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WATERCOLOR
SOCIETY
OF
INDIANA
Winter, 2019
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The Watercolor Society of Indiana is a
501(c)3 not for profit organization.
President’s Column - John O’Connor
IN THIS ISSUE
• 2019 Calendar • Golden Paints Demonstration
• Feature - Ron Leonhardt • This and That • The WSI and Our Future! • Don Andrews 2019 Workshop
Welcome to 2019, WSI members. At the start of the new year we are inundated with magazine and in-ternet articles that declare in bold type how to lose weight, build wealth, or improve your golf swing in just ten or twelve easy steps. Watercolor and art maga-zines are not immune to this tactic and proclaim they provide step-by-step instruction to create amazing paintings. But what if I told you the road to mastering watercolor and creating master works consists of only four steps – would you buy it? Well let’s get started. Step one on the Road to Mastery: Unconscious Incompetence. When we begin learning something new, we typically don’t understand the materials, rules, techniques, and processes involved, and, consequently, cannot recognize any problems that arise. Sure, there are those “beginner’s luck” moments when we put down some color and shapes and it actually looks pretty good. But due to our lack of knowledge and inexperi-ence we don’t even understand why it worked. When things start to go south, we can’t see that our colors are too saturated, or our drawing is off, or the composition too cluttered because we haven’t learned the basics by reading, watching, and practicing. At some point we either recognize our own incompetence and put a plan in place to learn - or we give up. Step two: Conscious Incompetence. Believe it or not, this is an improvement. Sure, the paintings may still be disappointing, and we want to rip them up and use them as collage elements, but we’re making progress. Why? Because we have awareness that we lacked before. We now better understand how to mix colors and can gray that hot red by mixing in a little of its complement. We did some practice sketches using one-point per-spective so those buildings in the distance don’t overtake the foreground. We have moved the main focus area of the composition away from the cen-ter based on the rule of thirds. With the acquired knowledge, we better as-sess issues and attempt correcting them. At this point, we have a newfound appreciation for other artists’ works and a stronger sense of why they are successful. Step three: Conscious Competence. Have you heard the old joke: “Q- How long does it take to create a watercolor painting?” “A- Oh, about an hour, plus twenty years.” With both knowledge and experience, we have reached a point where we create honest works that hold up under scrutiny. Design begins to overtake subject matter, and technique has been practiced and confidence gained. I’d say most of the paintings in the WSI juried show have at least this level of competence. People may say you have talent, but you know as Whistler said, “Talent is the ability to do hard work in a consistently constructive direction over a long period of time.” Step four: Unconscious Competence. They say this level is hard to achieve for long periods of time. Everything clicks; you’re in the zone. The idea is the key; the subject is the mechanism. Technique is used in service of an idea. Risks are taken and sometimes rewarded and rules are broken. The thinking has been done, and the creativity flows.
So to summarize:
Unconscious Incompetence – no good because no understand
Conscious Incompetence – not too bad, but need more practice
Conscious Competence – pretty good due to some hard work
Unconscious Competence – I have no idea. Maybe I’ll check with Rich Ern-sting or Peggy Brown! (They have won the WSI Best of Show the most number of times.)
I’ll see you at the Spring meeting. John O’Connor
Soon Warren Workshop Flyer Coming Soon to email and website near you!
