1. NOVEMBER MEETING
Our November meeting is this Sunday, November 3, and we'll meet as usual at the Darien Municipal Center, 1710 Plainfield Road, Darien, from 12:30-3:00 p.m. A $5 studio fee will apply. Feel free to bring items for the swap/sale table (if you are selling items, please mark them clearly so there are no misunderstandings).
Our guest will be Ginni Guzior, who will lead us in creating paper angels just in time for our holiday decorating. Please bring the following supplies with you:
Our November meeting is this Sunday, November 3, and we'll meet as usual at the Darien Municipal Center, 1710 Plainfield Road, Darien, from 12:30-3:00 p.m. A $5 studio fee will apply. Feel free to bring items for the swap/sale table (if you are selling items, please mark them clearly so there are no misunderstandings).
Our guest will be Ginni Guzior, who will lead us in creating paper angels just in time for our holiday decorating. Please bring the following supplies with you:
Cutting mat
Sharp scissors (tiny ones if you
have them, like embroidery scissors)
Craft knife (exacto knife) with
extra blades
Pencil
Watercolors, colored pencils,
markers
Wide container for water (like a
container for Cool Whip)
2. DECEMBER MEETING
We'll meet Sunday, December 1, from 12:30-3:00 p.m. to share our annual holiday potluck lunch and some quality time with each other. We'll be asking you soon what dish you plan to bring for the potluck. As always, we encourage you to bring a wrapped, handmade item for the gift swap (it can be handmade by you or someone else). We will also need several people to help with moving tables and chairs both before and after the meeting. If you are willing to help, please email me!
3. MEMBER NEWS
Maureen Gasek has a solo show opening this Friday, November 1, at If These Walls Could Talk, 32 South Stolp Ave., Aurora, IL 60506 Call 331-212-5962 for more info. Reception is Friday, November 1, from 7:00-11:00 p.m.
Dennis Salaty and Dianne Martia each won awards at Art in the Barn. Dennis won Best Mixed Media category, and Dianne won 3 Purchase Awards, one from Good Shepherd Hospital Medical Staff and 2 from Good Shepherd Hospital Auxiliary. The annual juried art show is held on the grounds of Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington.
If you've been juried into a show, won an award, sold a piece or are teaching a class or workshop, please let me know so I can share your news with the rest of the members!
4. EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
These two classes are being taught by Maureen Gasek in her home studio in Aurora.
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Fumage Painting with Smoke
Saturday November 9 & Sunday
November 10, 2013
Space Limited Only 10 students allowed
Saturday 10:00-3:00pm Sunday 10:00- 2:00pm
Learn about the art of fumage, painting with smoke. Get hands on experience and experiment using fumage in combination with other media on paper, canvas and other substrates. Students will be working in combination with other media to create works of art. Acrylics, inks, pastels, pencil, marker and more. This workshop is about the process and experimentation to stretch your creativity. (Supply list upon request).
$125.00 Supplies included. $100.00 Bring supplies + $5.00 additional supply fee
Master Card, Visa, Discover Accepted.
Special Student Rate. Please inquire (Must be a Open Studio attendee )
To Sign up: email: maureen@epsilondesign.net or call 630-251-6631
History: Wolfgang Paalen, the father of fumage, quickly progressed toward using fumage as a catalyst for his artworks, the seed from which the whole work would spring forth. With the fumage work providing his starting point, he would then add layers of oil paint, for example, to fully express his artistic vision. In the course of his association with the Surrealists and their attempts to transform automatic writing into drawing and painting, he created fumage – a technique for generating evocative patterns with the smoke and soot of a lit candle.
Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Salvador Dali were artist also influenced by this technique and experimented with it.
(NOTE: 48 hour cancellation required for full refund due to space and supplies purchased. No refund if less than 48 hours.)
Students should bring a snack or lunch
****Space Limited Only 10 students allowed
Saturday 10:00-3:00pm Sunday 10:00- 2:00pm
Learn about the art of fumage, painting with smoke. Get hands on experience and experiment using fumage in combination with other media on paper, canvas and other substrates. Students will be working in combination with other media to create works of art. Acrylics, inks, pastels, pencil, marker and more. This workshop is about the process and experimentation to stretch your creativity. (Supply list upon request).
$125.00 Supplies included. $100.00 Bring supplies + $5.00 additional supply fee
Master Card, Visa, Discover Accepted.
Special Student Rate. Please inquire (Must be a Open Studio attendee )
To Sign up: email: maureen@epsilondesign.net or call 630-251-6631
History: Wolfgang Paalen, the father of fumage, quickly progressed toward using fumage as a catalyst for his artworks, the seed from which the whole work would spring forth. With the fumage work providing his starting point, he would then add layers of oil paint, for example, to fully express his artistic vision. In the course of his association with the Surrealists and their attempts to transform automatic writing into drawing and painting, he created fumage – a technique for generating evocative patterns with the smoke and soot of a lit candle.
Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Salvador Dali were artist also influenced by this technique and experimented with it.
(NOTE: 48 hour cancellation required for full refund due to space and supplies purchased. No refund if less than 48 hours.)
Students should bring a snack or lunch
The World of Mediums, Acrylic
Paints, Peels, Pours and More
Saturday November 16 & Sunday
November 17, 2013
Space Limited Only 10 students allowed
Saturday 10:00-3:00pm Sunday 10:00- 2:00pm
Mediums, Paint, Digital Grounds and More
Space Limited Only 10 students allowed
Saturday 10:00-3:00pm Sunday 10:00- 2:00pm
Mediums, Paint, Digital Grounds and More
Get a better handle on how mediums
work and how to incorporate them into your work. This two day workshop will go
over new techniques, mediums, paints, peels, pours, glazes digital transfers
using digital grounds and more from Golden Artists Colors and a few other
unique artists supplies. i.e refillable markers and more We will cover a
variety of techniques, surfaces, transfers, peels, pours and more.
$135.00 Supplies included.
Master Card, Visa, Discover Accepted.
To Sign up: email: maureen@epsilondesign.net or call 630-251-6631
(NOTE: 48 hour
cancellation required for full refund due to space and supplies purchased. No
refund if less than 48 hours.)
Students should bring a snack or lunch
Students should bring a snack or lunch
