Mary Ann Davis Pastel en Plein Air Workshop

Great News!! 


WIPAPA is hosting it's first ever Plein Air workshop! Award Winning Indiana Plein Air Artist Mary Ann Davis will teach a 2 day  Pastel/Plein Air workshop in the Fox valley area!
I can personally tell you that Mary Ann REALLY knows how to paint in pastel outdoors!!!


This workshop is limited to 20 artists ( I will take the first 20 I have received checks from) so get your registration in quick!!


Who???    Mary Ann Davis, AIS, is a signature member of the American Impressionist Society.
She earned her BFA from Herron School of Art in 1976, majoring in lithography, she studied painting
under Antonious Raemaekers, Lois Griffel and Carolyn Anderson and enjoys
painting and drawing from life each week and regularly paints plein air.


Mary Ann was one of ten artists chosen to for; Painting Indiana, The Changing Face of Agriculture project. 
This project included a traveling exhibit and book. She has worked as a graphic designer field since 1978, and founded 
Davis Graphic Design, in 1991. Her work can be seen at Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Ind., Brown County Art Guild, Nashville, Ind., 
Mary Williams Fine Arts, Boulder, Col., Sheldon Fine Arts, Naples, Fla.Greenwich House Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio.


Mary Ann's Website: http://madavisart.com/


When?  Saturday May 19th and Sunday 20th 2012 9AM-4PM


Where? We will begin each day at Richeson Art School (557 Marcella St  Kimberly, WI 54136  (920) 735-5820)


Cost $175/person  Send check to WIPAPA   N1289 State Rd 67 Oconomowoc, WI 53066 Attn: Workshop!


How to register:


Step 1: Fill out the form below!


Step 2: Send in your check! or pay with PayPal

 

Call to Artists: 2012 Brush with the Wind : WIPAPA's Annual Juried Show

2012 Brush with the Wind : WIPAPA's Annual Juried Show will be held at the Richeson Gallery located at Jack Richeson and Company in Kimberly Wisconsin (557 Marcella St  Kimberly, WI 54136
(920) 735-5820)
Thanks to our sponsor and host!!

Accepted work will hang from May 10th-June 29th (this work will be shown at the same time as the Richeson75 International Landscape, Seascape and Architectural Show)

Artist Reception and Awards Ceremony will be held May 19th 4-6 After an open paint day in Appleton Wisconsin (8am to 3pm)

Cash Prizes will be given for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, places as well as an Honorable Mention along with product Awards by Richeson

ENTRY DEADLINE: APRIL 1st  2012

You may submit up to 4 images for consideration

All work must be done "en Plein Air" Started and finished on location (Please respect this) from 2011-2012

You must be a 2012 dues paid member to enter (see entry form at http://wipapa.blogspot.com/ To join)

Acceptance announcements will be sent the 10th - 12th of April

Pick up of unsold work is June 30th


STEP 1- REGISTER AT http://wipapa.blogspot.com/

STEP 2- EMAIL YOUR IMAGES TO MRICL4HLTH@AOL.COM Label each image with title and your last name!!!  ( send 300dpi images...remember good images can make or break inclusion into the show!!)

STEP 3- SEND $25 TO WIPAPA    N1289 State Rd 67, Oconomowoc, WI, 53066 (No unpaid registrations will be juried)

Tom Nachreiner: workshops 2012

Tom Nachreiner    Workshops 2012

Workshops Schedule 2012 (for details click on websites below) April 28th & 29th Northbrook IL Northbrook Arts Commission   www.northbrookarts.org  May 17th - 18th - 19th Fish Creek WI Peninsula Art School   www.peninsulaartschool.com  June 17th Demonstration- Fish Creek WI Edgewood Orchard Galleries   www.edgewoodorchard.com  July 22nd - July 28th Daily Demos  Fish Creek WI Door County Plein Air Festival   www.DoorCountyPleinAir.com Sept. 24th - 28th Pennsylvania Bucks County Art Workshops   www.buckscountyartworkshops.com innkeeper@stoneridge-farm.com TOM NACHREINER paintings@tomnachreiner.com (check out my new workshop schedule by clicking on my website) www.tomnachreiner.com 262-617-4066

http://www.tomnachreiner.com/workshops.html

Larry Seiler recast Webinar begins March 6th!!! Don't miss it!!

