April 2012 Highlight - Pastel Society of New Mexico

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PSNM Officers & Committee Chairs President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leila Hall Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . .Wanda Portee Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Constance Gehring Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Les Lamkin Member-at-Large. . . . . . . . . .Sally Prince Communications . . . . . . . . . .Nicholas Tesluk Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carol Lovelady, Julie Maas, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Linda West 50/50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Denali Brooke, Ann Gladstone Librarians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Linda Bonds, Panola Lisle MasterWorks Rep . . . . . . . . .Jill Rushton Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gaye Garrison National Show . . . . . . . . . . .Nicholas Tesluk Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marilyn Drake Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maryann McGraw Program Review . . . . . . . . . .Natasha Isenhour Publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .VACANT Refreshments . . . . . . . . . . . . .Annie Roberts Signature Membership . . . . .Katherine Irish Henry Website Manager . . . . . . . . .Marilyn Drake * To send emails to people on this list, go to www.pastelsnm.org then click on Contacts. Annual APS Metro Youth Art Exhibit As part of the PSNM Mission to promote the pastel medium, we present the top five place winning students with monetary awards. This year Elaine Koehler served as the juror for the pastel division and Marilyn Drake presented PSNM’s awards at the opening night reception. All the award winning students received student membership in PSNM for 2012. More than 1,000 pieces of student artwork from all of the district’s 13 traditional high schools are on display in the Fine Arts Gallery at EXPO New Mexico through Sunday, April 1. 1st Place, $150, Jon Remy, Del Norte, 12th grade 2nd Place, $100, Jess Cuadra, La Cueva, 12 grade 3rd Place, $75, Jacklyn Le, West Mesa, 11th grade 4th Place, $50, Julia Davenport, Sandia, 9th grade 5th Place, $25, Katia Perez, Atrisco Heritage Academy, 11th grade Honorable Mentions — Amy Giallipoli, La Cueva HS Ariel Manese, Del Norte HS Vy Pham, Sandia HS Anna Oxaca, Rio Grande HS Sandra Reyes-Saehb, Del Norte HS Indie Rice, La Cueva HS page 2 • HIGHlight: April 2012 National Show News from Nicholas Tesluk, Show Chair As a result of my pleading at the membership meeting, I graciously had a volunteer for Publicity Director (which will be co-Chaired by Melody Sears). My thanks to Miranda Jacobson for taking this post. Since the Sponsorship duties are rather above and beyond and also since I performed this duty in 2011, I will take the responsibility for it once again this year. That leaves two Directorship Chairs still available, Facilities and Reception. The Facilities Director needs to get the parking passes and coordinate with the EXPO New Mexico liaison early to reserve the number of tables, chairs and other items of need so they will be ready when we have access to the Hispanic Arts Center. Also at the opening of the show, this director will need to help set up chairs, tables, etc. The Reception Director needs to approach food, grocery and warehouse stores to solicit donations to enable food preparation for our opening night festivities and arrange set up prior to the opening and cleanup afterward. My thanks in advance to volunteers for these two posts. By the time this newsletter is read, we will have sent solicitation letters to the many sponsors who have contributed in the past. Hopefully we will have a response that is as good as or better than we had last year as 2011 was a banner year for sponsorship donations. Call for Entry 17th Annual Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction. Submission Deadline: May 1, 2012 Art Auction Date: Sunday, September 2, 2012 Non-refundable Application Fee: $25 for up to 3 images; $10 each for an additional 2 images. Submissions now being accepted at Juried Art Services (JuriedArtServices.com). Please note that both the Live and Silent auctions will be juried this year. Representational paintings only, all mediums; no abstract work or sculpture please. Prospectus online at: www.RichardSchmidAuction.com or on www.Juried Art Services.com About the Auction: The auction is heavily promoted, with its own Website, Facebook page and buyer email alert system. Proceeds from the auction support both the artists and the Rist Canyon All-Volunteer Fire Department that protects the canyon communities spread over more than 100 square miles west of Fort Collins. www.pastelsnm.org
March Program Review by Judy Felsen; photos by Janice St. Marie Just in time for Spring! Painting Gardens with Kathleen Smith Kathleen Smith, a pastel artist from Taos, demonstrated her very colorful style of painting New Mexico garden scenes at our March meeting. In addition to painting gardens and landscapes, especially en plein air, she also loves gardening. She frequently paints in the gardens on the grounds of fellow Taos artist Walt Gonske’s home. Walt maintains his garden in order to encourage other artists to visit and paint. OUTDOOR PAINTING - Kathleen’s setup includes a Stanrite student easel and some tables to hold her boxes of pastels. It is very lightweight setup. She works very large when outdoors, especially when it’s not too windy, though she also loves to work small outdoors. Three hours outdoors is the most time she spends and then she will tweak the painting indoors, being careful not over do it because she doesn’t want to lose qualities from painting outdoors. Concerning how she deals with changing outdoor light, she advises the painter still has to have a vision of the first light and put in the lights and darks first. “Don’t keep following the light”. Make accommodations — painting outdoors requires making quick decisions. MATERIALS – PAPER AND PASTELS – Kathleen uses Wallis paper (18 x 24) taped to a foam core board and toned with pastel and water before starting to paint. She recommends very sturdy paper when using water for an underpainting. She likes many different brands of pastels, especially the harder ones so she doesn’t fill up the tooth of the paper too soon. She also mentioned that Terry Ludwig has a new set with wonderful colors. BRUSHES - She uses a very dry brush with a light hand. They are cheap, sturdy, stiff, watercolor brushes. Nylon are OK also. It’s not about fine brush strokes, but about large masses of color embedded in the background. COMPOSITION – Dark areas are applied first for an anchor. She feels it creates a nice aura. She also likes to use warmer colors first. “A nice little breath under the green”. Her approach is painterly, with many layers. She prefers massing in the bigger areas first, but will spend more leisure time to express the dimensions. She does not use this approach for portraiture. TODAY’S PAINTING - Kathleen used a warm color for toning the paper and then used pastel and water for an underpainting. Sometimes she will apply pastel in the wet underpainting even though it dries dull. She likes the effect, but she doesn’t do it that often and advises “be careful” with it. It could get too muddy. She uses water only in the beginning, keeping a paper towel handy to clean and dry out the brush. Expressive colors are what she likes the best. She used a photo reference of one of her favorite garden views. Kathleen is a very energetic and playful presenter with humorous asides. As she continued to lay in some areas with day lilies, she said she is interested in gesture “hovering around the feeling of the places”. She tends to “pound” the pastel into the paper. She commented that the many greens in the garden provide support, but the flowers are the star. It is easier to mute the greens later. Concerning greens, she mentions that blue greens are dangerous and she thinks about the different greens to use. She works very freely and continues to add colors. If a section needs to be changed, or removed, she uses a dry brush. This particular part of the garden interests her because of the beautiful, curved and graceful wall. The day lilies are attractive to her because their foliage is very gestural. Kathleen loves the energy of multiple strokes and she moves colors around to unify the composition. The warm underpainting is dissipating, but still gives a sense of the warmth of a summer day. FLOWERS - She spoke about the many different flowers that she enjoys painting, describing peonies as “headlights” in a garden. She likes dahlias, poppies, day lilies and iris when they are blooming in Taos. continued on pg. 4 Pastel Society of New Mexico HIGHlight: April 2012 • page 3
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