

then Mail cheques to         Bayview Watercolour Society

                               44 Cobblestone Dr.

                                Thornhill Ont
                               L3T 4E4

Meeting Reminder!

Looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday October 9^th at 7pm. Langstaff Community Centre.

Doug Purdon is the educational and technical advisor for Winsor & Newton. He has ordered  samples for us and will be demonstrating the products Winsor & Newton carry and discussing how to use them.

 DOUG PURDON was born in Toronto, Canada and graduated from the Ontario College of Art (AOCA) and is a full-time painter living in Toronto, Canada.  He is an elected member of The Society of Canadian Artists (SCA), The Ontario Society of Artists OSA. and an Associate Member of the American Watercolor Society.

People's Choice Results

 Here are the results of the peoples choice ballot which took place during the Exhibition at Boynton house last week

 The painting with the most votes was Painting #6 Primal Warmth painted by Ona Kingdon. 

Other popular paintings were Painting #5 Fast Food Fly Through again by Ona Kingdon, Painting #52 Crystal Glass 2 by KyoungReal Youn, Painting #56 Heaven’s Garden Gate by Steven Wolk, Painting #17 Radiance Bloom by Ben Lee, and Painting # 47 Wild Shore by Shirley Scoble.

Thank you everyone for all your votes and for supporting our society.

The member of the public whose ballot was drawn was Margaret Lee. Congratulations Margaret! 

Margaret will be attending our next meeting on October 9^th at Langstaff Community Centre and will be receiving her Bag of art related gifts then.

Exciting Event!

Don't miss this exciting event at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts beginning at 7pm tomorrow (Thursday)

Three of our members are taking part in the Studio tour next weekend (Oct 13th and 14th) and Ben Lee and Ona Kingdon also have paintings hanging at the theatre this month. Come to the official opening of the studio tour at 7pm

At 7.30 hear all about THE ART OF COLLECTING ART with Alan Bryce & Rocco Pannese plus an introduction by Ernestine Tahedl. YRAC members FREE and $10 for non-members. To register please email YRAC at artscouncil@yorkscene.com or call 905.726.3278 Thursday, October 4th, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts – 10268 Yonge Street, ON
YRAC and the Town of Richmond Hill

Mayor Barrow Presents the Signature Membership Awards

On Friday, September 28, 2012 Richmond Hill's Mayor David Barrow attended the Bayview Watercolour Society's Awards Reception at Boynton House and presented the BWS Signature Membership Awards. The Bayview Watercolour Society is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and in recognition of this occasion, have introduced a prestigious BWS Signature Membership, which is awarded to those members who have won two or more awards for outstanding achievement in water-based media paintings in Bayview Watercolour Society's juried art exhibitions. Congratulations to our inaugural Signature Members,

 Diana Bick,

Patricia Duke,

Ollie Hawryliw,

Marion MacDonald, 

Shirley Scoble,

 Betty Wong,

  Steven Wolk,

Ona Kingdon,

 
Ben Lee,

 Fiona Evans,  Jean Soong, Joanne Baker, and KyoungReal Youn.

October Featured Artist

Hello and welcome to another new month. It's amazing to think it's October already. We had a very successful exhibition last week. I will give you all more details on that later this week when I have had a chance to count all the peoples choice votes and the money taken but for now its my pleasure to introduce to you our featured artist for this month...

   Julie Gilbert Pollard

8616 West Glenrosa Avenue

Phoenix, Arizona 85037-1814

623-849-2504

e-mail: JulieGilbertPollard@cox.net         website: www.JulieGilbertPollard.com

Hello and thank you! I truly appreciate being asked to be your featured artist for October! Scrolling back through your Waterfront Blog I see you have had a wonderful variety of styles and subject matter from talented and skilled painters, each so distinctive, their work beautiful and beguiling – truly unique. Isn’t that what makes ART so awesome, that it’s a unique, individual expression of an artistic personality. We all have that artist’s soul within us, that desire to produce a work of beauty. Regardless of our skill level thus far attained, we all have an elusive mental image of what we wish to express in paint. Our skills must “catch up with” that vision! That’s where I am – still trying to attain a skill level high enough to enable me to paint what I see in my mind’s eye. A carrot on a stick dangling before my artist’s eye!

I like to define my style as “painterly realism”, and am always aiming for loose, fluid brushwork that’s beautiful regardless of whether or not it describes the subject – yet at the same time, wanting the subject to be identifiable and important, infused with my own personal concept of reality. The eye may see as a camera ‘sees’, but the mind’s eye sees an altered, imagined image, what it wants and hopes to see. It’s that illusive image, uniquely mine, along with a heightened sense of ‘realness’ that I try to express in my paintings. This world of ours is often a frightening and mysterious place, but it’s filled with scenes and subjects that excite my eye and imagination! The magical allure of the natural world, and my reverence for it, compel me to attempt to capture its essence on canvas or paper.

