Gateway Pastel Meeting – Monday Feb 11, 2019
Michele Wells opens the meeting with business notes and dates:
Travis charcoal and graphite drawings capture the essence and beauty of the human form.
He designs t-shirts for Harley Davidson.
Members participated in an exercise on “How to Loosen Up”
Michele and Vic provided each participant with 4 small 5 x 7 pastel papers all the same color.
We preformed 4 timed exercises. All were provided with same image.
Exercise #1 was to Use Local Color – 1 dark, 1 light and 6 medium values - 12 minutes
Exercise #2 Use either all cool or all warm color – 6 colors only – 9 minutes
Exercise #3 Use 5 neutral colors and 1 bright color – 8 minutes
Exercise #4 Use analogous colors or complimentary colors 7 minutes
All participants placed their practice pieces on the table for viewing. We had so much fun, it was great to see how each individual interpreted and created thee exercises. We all agreed it was very beneficial and we want to do a similar meeting in the future!
Michele Wells opens the meeting with business notes and dates:
- Three New members joined and 1 renewal
- Our GPA Annual show was a great success and have sold 5 pieces
Travis charcoal and graphite drawings capture the essence and beauty of the human form.
He designs t-shirts for Harley Davidson.
- Discussion of a possible "framing" weekend class for those member that are interested. More information to follow.
- June meeting will be delayed due to the IAPS convention in Albuquerque NM. The exact date to be determined. Last year Michele and Vic brought back free items from the convention and this year there are 6 members attending.
- Lisa Ober will be demonstrating at the July 2019 meeting. Subject yet to be determined
- This year we will be adding a 2nd member show in the summer at Framations Gallery in St. Charles running mid-August through mid-September. There will not be a fee charged to participate and each member will be allowed to enter 1 piece
- Discussion regarding the need for a new logo for GPA. More discussion to follow on this
Members participated in an exercise on “How to Loosen Up”
Michele and Vic provided each participant with 4 small 5 x 7 pastel papers all the same color.
We preformed 4 timed exercises. All were provided with same image.
Exercise #1 was to Use Local Color – 1 dark, 1 light and 6 medium values - 12 minutes
Exercise #2 Use either all cool or all warm color – 6 colors only – 9 minutes
Exercise #3 Use 5 neutral colors and 1 bright color – 8 minutes
Exercise #4 Use analogous colors or complimentary colors 7 minutes
All participants placed their practice pieces on the table for viewing. We had so much fun, it was great to see how each individual interpreted and created thee exercises. We all agreed it was very beneficial and we want to do a similar meeting in the future!
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