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

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

Congratulations Lynn Rix and Pamela Ruschman; Opening Sept 15th Schlitz Audubon Nature Center

Pamela Ruschman

Lynn Rix

Lynn Rix

Lynn Rix

Pamela Ruschman

Pamela Ruschman

Plein Air Artists featured at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center

Milwaukee, WI – Schlitz Audubon Nature Center (SANC) is pleased to feature Plein Air artists Pamela Ruschman and Lynn Rix at an Art Exhibit held Thursday, September 15 from 5:30pm – 9:00pm at SANC.  The exhibit will feature over 80 paintings completed by the two artists “en plein air” on the grounds of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center over the course of the year.

“En plein air” in French literally means “in the open air,” where artists venture out of their studios to investigate and capture the effects of light on various subjects. The paintings featured at the Art Exhibit were completed entirely in plein air and with no photo references.

“We find that working directly from life brings honesty and rawness to our work,” Ruschman said. “You are able to see colors that are impossible to see working from photographs.”

 The two painters were introduced to the property when Ruschman’s four-year-old son began his first day of preschool at the Center. Intrigued by the beauty of the Autumn season, the artists began an intensive study of the property and found that all seasons could be captured in art. 

“We love the entire visual and sensory experience of painting plein air,” Ruschman said. “From the solitary silence to the howling winds, and even the crackling under our feet during the changing of the seasons.”

Audubon Preschool Teacher Liesl Schultz will also be showcasing a photography exhibit, Little Hands, Big Discoveries. The exhibit includes a collection of over 20 portraits that capture nature-based exploration by SANC preschoolers throughout the year.

Ruschman and Rix have generously committed to donating 40% of each sale to support environmental education efforts at SANC. The exhibit will also remain on display at SANC on Friday, September 16 from 9:00am – 11:30am.

Pre-registration for this event is strongly encouraged. Call 414-352-2880 ext. 0 to RSVP.

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Schlitz Audubon Nature Center

1111 E. Brown Deer Road Milwaukee, WI 53217

414-352-2880 www.sanc.org

Also see this article in Outdoor Painter the online version of Plein Air Magazine:http://www.outdoorpainter.com/exhibits/two-artists-show-nature-center-work.html

WIPAPA Feb 26, Painters on Paint Day in Hales Corners, WI

We had a great time painting on the snowy day in Hales Corners, WI, on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Join us at our next meeting, Saturday, March 26, 2011.
This past time, in February, we painted in the morning till noon then had a critique while eating lunch. After lunch and critique we studied the images of artist Ian Roberts and his variations on composition to a painting that destroyed the strength of a composition. That viewing activity alone can greatly improved our ability to analyze the problems in our own compositions.

It was a fun and fruitful day.

REMEMBER This Saturday, February 26, Plein Air Day in Hales Corners Including Whitnall Park

WIPAPA will meet in Hales Corners this Saturday, February 26.

You have even more to paint....

In this post, I have more photos from the Hales Corners: this time I am including views from Whitnall Park, 3 minutes from my home.


I hope you can come.

• Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011
• Start Time for painting: 8:30 AM
  
• Critique and Bring your Own Bag Lunch: Noon
  at Judith Reidy's Hales Corners home
  (as this is Judith Reidy's home, please email her at judith@judithreidy.com for precise directions if you plan on coming for precise directions.
• Special EXTRA Educational Feature: Through images a discussion of "Mastering Composition" by Ian Roberts is to follow lunch. More info about this featured program see link
  

For directions see Map


All are welcome!

WIPAPA February 26, Open Paint In Hales Corners with Extra Educational Feature after Lunch

WIPAPA will meet in Hales Corners this February 26,

• Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011
• Start Time for painting: 8:30 AM
  
• Critique and Bring your Own Bag Lunch: Noon
  at Judith Reidy's Hales Corners home
  (as this is Judith Reidy's home, please email her at judith@judithreidy.com for precise directions if you plan on coming for precise directions.
• Special EXTRA Educational Feature: Through images a discussion of "Mastering Composition" by Ian Roberts is to follow lunch.

Map and Pictures below




What will a painting day in Hales Corners be like?
Hales Corners, in part pictured here, is a old suburban community with rural flavor, 1930's homes and mature trees, yet also vistas of open sky on hills.

Now included in these pictures, but less than 5 minutes away is Whitnall Park one of the premier parks of Milwaukee County with prairie, woodland and marshlands as well as gentle hills. Join us to paint on this day.

Also available is a great warming location at Judith Reidy's home in the heart of Hales Corners. There you will also find indoor opportunities to paint either a still life or a view of the outside as well as hot cider to warm you.

Bring your own bag lunch for a critique at noon.

Special Educational Opportunity to follow:

"Mastering Composition: Techniques and Principles to Dramatically Improve Your Painting"

Following a lunch/ critique at noon, those who are interested in learning more about mastering composition will be looking at images of Ian Roberts based on his book "Mastering Composition: Techniques and Principles to Dramatically Improve
Your Painting". see http://www.ianroberts.us/index.htm

All are welcome