In addition to having had my work represented by numerous fine art galleries over the years – Esprit Décor Gallery in Phoenix, Arizona currently represents my work – I have been very fortunate to have written and illustrated two books for North Light: Brilliant Color (oil and acrylic, 2009) and Watercolor Unleashed (due for release in 2013) – and to have filmed two Watercolor Unleashed videos (2011) also with North Light. Additionally, I self-publish Watercolor Unleashed! The Notebook (a “chapter-at-a-time binder-book”, 2009 through 2012, ongoing), which was the genesis for my “Watercolor Unleashed series”.  

My career has been a joy! I especially enjoy conducting painting classes and workshops – for a variety of reasons. For one thing, it’s so rewarding to see that “aha moment” when a painting idea is understood and resonates with someone for the first time! Painting in and of itself is self-realizing and conducive to good mental health. However, I feel like I’m doing something more important when I can participate in helping someone develop their painting talents, the act of painting so often being a source of pure pleasure and happiness.

For another, it adds a social element to a very solitary job. I’ve made wonderful and lasting friendships that could have come about no other way.

One truly exciting aspect of being a workshop instructor is – believe it – travel!  I’ve been so lucky to have been invited as guest artist instructor for workshops around Arizona, California, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Florida and such incredible locales as Canada and Umbria, Italy. About the latter – one of my most exciting painting trips currently scheduled – openings are currently being reserved for my second workshop at La Romita School of Art in Umbria, Italy in June 2013.  If you are interested – in that or other workshops – please contact me for additional info at juliegilbertpollard@cox.net.

A recent addition to my “teaching” activities is the writing and illustration of “painting tips” e-mails that have proven to be very popular. If you would like to receive these “tips” – TOTALLY FREE – please send me your e-mail address. I look forward to sending them to you and making new painting friends!

The mediums I work with are oil, watercolor and sometimes, acrylic. Usually my use of acrylic is as an adjunct to either oil or watercolor. My currently favorite watercolor process begins with a technique I like to call “watercolor in reverse”, thus-named since it begins with the darkest darks using acrylic-as-watercolor rather than the more traditional “light to dark” approach. Watercolor aficionados are usually extremely interested and fascinated by my “watercolor in reverse” method since it addresses several watercolor issues and is an exciting, if a bit non-traditional, method. Here is an excerpt from Watercolor Unleashed!

 Afraid of the dark? You are not alone! And if this does indeed describe you, your paintings may lack value contrast. You may be so nervous about the possibility of ruining the work that you have labored over that you are afraid to give the painting the punch that it needs.

So why not put in the darkest darks first and get it over with? Why not establish the all-important value pattern before you have invested so much time and emotional attachment? You probably have learned from painful experience that if you do this with watercolor, the chances are great that you will need to paint over these darks at some point, at which time they are likely to dissolve into and muddy those subsequent washes.

Enter fluid acrylics—acrylics used as watercolor. When dry, acrylic is no longer water soluble.  You can paint wet watercolor right over the acrylic and the acrylic won’t budge. The acrylic darks serve as underpinnings to “lock in” your composition.

Warning...do not paint with acrylic in an indiscriminate manner if you wish to keep your painting transparent—acrylic is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to remove. The fact that acrylic dries waterproof is an advantage because it is indelible. On the other hand, the fact that acrylic dries waterproof is also a disadvantage—because it is there to stay! Use acrylic when you are quite sure that you know where you want it! Once you have practiced this technique enough to get the hang of it, I advise using it only when it seems clear that there will be a significant benefit to using it on the particular painting at hand. If used correctly you will find it to be a wonderful adjunct to your watercolor “repertoire”.

The acrylic doesn’t necessarily have to be done as a first step. At any time during the painting process, when you feel the need for an indelible color, use acrylic. Again, use with care as it will be there forever!

Not only does this method get the most intimidating part of painting over with first, it also solves four other painting problems as well. The darks create a pattern that unifies the design, they remain clean and sharp rather than muddy, they open up a range of lighter values, and they create a plan for the painting that allows you to concentrate on and enjoy the painting process. 

 Here you see the “acrylic underpinnings” technique at work in the first stage of the painting. Can you imagine how helpful it was to me to have those very dark areas established early on?   