WSI 2019 Calendar
March 1 WSI/Lentz Scholarship Applications due
March 1 Email Juried Exhibit Application
March 17 General Membership Meeting, 1:30PM
Lawrence Library, 2019 Board installed, Golden Paints Demonstration
Mar. 31 Email Member Exhibit Application
April 15 Second Board Meeting, WSI Office, 10:00am
Mid April Spring Newsletter
May 10 Membership Exhibit entries due
May 10 Deadline for Juried entries due in office
May 18 Member Exhibit Opening, Lunch time 12:30pm General Membership Meeting & 2019 Scholarship Presentation
Jerry Smith Demonstration
Second Presbyterian Church
Painting delivery 10-11:30am
May 18 Juried Exhibit Image Viewing @ Member Exhibit Coffee Hour Opening—Second Presbyterian Church
June 11-June 29 Juried Painting delivery to office
June/July Summer Newsletter
July 6 Member Show Painting pick-up 10am—noon
July 10 Don Andrews Evening Presentation/ Demonstration 7pm, King of Glory Lutheran Church, Carmel
July 9 –12 Don Andrews Workshop, 9am-4pm,
Somerset Lakes Clubhouse, 3202 E. 76th Street, Indy
Aug. 4 Juried Exhibit Opening Reception 2pm, DeBoest Lecture Hall
Aug. 2 - Sept. 28 Juried Exhibit open at IMA
August 12 Third Board Meeting, WSI Office, 10:00am
Sept. 29 Juried Exhibit painting pick-up, IMA , 1-3pm
Oct. 29—Nov. 1 Soon Warren Workshop, More Info Coming Soon
9am-4pm, Somerset Lakes Clubhouse.
Nov. 2 General Membership Meeting 1:30pm
Soon Warren Demonstration/ Presentation
Cool Creek Park Nature Center
Late Oct. Fall Newsletter
Nov. 11 Fourth Board Meeting, WSI Office, 10:00am
See the WSI website for Workshop Flyers, the current
and back issues of the newsletter.
www.watercolorsocietyofindiana.org
2019 Juried Exhibit Dates
March 1 Email Juried Application to Members
May 10 Deadline for receipt of digital entry
May 18 View entries, 10:00am—12:00pm, Second Presbyterian Church
May 20 Mail images to Don Andrews
June 3 (approx.) images returned
June 3 - 7 Mail Juror Notification letters of Accepted/not accepted paintings
June 10-28 Painting Delivery to Office
Late June Determine $ amounts of juried show awards
July 8 Don Andrews final awards judging at WSI Office 11:00 am
July 29 Paintings to IMA, 11am delivery
Aug. 4 Juried Exhibit Opening Reception Awards Ceremony, IMA, DeBoest Lecture Hall 2pm
Aug. 3rd—Sept. 28 Juried Exhibit open at IMA
Sept. 29 Juried Exhibit painting pick-up, IMA, 1-3pm
The first WSI general meeting of 2019 will be held on Sunday, March 17, 2019 , at the Lawrence Library, 7898 N. Hague Road on the northeast side of Indy. This is a very short distance from the inter-section of 465 and 69. Maps are easily accessible on the library website: www.imcpl.org. At this, our first general meeting of the year, we will begin with a VERY SHORT business meeting and elect our 2019 slate of officers. We also have an exciting program planned which you won’t want to miss.
Golden Paints demonstration, information, and samples. Please make every effort to attend! As you will recall, the previous Golden Paints demonstrator was very ill when she visited a couple of years ago. The person who will be presenting Golden information to WSI in March is a new presenter, and is very enthusiastic about visiting and meeting the membership. DON”T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY!
SAVE THE DATE
Golden Paints Demonstration
& General Membership Meeting Sunday, March 17, 2019, 1:30pm
2019 Slate for Board of Directors to be voted on at the March 17, 2019 meeting
Executive Board
President - John O’Connor Treasurer - Jim Weaver Juried Exhibit - Linda Trowbridge Secretary - Donna Arnold
Member Exhibit - Kaarta Nemeth Advisor - Karen Fehr
Chairpersons
Education Workshops - Linda Halcomb Social March Meeting - OPEN
Education Scholarship - Ann Rose Juried Exhibit Advisor - Brenda Pettigrew
Social Membership Luncheon - Teresa Altemeyer Education Outreach - OPEN
Waycross - Norma Davis & Linda Trowbridge Publicity & Website Blog - Pat Grabill Membership Development - Ron Leonhardt
Area Representatives
North - Pat Huffman South - Beverly Mathis East - Joan Yauch West - Shirley Woolard
Please contact John O’Connor if you are interested in participating on the WSI board.
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Artist Patron
Bronze $100
Gold $150
Silver $250
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Artist Membership
Member Artist $45
Supporting Artist $60
Sustaining Artist $75
Art Student $25
Student must be enrolled full-time pursuing a degree in art.
