April 14th Meeting Update

President Liz Boston began our April meeting with the announcement of awards for the Spring 2012 Exhibit. The exhibit included a wonderful variety of over 40 pieces judged by Eva Cincotta.

The award presentations were followed by Eva Cincotta’s demonstration on her approach to oil painting. She provided insight about how she prepares the “stage” for her work with good lighting, a backdrop and having her subject for the painting raised at a good level for viewing as she paints.

She described the discipline that it takes to only use a larger flat brush for a good portion of the work before moving on to smaller brushes for details. Eva explained how she likes to be sure to start with a prepared canvas. The canvas she used for the demonstration was painted in mid-tones for a good base to work on. She also emphasized the importance of working with “juicy” paints to make the paint easier to work with.

Her demonstration of painting flowers moved quickly and the addition of a gold frame made the painting truly elegant!

March 10th Meeting Update

Our meeting this month was lead by Edwina Caci as a painting “critique”. Edwina is well known for her wonderful portrait painting talents. She received her education at the Hornsey School of Art in London and has broadened her skills at the Boston Center for Adult Education. Edwina is currently teaching multi-media art at the Excalibur Art Studio in Quincy and at the Custom Art Framing/Gallery 9 in Norwood.

Edwina’s work is in several permanent collections in New England. She has received nine “Best of Show” and ninety “First Place” awards. Several of her beautiful portrait paintings were on display for members to view at the meeting.

Edwina kept this session lively and interactive during the critique of member’s paintings. It was very interesting to listen to Edwina’s comments as well as ideas from the member audience. Two paintings that were brought in actually received the honor of being viewed as perfect by all!

February 11th Meeting Update

The February demonstration was led by Denise Byrnes Graham of South Weymouth.  Denise is a well known artist who has received many awards at juried shows including the South Shore Art Center Festival and For Pastels Only on Cape Cod.  She gave an interesting overview of her approach to painting landscapes with pastels.

Denise presented a wonderful example of how she approaches working on a winter landscape by showing her techniques for adding the color, shadows and accents to the scene.   Her approach for working from dark to light colors was enlightening. Before we knew it – the plain surface turned into a beautiful pastel painting with great dimension and interest.

Denise provided a nice balance of demonstrating along with interaction with the audience.  Members asked many questions and were thoroughly taken with her talent and method of pastel painting.

December 3rd Member’s Show and Meeting Update

The December meeting included the member’s exhibits, the award ceremony and refreshments plus an invigorating painting demonstration by Julianne Molloy-Bithony.

The member’s show had over 60 items exhibited in the form of oil, acrylics, watercolor, pen and ink, photography and mixed media on display at the Tuft’s library. Awards were for presented the categories of oil painting, watercolor and mixed media. Award ribbons were presented by the President of the Weymouth Art Association Liz Boston.

Julianne Molloy-Bithony demonstrated her approach to oil painting using a focus on color. She provided insight into how she mixed color and how she decided where to place it on the painting to enhance the mood. She also added humor to the demonstration with use of the phrase “There are no rules!” and reminded us that we should paint for our pleasure and the enjoyment that others can receive from it.

November 15th Meeting Update

The November demonstration was led by Nancy Howell of Scituate. Nancy is a signature member of the New England Watercolor Society (past president), the Copley Society of Art (former Vice-President), the South Shore Art Center, the North River Art Society and the Plymouth Guild of Artists. She provided an engaging explanation of her approach to watercolor painting.

Nancy stepped the members through her “Prism Effect” technique. She explained how this is accomplished by first penciling in three random lines to the painting surface. This created a division of background areas.

We then watched as a blank surface turned into a beautiful watercolor full of life and with the interesting prism technique as part of the picture. Nancy brought the painting to life by carefully choosing complementary colors and a balance of light and dark brush strokes along the way.

Many of Nancy’s beautiful works of art were displayed for viewing and for sale. The demonstration generated great enthusiasm by all for Nancy’s talents and paintings!

October 15th Meeting

The October 15th meeting provided a fun time for all.  Liz Boston kicked off the meeting by introducing the new Weymouth Art Association Vice President Lynn Masciarelli to the members.

Michael Domina, a past president of the Weymouth Art Association, was introduced as the demonstrator for the meeting.  He discussed many innovative ways on how to work with acrylics.  The session provided the audience with approaches to developing paintings that were both interesting and intriguing.

Michael not only provided insight into how he approaches painting but delighted the members with his humor and engaging teaching style.

Michael also introduced the value of painting on small surfaces and provided numerous examples of how to paint several pictures at one time.  Colorful displays of his works were arranged for the members to view and discuss with Michael.

The September 10th meeting Update

The September 10th meeting provided a great kickoff to the new season. Liz Boston, the new Weymouth Art Association president, led the meeting highlighting events for the upcoming year and the new website design providing an enjoyable time for all.

Bill Duke was the demonstrator for this meeting. He not only provided insight into how he approaches painting but delighted the members with his humor and engaging teaching style.
Bill discussed the value of using a sketch book and provided numerous examples of reference books that can be used for painting innovation and motivation.