Incidentally, for those of you who, like me, indulge in painting with oil as well as water-media, this method is also a favorite of mine for the beginning stage of an oil painting (my favorite oils being the water mixable Holbein DUO Aqua Oil) as seen in my first book Brilliant Color.

I love to paint! Each medium has its own personality – I love to alternate between transparent and opaque mediums. Oil being my primary gallery medium and watercolor my primary teaching medium, I have the perfect excuse to use both and can’t imagine being limited to just one. Back to watercolor – especially an expanded “water-media” version – watercolor is such an exciting and expressive medium! You can do almost anything with it, particularly when utilizing the many water based products, brilliant colors, papers, canvases, grounds, etc. that are available to us. We have access to a veritable “candy store” of products and options – we are fortunate indeed!

Thanks again for inviting me to participate in your Waterfront Blog this month.

All the best painting to you,

Julie

Culture days!

Our exhibition at Boynton House in Richmond Hill, 1300 Elgin Mills East, is open all week and from today is part of the Canada wide Culture Day's event!

ENTRANCE TO THE EXHIBITION IS FREE!!!

This evening Mayor Barrow will be attending our reception and presenting our new signature award winners with their congratulatory certificates.

Tomorrow (Saturday) 11am-3pm is  a free children’s “Let’s Create” art program with art activities and face painting. Hope to see you there!

BWS made front page news in the Liberal this week! The photographer visited at the start of our exhibition and really enjoyed looking around the exhibition and our facepainting workshop run by Lucia.

Opening hours for the next few days are:
Friday 11am-9pm
Saturday 11am-8pm
Sunday 11am-6pm

Hope to see you there!

Impressions Exhibition is OPEN!

“Impressions 2012” Art Exhibition and Sale at the Boynton House in Richmond Hill, 1300 Elgin Mills East, is now OPEN and will run from from Tuesday, September 25 to Sunday, September 30.

Boynton House is on the north side of Elgin Mills East, between Bayview and Leslie, directly across from the Redstone Rd.

Inside the building you can view 70 paintings in watercolour, acrylic, and mixed media. The photos below just give you a flavour of the exhibition as a whole

There is also a gift store where you can purchase small items  for as little as $2.

There are also workshops running all week. Ona's class on Thursday is full but there is room in many other workshops. Please see the list below and e mail if you are interested in attending a workshop or demo.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 11am to 3 pm (Workshop Full)
INSTRUCTOR: Ona Kingdon, CSPWC, PWS, NWWS, BWS
USING COLOUR TO CREATE ATMOSPHERE (adult workshop)
Take an enlightened look at colour with this internationally award winning artist. In this interactive workshop you will investigate how careful selection and use of colour can create mood and atmosphere in a painting. Explore analogous and complimentary colours and cool and warm colours and learn some useful ways to use them in a painting. This will be an innovative, fun, and interactive experience.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 6-8pm
DEMONSTRATOR: Steven Wolk BWS
DEMONSTRATION: FOCUS ON FLOWERS (adult demo)
Be transported to the world of Steven's garden. Watch this enthusiastic and talented artist bring to life all the beauty and colour of summer's bounty.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 11am to 2pm
INSTRUCTOR: Betty Wong, BWS
WORKSHOP: WATERCOLOUR EXPRESSIONS (adult workshop)
This award winning artist will demonstrate a colourful, exciting floral composition and then lead you to explore the various artistic techniques with your own reference photo.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 2:30pm to 4:30pm
INSTRUCTOR: Shirley Scoble, BWS
WORKSHOP: ARTY EARRINGS (adult workshop)
Create exceptional earrings using some unusual and interesting materials. Go home with the earrings for yourself or your friends.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 3pm to 5pm
INSTRUCTOR: Diana Bick, TWS, BWS
WORKSHOP: MIXED MEDIA METHODS (adult workshop)
Experiment with a variety of media to create a unique abstract painting. Investigate ways of using old familiar mediums to get stunning new results. Go home with a refreshed view for combining art mediums.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 5:30pm to 8pm
INSTRUCTOR: Ben Lee BWS
WORKSHOP: WATERCOLOURS ON CANVAS (adult workshop)
How do we successfully paint on canvas with watercolour? Follow Ben's lead to interesting new ways of expressing yourself that are easy to do. Save framing costs and try this exciting modern approach to watercolour.

Participants will learn how to expand and loosen their interpretation of any subject matter, create an impressionistic style with freedom to work quickly without hesitation.