WHAT’S YOUR WSI STORY?
by Ron Leonhardt, WSI
Since joining WSI four years ago, I’ve been fortu-nate to have made new friends from among a talented cadre of fellow WSI artists who just happen to be excep-tionally nice people to boot! Like many of you, I’ve bene-fited from the exhibits, awards, demos and signature membership the society provides. This year I’ll join the WSI board as Membership Development Chairman and hope to contribute to WSI’s ongoing growth and suc-cess.
WSI membership provides numerous benefits to Hoosier artists, particularly the distinct benefit of having our art judged by top-ranked nationally/internationally acclaimed watercolor artists…not art critics...not cura-tors...but accomplished watercolor artists...people who paint watercolors...just like we do!
Here’s a WSI benefit example I can personally attest to: I met Tim Donaldson several years ago and followed his rapid and strong growth as a watercolor artist. Tim joined WSI in the Spring of 2018 and immediately en-tered a painting in the 2018 juried exhibit. His painting was not only accepted but also received the WSI Presidents Award! That story and others like it are powerful WSI recruiting tools! If you have a similar story, send it to us to include in our recruiting efforts.
WSI has been fortunate to have had dedicated leaders and volunteers who have worked tirelessly and effectively through the years to grow and develop our organization. And we’ve had amazing patron benefactors who support us individually and collectively. We can expand WSI’s reach statewide if we not only continue recruiting heavily in the Indianapolis metro area, but also create programs that will attract new members in the four corner sections of the state! Until recent-ly WSI had just one member in Evansville, but in recent months we’ve increased that number to four members with commitments from three more artists. There’s no reason to think we can’t see similar growth in the areas around Indiana’s other mid/small sized cities.
You can help grow our membership and foster the popularity of the watercolor art in which we all have invested so much of our time, creativity and artistic passion! Let us hear from you about your reasons for joining WSI and the positive results you’ve realized by belonging. Invite non-members to attend WSI exhibits, workshops/demos and meetings and to join WSI. Let us know if we can help you recruit new WSI members and let me know if you’d be willing to serve with other WSI enthusiasts on a WSI Membership Development Committee.
Ron Leonhardt 309 Hanover Road
Evansville, In 47710
(812) 598-0562
Ron Leonhardt, WSI
Tim Donaldson, WSI—Motorcycle #6
This and That
Congratulations to long-time WSI member Carol Griffith! Carol was named Artist of the Year by the Nickel Plate in Noblesville, IN
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Springfield Art Museum Seeks Entries For Watercolor USA 2019
Springfield, MO. (January 16, 2019) – The Springfield Art Museum is pleased to announce a call for entries for Watercolor USA 2019, highlighting the very best in contemporary American watermedia. This year’s exhibit will run from June 8 through September 1, 2019. The deadline to apply is February 27, 2019.
Organized in 1962, this year marks the 58th year of Watercolor USA. The nationally known exhibition is open to artists from all 50 states and U.S. territories, and seeks to discover what is new and what is next in the world of American watermedia. This year’s exhibit will be judged by award-winning watercolorist Dean Mitchell. Mitchell is a member of the National Wa-tercolor Society and the American Watercolor Society (AWS). He is a recipient of the AWS Gold Medal and received a Dis-tinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the Watercolor USA Honor Society in 2018. Approximately $20,000 in cash prizes and possible Museum purchase awards are available. Top awards include the $3,000 Kenneth M. Shuck Memorial Award, the $2,000 Greg G. Thielen Memorial Award, the $1,500 Bill Armstrong Memorial Award, and the $1,000 Robert E. Goodier Memorial Award For Traditional Transparent Watercolor, among others. Addition-al cash awards are generously provided by the Watercolor USA Honor Society.
Artists from all 50 states and U.S. territories, ages 18 and up, who are using watermedia as critical components of their work are eligible to apply. Artists whose work pushes the boundaries of traditional aqueous media are encouraged to enter. High realism, abstraction, traditional transparent watercolor, and innovative uses of the medium are all welcomed as the exhibit continues to expand and adjust with contemporary artistic practice, including the use of nontraditional supports and mounts. The Museum routinely purchases work from the Watercolor USA exhibition to expand its robust collection of contemporary American watermedia.
