January is Volunteer Show Time

Saturday Market by Brooks Hickerson

Volunteer Show
Take in art Friday January 6th & 7th, 10 am - noon

Reception Sunday, January 8th, 1-3 pm

Please help OSA support our volunteers and bring your paintings that you have been saving for this show.

The Volunteer show is for OSA members only!
Non-juried show $20 for 3 paintings

You do not need to be an OSA Volunteer to participate in the show.

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon  97201
503-228-0706
www.OregonSocietyOfArtists.com

What is a painting worth?

What is a painting worth?
by MS Godfrey Art

There are so many ways of looking at this. Are we talking about a dollar amount? Are we talking about building an art collection? Are we talking about the enjoyment of looking at a piece of art day after day and seeing something in a new light?

The topic has come to mind recently as I have made some sales, created new art, and have put prices on the new pieces. I'd like to use a painting I hung this week as an example of the different thoughts I had on pricing it.

Tam Giang Lagoon—Laundry Day Transparent Watercolor on Paper 22" x 20"

Since our trip to Southeast Asia, every time I push the button to start my washing machine, I think of this woman and the other women I met on this trip. I not only think of the conveniences of my life, of all that I have, but also of the connection I feel to the women I meet in my travels. 

I am thankful to be invited into a home to use a flush toilet which is a source of pride for the home owner. I enjoy being allowed to peel garlic in preparation for the up-coming festivities. I am honored that a woman wants to touch my pale skin and wispy hair. These are all ways we relate to and touch each other. We are communicating and saying we are women and understand each other in the deepest ways. We are the mothers, the cooks, the washer-women. We have a universal bonding because of our gender. (Although in our country, men are now taking on much more of the domestic duties, that is not a world-wide trend.)


So how do I put a price on this piece of art? It is full of meaning to me and I trust it will touch someone else. This painting might speak to an American who has traveled the world, a woman or man who can relate to the daily tasks we all participate in. It might attract a viewer who loves the background neutrals in contrast to the bright colors of the human figure and sees it as a beautiful piece of art. It might go to the home of a collector, who has seen my work mature over the years and wants to add to their art collection.

I once read that to price your art, an artist must consider the money paid out for education, supplies, time spent, etc. And then would I include my travel, my life experience? If that were the case, this piece of art would be worth thousands of dollars!

But, of course, this is simply a work on paper where I tried to capture a moment and convey a bit of everyday life of a woman halfway around the world from me. It's size is somewhere between a half-sheet and full sheet of watercolor paper. This is reality of how I price my work. A painting this size, whether it includes a trip around the world or a 2-hour crazy inspiration, I price at $750-$800 framed and ready to hang on the wall. It seems like a bargain to me!

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon  97201
503-228-0706
www.OregonSocietyOfArtists.com

Come Draw or Paint with Us

Come paint or Draw with Us Friday December 23rd 1-4
Celebrate Tony's December Birthday with a cupcake!
$20 session

Two ways to reserve your spot:  email Joanne Radmilovich Kollman or email OSA
Joanne: joradarts@gmail.com
OSA: info@oregonsocietyofartists.com

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 S.W. Park Place
Portland, Oregon 97205
503-228-0706
Park in the parking lot

Questions? If you need assistance, instruction or help with supplies don't hesitate to ask, contact Joanne Kollman via Facebook or email joradarts@gmail.com

BrushMarks Newsletter

"BrushMarks" the newsletter of OSA!

The January 2017 edition of the newsletter is now available on our website.

http://www.oregonsocietyofartists.com/news-resources/newsletter-and-social-media

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon  97201
503-228-0706
www.OregonSocietyOfArtists.com

It's Time! OSA Membership

It's time!

Get your Membership in OSA now!

2017 Membership Dues Are Now Due

To take classes and enter into the gallery shows your membership must be current.

Membership Dues for 2017 are $60

You can pay your membership by calling the office, mailing a check, or  drop by the office.

We all look forward to a great 2017, bring a friend and let's get our membership up even more!

