Ginny Burdick Pastel Workshop

Ginny Burdick Workshop

Jimmie Grann news...

** Jimmie Grann will be President of EDHAA for 2016.
    
** Jimmie Grann is offering a 6-week, Beginning Watercolor class
at EDH Senior Center beginning January 14th 10am - 11:30am. for $55.00.
The sign up is through CSD (916-933-6624) or www.edhcsd.org.

** Jimmie Grann won an Honorable Mention at the PAA membership
show for her pastel "Yellow Rose - Texas Hills Cowboy".

Yeah Jimmie!!  

Click below to find out about the Holiday Brunch...

Holiday Brunch!!

Congrats...

Jimmie Grann won an Honorable Mention in the PAA Membership Show this week for “Yellow Rose – Texas Hill Country Cowboy” in Pastel!!

Signature Show reception today!!!

5-8pm at EDAC in Placerville

Come visit with the artists and vote for People's Choice!

See you there...

A note from Lucinda...

Setting Goals, Looking for Answers, Finding Direction….

Approaching your 2016 artistic goals can be a struggle.  We all strive for more successes than setbacks for our creative expressions, but it’s always somewhat easier to find “the path” when we know where we are going.

Why not start NEXT YEAR’S PLAN with an “annual check-up” of your artwork now.  List all art works you produced this year and what your motivations were, how successful each work is, what your achievements are, what awards/honors your work received and what you did to achieve your goal (workshops, notans, under-paintings, improved your studio environment, attending paint-outs or plein air events, mentoring, travel, etc.) Identify what you like/dislike about your work and write it down.

Next, write a statement about where you want to next achieve with your art.  You could include a list of artists whose work you love.  Write down what you like about their works and find some answers — really analyze their art.  Compare their works to yours — again, writing down very specific traits about composition, lights/darks, texture, use of materials, emotion, etc. Identify all the actions you will need to take to achieve your goals (attending workshops/classes, more paint-outs, new equipment or materials, obtain/update your website, research, show entries, gallery visits, get critiques, volunteer with SPS etc.)

Write a detailed plan for what’s next (i.e. strive for more uniform body of work, a series of paintings, etc.).

Finally, create make the commitments by writing up a detailed calendar for 2016 (and 2017 if you plan to attend IAPS).  Do you research now so your plan will have a greater opportunity for success! Your “new direction/path”.

We all know that “art bucks” don’t spend the same as regular money — with your plan in place just think how you will help (in November) those Holiday shoppers who will receive your “Wish List”.  Why not workshops or classes instead of another turtleneck? 

MAY ALL OR YOUR ARTISTIC GOALS COME TRUE IN 2016 and forward! 