Repeat of the First Webinar Series...beginning March 6th...6pm EST

Received word that our first series with Go To Meeting last October...had glitches in the recording end, and the much awaited series to be available...

  

...will require us to offer the live series once again, all five of the sessions.  The glitches have been fixed...and needless to say...if you missed the first series, or a number of the sessions...this will be your opportunity.

The primary purpose for the redo...is to provide the necessary content to complete our offering series...and soon following will be available thru F&W Publications for purchase.  And thus to expedite, we will be holding the Go To Meetings twice weekly beginning Tuesday, March 6th...at 6pm EST (an hour earlier than last October)...and then Thursday the 8th...followed by the 13th, 15th and 20th...

Those that registered and participated in past F&W Go To Meeting webinars will be receiving an email notice, and link for registration. Also, when I get the link to register, I will provide it here in my blog and on Facebook...as well as Wetcanvas.com   Hope you'll be joining us...here is the outline for the first session, March 6th.... 

Composition for the Painter-  Larry Seiler

      Premise…

            The modern enculturated eye routinely comes to a determination when to tune in, when to tune out.  The challenge of the artist to consider the accumulated available knowledge we have of visual communication in a commercial/aesthetic modern age, and make use of that to advance interest in their own work.  Avoid shooting ourselves (metaphorically) in the foot!

I.                  Seven Art Principles

a)          Balance

b)          Contrast

c)           Gradation

d)          Harmony

e)          Variation

f)            Dominance

g)          Unity

II.                Symmetry & Asymmetry Visual Balance   

a)           Positive & negative elements

b)           Over-busyness (implement 2/3’s rule)

c)            Organizing parts to favor asymmetry

III.            Traditional Classic Composing TYPES

a)          Circle ordering

b)          S’ ordering

c)           Fulcrum (asymmetrical)

IV.              Focal Points (Rule of Thirds) to Direct Eye

a)          Establish point of interest

b)          Manipulate elements/narrative to support

     V.     Questions/Answershttp://larryseiler.blogspot.com/2012/02/repeat-of-first-webinar-seriesbeginning.html

WIPAPA Open paint Day February 25th Wisconsin Automotive Museum!!!

Oh BOY!!! Hope you like this one! We will be painting in Hartford at the Wisconsin Automotive Museum connected to the Schauer Art Center at 147 N Rural St on Saturday Feburary 25th!!! Will will be able to get in at 10am and can stay till close if you like. Bring a dropcloth!!!!We will take a break for lunch (bring your own) and critique at 1pm. Admission is normally $10 but I have negotiated the exchange of some of my art for free admission for you!! (Link and directions:  http://wisconsinautomuseum.com/ ) If you have never been there I think it is one of Wisconsin's hidden treasures!!! This museum has hundreds of classic cars in a striking art deco interior and as if that were not enough it has a whole Steam Locomotive...yes a whole one!!! I can't wait! See you there...Wendie

Hey all: Check out this great Article in the Door County Pulse on WIPAPA Member Tom Nachreiner!!

Q&A – Questions & Artists – Tom Nachreiner

By Randy Rasmussen

	"Young Doe" by Tom Nachreiner

January 06, 2012

Tom Nachreiner grew up in Wisconsin and graduated from Verona High School. He spent one year studying art at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and then transferred to Milwaukee’s Layton School of Art where he received his Bachelor of Arts in fine arts, achieving highest honors. After graduating, Nachreiner started his own successful illustration company and, among other honors, had his paintings accepted three times into the New York Society of Illustrators Show. Tom has won illustration awards locally, regionally and nationally.

Nachreiner leads three-day and weeklong workshops at his studio/gallery, Maple Avenue Studio, in Waukesha County, and he is represented in Door County at Edgewood Galleries. He has also participated in the Door County Plein Air Festival, as well as taught workshops at the Peninsula School of Art. Nachreiner’s next show at Edgewood Orchard Galleries will be June 16 through July 18, 2012.

Randy Rasmussen (RR): Tom you have had an outstanding career as both an illustrator and a fine artist winning many awards. Is there one award or prize you remember as being most important?