For full information on entry rules, entry fees, and how to submit artwork, please visit www.sgfmuseum.org. The Springfield Art Museum is located at 1111 East Brookside Drive. Admission to the Museum is always free.
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The Springfield Art Museum is Springfield, Missouri’s oldest cultural institution, founded in 1928. A department of the City of Springfield, the Museum invites you to connect with the world, your community, and yourself through active engagement
with art objects. For more information, please visit www.sgfmuseum.org
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IWS USA is a wonderful group of volunteers gathered together to promote International Water-color Society events to all US residents. Watercolor artists are invited via the Facebook page to discover opportunities to submit their work to competitions in about 80 other countries!
Membership is free and all you need to do to become a member is go to the Facebook page and sign up using the messenger tab on the page.
Under the guidance of our new President, Gina Croce, our goal is to make IWS USA the largest and most active Watercolor Organization in the world. Plans are already being made for our first USA International show in 2020 as well as online contests, plein air events and many other exciting opportunities for watercolor artists!
If you have any questions or would like more information on how to get involved, please feel free to contact me and I would be happy to help!
Thank you! Cindy Norrick Turner cnturner1953@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/IWSUSAChapter/
Do you have news that you would like to share with the WSI membership? Please let us know of your accomplishments. Email: wsiemail@ori.net
The WSI and Our Future!
The Watercolor Society of Indiana was founded by a group of enthusiasts dedi-cated to keeping the art spirit of watercolor alive in Indiana. The WSI has been blessed over the years with generous donors and passionate volunteers who together carried out the vision of our founders. Today we seek your help in ensuring their inspiration continues to feed the creative minded and artfully innovative members of our society. We ask for your involvement and support in order that our organization may grow and thrive.
Briefly we have a need for your generosity of both time and money. Although our current volunteers are great and the board maintains responsible stewardship of the WSI funds, as we look toward the future we want to strengthen and revitalize our commitment to the members and communities we serve. The best way to accomplish that is through increases to membership, volunteerism, and funds.
And so, we ask each of you to consider our requests for assistance. We need vol-unteers who are willing to give a few hours to promote the WSI and serve the commu-nity. Perhaps you, your spouse or someone you know can fit the bill for one of these positions. The following roles are open to those who have a little time and a lot of en-thusiasm.
Community outreach members – currently a vacant board position Grant writers
Fundraising members
Investment advisors – some experience with finance or investments needed
Membership committee members - we have a leader but need some members to grow the WSI
Of course, we need others throughout the year to help coordinate meetings, pro-vide refreshments and work events. So please make your voice heard and contact the WSI office stating your willingness to get involved.
Finally, one area where we can show our support is through donations. We are for-tunate to have a paid part-time Executive Director and have had some generous pa-trons to help fund that position, but we need continuing income to finance WSI pro-grams. Your donations help fund our juried show and awards, artist demonstrations, education outreach programs and more. Please consider a one-time donation or ongo-ing support to help fulfill the mission of the WSI. Your donations can be made on the WSI website www.watercolorsocietyofindiana.org and are very much appreciated and put to good use.
Thank you for your consideration – the WSI Board of Directors
Stephen Imes
Rodene Gosselin
James Hubbard
Welcome New Members:
Marilyn Jo Martin
Cassidy Young
Rachel Lattimore
2019 Board Member Needed:
Education Outreach Chairperson
Interested in future board opportunities? Please contact John O’Connor.
oconnor_john_25@comcast.net
Watercolor Society of Indiana Summer Workshop
Don Andrews, AWS
Landscape Color and Composition July 9 - 12, 2019 Somerset Lakes Clubhouse 9am to 4pm daily
Don Andrews Workshop Registration Form
July 9 - 12, 2019, 9am-4pm
Name___________________________________________________________ Phone________________________
Address___________________________________ City___________________ State__________ Zip____________
Email:_____________________________________________________ REGISTER ONLINE: www.watercolorsocietyofindiana.org
4 Day Workshop Cost: $450 for WSI members,
$460 for non-members
Cancellation: Full refunds will be granted only with more than four weeks’ notice. If there is no waiting list, the following refund rules will apply: two to four weeks’ notice: one-half refund. No refund for fewer than two weeks’ notice.