Placer Arts Palette

November 6, 2015  LIKE US ON FACEBOOK FOLLOW US ON TWITTER PlacerArts.org Rocklin THANKSGIVING WEEK WORKSHOPS! Half Day Workshops 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM For ages 6 - TEEN Johnson Spring View Park 5460 5th Street, Rocklin All materials and snack for a break are included in this 3 hour workshop $45/child/3 hr November 23rd  "Make a painting Monday" November 24th "2 Art Projects Tuesday" November 25th "Wings on Wednesday" November 27th "Better than Black Friday!" To register contact: PlacerArts ARTspace  916-672-6950          530-613-6284 linda@PlacerArts.org Pre-registration  required  Casually Creative with friends Art and Beverage Time! Create art with friends for 2 hours in a stress free, fun environment. Instructor will provide all art materials and you provide beverages and such. Host a party and you get to meet with our resident artist to choose what subject your group would like to paint ahead of time or let us surprise you!  $35 per guest Johnson Spring View Park 5460 5th Street, Rocklin, CA To find out more contact: PlacerArts ARTspace 916-672-6950       530-613-6284 linda@placerarts.org Auburn Art & Music Bash Happening Tonight! November 6, 2015 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM  Auburn Placer Performing Arts Center The State Theatre 985 Lincoln Way, Auburn Click Here for details! Auburn Hip Hop Congress Presents Thursdays 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM The Auburn Library 350 Nevada Street, Auburn November 12 "Give Thanks" For more information contact: Natalie Pohley 530-368-4455 www.auburnhiphopcongress.com Gold Country Writers Importaint Notice! There will be no meeting  November 11, 2015  in observance of Veterans Day. Join Gold Country Writers November 18, 2015  10:00 AM - Noon Screenwriter/author Ron Montana   "Turn Your Words to Pictures"  Designed for elementary school students to promote positive social coping and leadership skills in a school setting using creative arts, discussion groups, guest speakers and cooperative games. To learn more contact: Natalie Pohley 530-368-4455 Nataliepohley@gmail.com  Call to Artists Winter Aire Art Inspired by the Beauty and Spirit of Winter  The deadline for online applications and digital images is November 15,2015  General Gomez Arts and Event Center presents the second annual "Winter Aire" November 28th -  December 30th 2015 For Additional information Click Here! PlacerArts Auburn General Gomez ARTS  and Event Center  808 Lincoln Way, Auburn Artists Studios and Classes   PlacerArts Administration (530) 885-5670  Office Hours Monday - Tuesday     10:00AM - 3:00PM Wednesday - Friday   10:00AM - 5:00PM PlacerArts Rocklin  Johnson Springview Park 5460 5th Street, Rocklin  (916) 672-6950    Classes and Workshops for Children, Teens and Adults  Contact: linda@PlacerArts.org 530-613-6284 Click here for details THE PALETTE                                                                              A twice a month eNews source for all things great about the arts in Placer County!  Celebrating 22 years of Placer County's great artists in their studios. Discover and explore the world of visual art, get a behind the scenes look at the creative process and meet the artists within their studios and galleries during The 22nd Annual PlacerArts Autumn Art Studios Tour. Held annually during the 2nd weekend in November, The Autumn Art Studios Tour is a self-guided driving tour of Placer County artists showing and demonstrating their art in their working environments. Artists in a broad range of media and styles prepare for the tour months in advance creating new work, displaying their existing works and readying their studios for Tour Weekend. Studios and Galleries will be open Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 13, 14 & 15th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Tour includes 97 featured artists in 57 locations across almost all of Placer County - Lincoln to Roseville to Dutch Flat and everywhere in between. The studios are open to all ages, families and groups are welcome, and the Tour is FREE!  For your online map clickHERE! Want help during the tour? Visit our TOUR INFO CENTER! ARTspace Rocklin / PlacerArts Studio 5460 5th Street, Rocklin Finnish Temperance Hall 4090 Rocklin Road, Rocklin General Gomez Arts & Event Center / PlacerArts 808 Lincoln Way, Auburn Old Library Artists Studio (OLAS) 175 Almond Street, Auburn Newcastle Packing Shed & Artists Gallery 455 Main Street, Newcastle Artists of the  Autumn Art  Studios Tour Imi Lehmbrock-Hirschinger Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic    Mountain climbing was a major part of my life growing up in Tirol, Austria. I was fortunate to climb with highly experienced guides who took me to peaks with fantastic aerial views. This probably has influenced my continued interest in painting compositions with aerial perspectives. I have been credited with being a pioneer in painting aerials of the Sacramento Valley and the Delta areas.   