Feb. Message from Maggie

The Sandy Watercolor Guild will meet on Thursday, February 20th at 6:30 PM. 
Suzan and I have taken three days of Lian Quan Zhen's workshop and we want to share what we learned with you.  "Mixing pigments on the palette then applying a common watercolor technique, can lead to muddy results when over mixed.  By allowing the colors to mix directly on the paper you can create beautiful, unintentional results."
Do you have any little containers, like individual plastic apple sauce cups?  Bring 3 clean ones plus tubes of the primary colors: a yellow, blue and a red, plus your usual paint supplies.  Please bring an apron and a spray bottle as well, as we're splashing paint again. 
It's no wonder that the yearly book of the best watercolors is called "Splash".  Let's get some beautiful paint quality!  See you there!  Maggie

Monday Paint Group

Wow-We had a great turn out yesterday!  Not an empty seat in the house!  Everyone was enjoying themselves by chatting with friends, watercolor painting or playing along with me (Cindy).  Acrylics can be a lot of fun and we were enjoying the various processes of experimenting with some texture tools, layering colors, stamping, etc.
Reminder: next Monday is Martin Luther Kings Day, so the senior center will be closed.  See you all again on Jan. 27th and those of you who played with the acrylics and want me to bind up a field journal, please bring your 6" x 4" (12 pieces) watercolor paper and your painted covers.  I will bring the bind-it-all machine. 








Playing with textures: 
Playing with Bubble Wrap
















Leo's painting that he used for his Christmas Cards this year.  Beautiful!