$250 due with registration. Balance due May 31, 2019.
Signature: _______________________________________
Or Mail Registration to:
Watercolor Society of Indiana
4181 E. 96th Street, Suite 200
Indianapolis, IN 46240
Checks to: Watercolor Society of Indiana
Call: 317-814-6194 Email: wsiemail@ori.net
www.watercolorsocietyofindiana.org
Learning to paint with watercolor should be fun! Don’s Landscape Work-shop is geared specifically for artists eager to paint and study in a no-stress studio en-vironment. Each day, Don will address a major visual concern; light, color, granulation, organizing nature and utilizing negative space are just a few subjects to be cov-ered. Don’s class isn’t geared to any spe-cific level of achievement; rather artists at all levels will benefit from a more personal understanding of the painting possibilities available in the exciting world of landscape painting. This workshop will be packed with demonstrations, discussions, individu-al help and personal and group critiques.
DON’S WATERCOLOR PAINTS & BRUSHES
Don is often asked what colors he has on his palette. His current color palette listing will be provided upon registration. It is not important that students have the same colors. He emphasizes that you should have 2 light, 2 medium, and 2 dark of all the primary colors. Most professional brands are interchangeable and include Holbein, Windsor Newton, Daniel Smith. Don currently uses American Journey watercolors from Cheap Joes Art Stuff.
NOTE: Don presently uses the Robert Simmons synthetic white sable brushes, although other brands are satisfactory. Round brushes include sizes 36, 26, 14, 10 and 8. Flat brushes include 2”,1 ½” and 1”.
Don Andrews, AWS Landscape Color and Composition
Watercolor Society of Indiana
4181 E. 96th Street, Suite 200
Indianapolis, In 46240
317-814-6194 wsiemail@ori.net
www.watercolorsocietyofindiana.org
STUDENT MATERIAL LIST
• Any size sketch book
• Markers or pencils
• 2 sheets of watercolor paper per day (Don uses Arches Cold Press or Rough 140lb.) • Students are encouraged to work at any size they wish, but have plenty of paper on hand. • One easel per student (preferably a table easel, Don uses a French Box easel) as we will be working on a slant. You can also improvise, leaning your board against something, as long as it is secure, and not at too sharp an angle…EASEL IS NOT PROVIDED BY WSI. • The usual watercolor supplies: Palette, (butchers tray or large mixing tray is also helpful) paint, brushes, water container, paint board with clamps, paper towels, etc. • Several photos, sketches or other source material for class study.
NOTE: Don presently uses the Robert Simmons synthetic white sable brushes, although other brands are satisfactory. Round brushes include sizes 36, 26, 14, 10 and 8. Flat brushes include 2”,1 ½” and 1”.
Workshop Location: Somerset Lakes Clubhouse
3202 E. 76th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240
Contact Workshop Chair Linda Halcomb with questions: lhalcomb@indy.rr.com
Or the WSI office: 317-814-6194, wsiemail@ori.net
Don Andrews is a nationally known watercolor artist and workshop instructor. He is a graduate of Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida and a resident of Bastrop, Texas.
Don is an active member and past board director of the American Watercolor Society. His paintings have re-ceived numerous awards in national watercolor competi-tions including three awards from the American Watercolor Society.
Don has conducted painting workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe for over 30 years.
Don is the author of the books, "Interpreting the Fig-ure in Watercolor", "Interpreting the Landscape in Water-color" and "Rough Sketches: Short Stories of a Traveling Artist". He has also created two DVD sets that follow his figure and landscape workshop curriculum as well as his DVD, "Making Watercolor Glow" taken from his original vid-eo. Don is featured in the Watson Guptill publication "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Watercolor" and the North Light book, "Confident Color". He has had numerous feature articles published in American Artist magazine and the Watercolor issue of American Artist.
July 9 - 12, 2019 Somerset Lakes Clubhouse 9am to 4pm daily
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