January Meeting Highlights

We had a fantastic turnout for our guest artist: Ian Ramsey last night!  I didn't count heads, but I would venture to guess there were around 25+ people who got the opportunity to watch Ian demonstrate his gifted painting talents.  His 35 years of experience clearly shows in his comfortable style and method of applying color.  A wonderfully relaxed atmosphere surrounded all the viewers and Ian keep us enthralled.  More to come after we participate in his Saturday workshop.

On other notes: a few people brought Show N' Tell based on the Jan. challenge.  Just a few words about these challenges:  they are just for fun!  If you want to play along, great!  If you want to explore painting options that are not in your usual bag of tricks, great!  If you have the time to play along, great!  If you don't play, that's Okay too and if you would like to bring something you are working on to share with us, that's great too!
The February Challenge will be up soon. 

Thanks everyone for getting those dues paid and for signing up for Virginia's February workshop-Celebrating Chinese New Year.  (Year of the Horse)  If you have never tried this unique style of painting, now is a wonderful time to experience it with friends. 

Reminder: The Sandy Senior Center is closed this coming Monday for Martin Luther Kings Day.

One more important thing to mention:  On the right side of this blog, in the section called the "sidebar", please note I have added a page titled: Our Bylaws-2014.  Please take a moment to click on this title and read the information.  It covers our Mission Statement, Membership, Leadership, etc.  Thanks!

Just A Reminder

This is just a friendly reminder about Ian Ramsay's demo Thursday night, Jan. 16th at 6:30  at the Sandy Senior Center. He is one of our favorite artists and you won't want to miss him.
You know our regular meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of each month (except for July and December for summer & winter breaks).  These meetings are free and open to the public. So if you have a friend who might be interested in art/watercolor painting, please invite them to join us.
*Reminder:  The annual membership fees of $15 are due...so please bring your check (made out to SSCAC....that's Sandy Senior Center Advisory Council if you want to write it out.)
We also need you to check the accuracy of your info. and update any changes to your email, phone numbers, address, etc. so that we can contact you. We only use your info for club business and never share it with anyone.
* Our next workshop is Virginia Kimball's, "Come Celebrate Chinese New Year" on Feb. 13th from  10:00am to 4:00pm at Virginia's home in Sandy. The fee is $35 for members and $40 for non-members. This workshop will include a Chinese Buffet Lunch.  Virginia is hosting this workshop at her home and she will have the address available with other information at the Thursday meeting.  Please reserve your seat/place by signing up and paying for this fun and exciting workshop at our Thursday night meeting.
The monies we collect from fees and workshops helps to support our club activities, and allows us to offer more guest artists and have a wider variety of workshops/demos.  These fees also allow us to host an annual Christmas Party for all of our members. 
* Maggie Harrison is chair of our annual "Spring Show 2014",  a non-juried watercolor exhibit of members & non-members art.  (See blog post below for updates and show rules).  Maggie is going to need help for this event, so please sign up to help her with this huge endeavor.  All help will be greatly appreciated. 
See you Thursday night!
Suzan

PS-If you have completed the January "Challenge" Art-Using a Palette Knife-(See post below), please bring your artwork to the meeting for Show N' Tell.  This photo is of a "3rd attempt" at this challenge using a different image.  I'm enjoying the process so I will keep playing around with it for awhile longer but I have another challenge (February) that will be posted soon! "Contour Drawing"   It's all for fun so if you don't have time to participate, that's Okay-you may be able to in the future.  Cindy