"Sunrise-Sunset" by Tom Nachreiner

Tom Nachreiner (TN): While I was in Layton School of Art – rated number five art school at the time – I received the highest merit award scholarship given each year to a senior student. The Miriam Frink & Charlotte Partridge Scholarship consisted of full tuition, art supplies and books for the senior year, (along with bragging rights for being the best of the class). That award started my art career out on a winning note.

RR: I have interviewed many artists, and it seems they always enjoyed drawing at an early age. Do you remember when you started to draw and create?

TN: I didn't have any formal training in grade school or high school, but I started drawing in pencil only with a stump for blending, doing portraits at home and in study hall at school. I purchased several books about drawing and was inspired.

RR: Did you have any teachers who gave you encouragement to follow a career in art? Did you know even before high school that this is what you wanted to do with your life?

TN: I had no encouragement other than my parents and friends until college. I wanted to become an engineer or architect because of my strong math and science background in high school. I also excelled at sports. I knew when I got into the engineering department at UW Madison and then saw the art department that I wanted to switch majors. I did receive encouragement from several distinguished college instructors.

RR: Was it difficult making the transition from illustrator to fine artist?

TN: It wasn't too difficult to switch from commercial illustration to fine art because my style from my freshman year in Madison, my natural style, remained painterly from the beginning. I did both fine art and national illustration in a similar style since 1989 and exclusively fine art since 2000.

RR: Your website, which I encourage readers to visit, has many paintings of Door County. Do you have a favorite place to paint in Door County?

TN: My favorite place to paint in Door County, actually, are two places – Fish Creek and Ephraim. I consider that area to be the heart of Door County. There is the art school, a wide variety of subject and lots of traffic. I really don't think there is a bad spot to paint in Door County.

RR: I was fortunate to watch you paint this year in Baileys Harbor for the Peninsula School of Art’s Plein Air Festival. When you start a painting, what size and type of brush do you use to block the initial work in? How many colors are on the standard "Nachreiner" palette?

TN: I start blocking in each painting with a large "bright” brush [which has a flat ferrule and short hairs that are usually as wide as they are long] after first establishing the composition and center of interest in a rough drawing with a small brush. Outdoors, my palette has changed recently to yellow, red, blue and white. I can get every color using just those four colors. Sometimes I do use alizarin or black if I am doing figures or still lifes in the studio.

"Ice Cream & Shade" by Tom Nachreiner

RR: In your years of teaching is there one common mistake you see students making?

TN: Virtually all students squeeze out too little paint. I abide by the saying, “Squeeze out paint like you are rich.” Also most students use brushes that are too small. Other issues are: painting too smooth, too much fussy detail, and raw colors. I address these issues along with creating a dynamic composition in my workshops along with stressing good drawing and correct values.

RR: How many plein air events do you paint in every year?

TN: I paint in three plein air events each year – New Harmony, Indiana, First Brush of Spring; Cedarburg Plein Air Competition; and the Door County Plein Air Festival. This will be my sixth year invited to the Door County festival.

For more information on Tom Nachreiner, visit www.tomnachreiner.com.

2012 Winter Blast January 28th 4pm!!!

Winter Blast 2012!!!

January 28th 4PM

 

HAPPY New Year Wisconsin Plein Air Painters!!

I hope you all will come to this!!!!

When: January 28nd 4pm

Where: Sage Arts Studio

5818 West Forest Home Avenue

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53220

(http://www.sageartsstudio.com/tour.php)

There is street parking along 58th Street and Forest Home Avenue. 

On the North side of Forest Home, just East of 60th Street, right next door to "Lucky Bob's" Slotcar Racing..

Who : Any artist interested in Plein Air Painting 

(while we hope you will join WIPAPA it is not necessary to attend this party!)

What: We will be watching art training video's (if you have a favorite bring it!) 

      Eating Potluck

      Having an Art Exchange: Bring a painting go home with another!

      Watching an Art Video, small business meeting and just plain having fun!!

What to bring: Last names starting with...

A-M bring a main dish and an orderve

O-Z bring a side dish and dessert

Everyone bring a beverage and a folding chair!!

Art Exchange: If you wish to participate in the art exchange just bring a painting framed or unframed and Wrap it so no one knows it's yours!!

I am excited to see you all there!!

Wendie