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.

Also, the artist of the Month is Lisa Korzec, you can view her work in the main lobby of the Library.

February Artist of the month, Lisa Korzec.

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.

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!

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.

Our own carved Pumpkin

Today we had a table at the Weymouth Great Pumpkin Give-A-Wey festival!  It was a huge event with over 2000 visitors, and a ton of vendors/organizations. We held a raffle for a fine art print, all proceeds from the raffle going to the WAA. The table was decorated with our own carved pumpkin, lots of prints, greeting cards, and paintings for sale!

A special thank you goes out to our members Lois and Alice for helping out!

I hope to see everyone at the next meeting, October 15th 2pm-4pm at the Tufts Library.

-Liz

Michael Domina will be demonstrating! Click here to view his website: www.michaeldominastudios.com

Paintings at the Pumpkin Give-A-Wey

Lois and Alice at the Great Pumpkin Give-A-Wey

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.

WAA President's dog, Kona.

We had a great time today at the Weymouth Farmers Market!  Today was the market’s Landing Day for businesses and organizations based out of Weymouth Landing.  We had a lot of fun drinking coffee and manning the tent. A special thanks to Lillian Koe, Edwina Caci, Louis Weiner, and now returning member Alice Appleton for helping to talk to visitors and sell artwork!  We also enjoyed visits to the tent from many notable people, like WAA treasurer Maggie Lee Gosselin, Mayor Susan Kay, and WAA past president Don Aikens. President Liz Boston’s dog, Kona was even there helping out!

L-R Edwina Caci, Maggie Lee Gosselin, Alice Appleton, and Lillian Koe at the Weymouth Farmers Market 2011. Artist Member, Edwina Caci selling cards to a Weymouth resident at the Farmers Market.

McCulloch Building/Whipple Senior Center
182 Green Street
North Weymouth
MA 02191

This meeting will still be on September 10th from 2pm-4pm. And this will be the only meeting at the senior center due to a scheduling conflict with the Library.

The rest of the meetings throughout the year will be held at the normal location at the Tufts Library.

The demonstrator for the September 10th meeting will be W.E. Duke, a notable watercolorist from the North Shore.
you can visit his website here:
www.WEDukeArtStudio.com
He will be demonstating how to paint this watercolor of Maine

Hope to see you there!

www.EdwinaCaci.com