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November 10 - Art Guild Exhibit at MCC
Please bring up to three artworks to the Ball Performing
Arts Center at MCC between 2:30 and 3:30 on November 10. Your entries
must be hangable with a suitable wire, and must be at least 16" x 20"
including the frame. There is no restriction on subject matter except
good taste. The exhibit will remain until Christmas break in early
December.
November 11 - Art Center Waco Exhibit Opening
Reception
Come to the reception 6-9 pm Friday evening to see the
works of a wide array of artists, including several Art Guild members.
The Art Center is just across the street from the Ball PAC. Many of the
artists will be in attendance, and refreshments will be served.
November 10 to December 8 - Art Guild Exhibit at MCC
Where have all the
artists gone? Thanks to four stalwarts and two new members, we had
enough for a decent show, but the 14 paintings received are stretched
pretty thin. The space can accommodate about twice that many. We need
better participation if we are going to continue having exhibits. Below
are photos of the exhibit, from left to right. They show up much better
at night, so come to some of the performances and view the exhibit while
there. The musical performances are free,
and the play is inexpensive. All are at 7:30 in the Ball Performing Arts
Center.
Tue Nov 15
Contemporary Christian Ensemble Concert
Thu Nov 17 "Equivocation" $10 for adults, $8 for seniors
and students
Mon Nov 21 Wind
Ensemble & Corale Concert
Mon Nov 28 Guitar
Ensemble Concert
Tue Nov 29 Vocal
Ensemble Concert
Mon Dec 5 Waco Jazz Orchestra
Concert
Tue Dec 6 Waco Community Band Holiday
Celebration
Concert

David Leifeste

Bill Franklin

Nancy Cagle

Carol McClinton

Judy Franklin

Frank Gutierrez
November 13 - Christine Niekamp - Textures in
Oil Portraits
 We
have long admired the paintings that Christine Niekamp brings to
meetings and exhibits. At last we will have a chance to see how she does
it. Christine, a
native
Wacoan, earned a B.A. degree in Art/Education from
Baylor University.
During, and following a long career in advertising, she always painted
realistic scenes in oil. She continues to paint scenery, animals, still
life, and of course, her favorite: Portraits. A couple of examples
appear here as thumbnails. You can enlarge them to see the textures
better by clicking on them.
We will meet at our usual time and place,
Waco Charter School, 615 N 25th Street, 1:30 for refreshments and
conversation, 2:00 for the meeting, which will include officer
elections, and the demo. First time visitors are free, so bring friends
to enjoy the demo. Also, bring art for Show and Tell.
It's time to pay
your 2012 dues. If paid before January 1,
basic membership is only $15, and gallery level is only $25. After
January 1, these increase to $24 and $36.
Add $5 if you don't
have email. Pay at the meeting or send a check made out to AGCT to
Gloria Meadows, P.O. Box 23994, Waco, TX 76702.
November 13 - Christine Niekamp - Textures in Oil Painting
Christine, a native
Wacoan, earned a B.A. degree in Art/Education from
Baylor University.
During,
and following a long career in advertising, she always painted
realistic scenes in oil. She continues to paint scenery, animals, still
life, and portraits, which are her favorites. This month we were
fortunate to have the chance to see her create the textures we have long
admired in her paintings. You can enlarge them to see the textures
better by clicking on them.
Christine
began by showing several of the paintings she had done and explained the
artistic changes she had
made as she transferred the image referenced in the photo to her canvas.
She explained how she painted fur on animals - with an underpainting to
give the illusion of softness and fullness, then with individual strokes
with a very fine brush to show detail. She had painted a portrait of her
granddaughter holding a Russian doll, and Christine explained her
decisions to paint contrasts and details.
She shared several "tricks of the trade" which
helped to give her the effect she wanted. She used
colored pencil over dried oil paint for very small details. She wore a
latex glove
with
the fingers cut out to use as a mini-palette. For the tiny
decorations on the doll and for fur details, she
uses a # 0 to #3 brush
and picks up a small amount of paint on her glove. She uses foil on a
plate for her palette, which she can put in the freezer to preserve the
paint when she's not using it. Her palette consisted of the following
Winston oils: yellow ochre, burnt sienna, VanDyke brown, alizerin
crimson, sap green, cobalt blue, and cerulean blue.
The
painting for her demonstration was of a cat
sitting on a table next to a rose in a vase. The
cat's body was facing away from the viewer and its
head was turned to look at the viewer. Christine had done an
underpainting of the black and white cat, its green eyes, the table and
vase, and background colors of dark burnt umber, yellow ochre, and
black. (See right photo in the paragraph above and the head at right.)
She started putting finishing touches on the fur of the cat's ears
and head with her tiny brush
(at left).
She
emphasized that fur looks more realistic if the
brush strokes are made
in the direction of the growth of the fur. She
worked very slowly at first, and as she worked on the fur strokes of the
cat's body and tail she painted more quickly (right and left). She
worked on the flowers last, leaving the finishing touches on the
background for another time. The photo in the paragraph
below
shows the painting at the end of the demo. Christine promised to bring
the completed painting to a future meeting.
 We
thank Christine for a very helpful demo that may give more of us the
courage to try animals. We also thank those who brought refreshments and
those who brought their work for show and tell, which are shown below.
Show and Tell:

Nancy
Cagle Bill
Franklin
Judy Franklin Kathy Haberman Charleen Isbell
November 17 & 18 - Apple Tree Bazaar at
HOT
We will have the same booth at the Apple Tree Bazaar
again this year, very near the front door, a bit to the left, right
behind Pat Blackwell's booth. We set up Friday morning 9-12:30, and the exhibit
opens at 1 pm. It continues until 5:30 pm on Friday and is open again
Saturday 9-4. Those who volunteer to man the booth or set it up and take
it down are allowed to display and sell their art. However, the main
focus of the booth is to make the Art Guild better known and to sign up
new members. If you would like to be part of this, contact Bill Franklin
at physicsnerd@yahoo.com or
741-0960.
November 18-19 - Apple Tree Bazaar
 The
Art Guild had a booth at the Apple Tree Bazaar again this year. Members
working and exhibiting their works were Nancy Cagle, Judy and Bill
Franklin, Linda Green, Karen Groman and Gloria Meadows (some shown top
left). Sales were
a bit slim, but we also gained a new
member. The big sellers were once again Gloria's painted rocks (top
right). Other members with booths were Sue Young (below left) and Pat
Blackwell (Below right).
November 30 - Deadline to enter the Hunting
Prize contest
The Hunting Prize offers only one prize: $50,000. There
is no telling what the judge will pick, so anyone might get lucky. In
2010 the pick was one I didn't think was of any consequence at all. So
why not try? It's very easy to enter. You submit ONE photo by November
30 on their website
www.huntingartprize.com. Those selected for entry will be notified
in March, and must deliver the piece to Houston around April 1. The
winner will be announced at the Gala on April 28.
Just getting accepted is a prize, since the Gala is truly
that. There is lavish food, abundant flowers, and many artists and art
patrons to converse with. Collectors and dealers attend, so your art
could sell. If so, there is no commission. Only flat art and no collages
are accepted, with no dimension greater than 72."
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