Recently, my painting "Delta Waterways No. 2" was selected as a primary painting for the "Delta Forever" exhibit at  the Shimo Gallery in Sacramento. My work has been acquired for corporate, medical, public and residential permanent collections in the USA and Europe. The University of California Medical Center in Sacramento has a large number of my landscape paintings. The respected King Oral Surgery Center in Rocklin has acquired many of my paintings. And, the GFBB Benefits in Roseville commissioned me to produce a large number of  paintings for their wonderful new offices.  I have had my work accepted for the Crocker Art Museum juried art auction for over twenty years. I have been designated as a ""Special Collection Artist" by KVIE Channel 6 in respect to the juried art auction. I have had major exhibits at the Blue Line Gallery in Roseville, California where I have been a long time member.  Recently my paintings were exhibited in a group show at The Temp Gallery and The Sutter Club in Sacramento. Most recently I have a large solo exhibit at the beautiful Flower Farm venue in rural Loomis. My book titled "Colorfields" documents my body of work related to aerial perspective paintings.     I am co-owner of Ibex Fine Art which provides high quality fine art for corporate, medical, public and residential venues. Over the last twenty years the Autumn Art Studio Tour has been a significant factor in the success of our business as it has linked me with art clients who value my work and commissioned me for large installations. I look forward to another studio tour where I can share my vision and techniques in my studio located in beautiful rural Loomis, California. Deepa Sharma Pencil, Oil "My artwork is the result of everyday observations with color playing a major component" As I go about my day, moments when I drop my kid at school or park or talk with my friends, form the background of my artwork. I am inspired when I read or see a photograph or flip through a magazine. The subject matter of my paintings holds many memories and often have personal context. My mediums are principally oil and pencil. They allow me to layer and blend colors. Both mediums give a textural feel to the paintings. Oils especially allow me to mix colors on the canvas. I have drawn and colored as a child and doodled along with note taking in college. My education in architecture elevated my drawing skills. My school art teachers encouraged me to participate in competitions and I learned a lot of foundation skills from another teacher who is also an abstract Indian painter. I took weekend classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art in Philadelphia where I learned to paint in oil for the first time. I loved this medium and wondered why did I wait so long to learn it? My instructors were fabulous and encouraged me to hone my skills in oil, sketching and painting from live models.  My other medium, color pencils is my old favorite. I enhanced the hatching method learned during architectural rendering to produce textured layered coloring in my drawings. The easy mobility and no mess aspect of pencils allow me to take that and a sketchbook on my vacations and I try to come back with either completed paintings or ideas for future paintings. I also like using graphite pencil, pen, watercolor and oil crayons.   My art draws influences from my heritage as well as my experiences and travel in United States. I have painted and sketched still life, statuary and live models in oil, pencil or graphite. My travel to Monterey or a trip to the local playground results in paintings like "Monterey" and "Trucks in playground". Since I grew up in Mumbai, India; I try to bring the tropical warmth and bright colors in my paintings. One of my early paintings was inspired by Indian miniature paintings which I rendered with bright colors to express the divine dance of God Krishna. This painting and other early sketches from my college days which led to my painting "Fisherwomen" set the tone of my work. Some work start as a sketch, then a pencil drawing and finally into an oil while some stand alone as an oil, pencil and any other medium. Drawing and painting would have remained my hobby but for my family and friends who encouraged me to take it to a professional level. Now my paintings not only hang in USA and India but also in England and Turkey. I would like to invite you to visit my studio during the Autumn Art Studios Tour 2015. ART TALK  Join the Conversation HERE on Facebook

Dear SPS Members….

Attached are the prospectus for both the THEME Division and OPEN Division of the 19^th Annual Spring Obsession Art Show.

This year, Ironstone has selected to move the Opening Weekend /event back to March 19 & 20^th.  Should be a very busy and exciting weekend bringing shuttle bus loads of guests out to Ironstone to see the show and meet those of you who choose to participate on opening weekend. 

This is also the same weekend as Irish Days and the Daffodil Show, so I do suggest if you or your guests that are planning to come up for the weekend, book rooms now!  It is easier to cancel than to find an open room last minute that weekend. And such a fun weekend to be in Murphys.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at this address, cgomez@ironstonevineyards.com.

I look forward to seeing your newest paintings! And receiving your entry.

Sincerely,

Chris Gomez

Ironstone Spring Obsession Art Show

1894 Six Mile Road

Murphys, CA 95247

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