Bring in a piece of your artwork you think is not working. We will work together and apply methods that will transform the work before your eyes interactively improving skill through this exercise or bring in your subject reference to work on.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30, llam to 2pm
INSTRUCTOR: Shirley Scoble BWS
WORKSHOP: CREATING TEXTURE IN WATERCOLOUR (adult workshop)
Learn various artistic techniques to create “leaf like textures” while enjoying the artistic process of making an autumn themed design. While the theme of this workshop focuses on leaves, the techniques and materials covered can be applied to a large variety of subjects. A bonus information sheet on creating great greens and autumn colours is included.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2:30pm to 4:30pm
INSTRUCTOR: Fiona Evans BWS
WORKSHOP: ACRYLIC EXPLORATIONS (adult workshop)
Discover the vivid world of Acrylic realism with award winning Artist Fiona Evans. Learn the secrets of her bright colours and stunning techniques to capture the attention of various audiences.

Prices for Workshops
BWS members $10 for each workshop or 3 of your choice for $25
Non Members $20 for each workshop or 3 of your choice for $45
 

Exhibition details!

Bayview Watercolour Society “Impressions 2012” Art Exhibition and Sale is now only days away!

The Bayview Watercolour Society will be holding their “Impressions 2012” Art Exhibition and Sale at the Boynton House in Richmond Hill, 1300 Elgin Mills East, from Tuesday, September 25 to Sunday, September 30. Boynton House is on the north side of Elgin Mills East, between Bayview and Leslie, directly across from the Redstone Rd.

 70 paintings in watercolour, acrylic, and mixed media will be displayed. Sponsored in part by the Richmond Hill Mayor’s Endowment Fund for the Arts, the exhibit is also a Culture Days event. (culturedays.ca).

Entrance to the exhibition is free, and a free children’s “Let’s Create” art program with art activities and face painting will take place Saturday September 29 from 11 am to 3 pm. The exhibition will be open Tuesday to Thursday 11am-8pm, Friday 11am-9pm, Saturday 11am-8pm, and Sunday 11 am-6pm. Award winning artists will be available throughout the week to discuss their work and share their passion for water-based media.

A Reception and Signature Members Award Presentation will take place on Friday, September 28 from 7 to 9 pm. Mayor Barrow will attend this event.

Original artwork, giclee prints, greeting cards, jewellery, and other art-related gifts will be available for purchase, and workshops from signature and award-winning members will be offered during the week.

Workshops are still open for registration and all are welcome! Details regarding workshop topics, dates, times, and costs Are listed HERE

Hope to see you all sometime during the week

Congratulations!!!

We have had success locally from two of our members this week!

Congratulations first to Steven Wolk

"I had a blessing in the art world .I had two paintings juried into the Toronto Watercolour Society  up coming show in November and one of the paintings which is in watercolour called Tears of Beauty won the Dorothy Blefgen award  WOW............The show is called Aquavision2012 and runs from Nov. 7to 19th. It will be held at the J.D Carrier Gallery Columbus Centre Upper Gallery 901 Lawrence Ave West Toronto. I am so HAPPY"

 Our second award winner is our student representative Rebecca Kingdon who was awarded Reserve Best in show (student catagory) for her photograph 'A Deadly Stare' in the Vaughan In Focus photography exhibition. The exhibition started this week and will run until November 14th. It can be seen at the Vaughan City Hall. (her photo of the green snake can be seen here on the publicity poster)

 It was  one of our members Nicol, that encouraged Rebecca to enter. So she would like to say a big thank you.

In her words:

"BWS is a great opportunity for students to make contacts in the real art world and  discover and have the confidence to enter other contests and exhibitions"

Congratulations to both Steven and Rebecca!

Studio Six contest to win a set of Dan Smith paints!

Tamar from Studio Six asked me to let all Bayview members know about a contest they are running

Enter for your chance to win 6 Daniel Smith 15ml Quinacridone Watercolours. Just "LIKE" Studio Six on Facebook and sign up for the contest at the following link: http://www.facebook.com/StudioSixFramingandArtSupplies/app_194975693850063
Contest ends September 30th, 2012

what a great chance to win some Dan smith quin watercolours! They are AMAZING!

Ona

Inspired Magazine Fall 2012

I thought you might like to know about this new on line art magazine Inspired.

There is a great article on painting skies and many other useful tips and tricks. Click on the link above to download the first edition of the magazine

Ona

Meeting Reminder!

Hope everyone has been enjoying the great summer!

Time to meet again.... SEPTEMBER 11, TUESDAY AT LANGSTAFF COMMUNITY CENTER.

Art Cunanan will be demonstrating !! Don't miss it!

Our Schedule of events for 2012-2013 is below... be sure to put all these dates in your agenda's