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon  97201
503-228-0706
www.OregonSocietyOfArtists.com

Holiday Potluck Lunch Resheduled!

OSA's Annual Holiday Potluck Is Rescheduled 
 
Due to Weather - The Board and office staff will look forward to better weather and hope to reschedule after the first of the year. We wish you all a safe and happy holiday season.
Please follow the Portland Public Schools for the latest in openings and closings in this area.

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon  97201
503-228-0706
www.OregonSocietyOfArtists.com

Thank you to Our Sponsors

Monotype Party Event
Thank you!

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon  97201
503-228-0706
www.OregonSocietyOfArtists.com

Pastel Classes this Winter

Bakery

Susan Kuznitsky Invites You To Join Her Winter Class

Brighten up the dark days of winter with the vibrant and delicious colors of pastels.
All levels are welcome. Each session will start with a demo. There will be  a ‘paint - a - long' where we all work from the same photo reference and you can see the painting progress from start to finish. There will also be still life set ups to work from. Pastels are a great medium to learn about color and value which will translate to any other medium. 

Individual instruction and critique will be available according to your skill level.

8 week session - Wednesdays 12:30 - 3:30
January 11 - March 8 (no class January 18)
8 week session $240
$35 drop ins space available only

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon  97201
503-228-0706
www.OregonSocietyOfArtists.com

Alla Prima Portrait Painting

Red Hat by Joanne Mehl

Alla Prima Portrait Painting, with Joanne Mehl
Jan. 9 – Feb. 27
Mondays, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, downstairs studio

$320 for 8 classes ($40 each) / $50 per drop-in class
To register, please call OSA at 503-228-0706
Note: You must be an OSA member to register for classes.

Alla Prima is a wet-into-wet oil painting technique where subjects are painted quickly and in one sitting. Alla Prima is widely used in plein air painting, here we’ll explore and exploit its strengths in doing portraiture with a live model.

Besides Alla Prima techniques, this eight-week progressive course will concentrate on strengthening head drawing skills for portraiture. With targeted exercises and individual attention, we’ll use oils to review the components of strong drawing skills for the first classes, and then paint for the remaining six classes.

A strong drawing leads to a strong painting!

This course is appropriate for novice to intermediate skill levels. It will stress observational skills and construction, rendering anatomy, and composition. We’ll explore how drawing relates to painting, color and value, the effects of light and shadow, tonal methods, various modeling techniques, and how to manage a palette and mix colors.

• Drop in students are welcome, but the classes are sequential.

Questions? Email me at joannemehl@comcast.net

About Joanne Mehl:
I’ve been a professional artist and instructor specializing in figure painting and portraiture since 1985. For more about me, please visit: joannemehl.com

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon  97201
503-228-0706
www.OregonSocietyOfArtists.com

Max Ginsburg at OSA!

Only 2 spots left, call today!!
503-228-0706

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon  97201
503-228-0706
www.OregonSocietyOfArtists.com

Brusho with Ward Stroud

Ward Stroud Painting, Pixels, People

Friday December 9th We are Kicking It Up  9:30 - 12:30pm $25/class

Come paint with Ward and learn about new ideas, painting materials, Brusho, and pixels.

This is this weeks class project for more information contact Ward at:  www.ward@artofward.com

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon  97201
503-228-0706
www.OregonSocietyOfArtists.com

Photos from Monotype Party at OSA 12-2-16

 

 Demonstration by Master Printmaker William Park. 

Tomorrow (Saturday 12-3-16 ) the presses will be set up and manned---and the participating artists will produce their own Monotypes, donating their prints for the Saturday evening reception. 

Each print will be priced at $150 and hung in the gallery for sale starting at 6pm. 

Join us for the reception beginning at 6pm on Saturday Dec 3!

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon 97201
503-228-0706 www.OregonSocietyOfArtists.com 

 (thanks, David Burbach for the photos

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon  97201
503-228-0706
www.OregonSocietyOfArtists.com

Monotype Party at OSA!

Monotype Party

December 2 and 3!

Click here for all the details!

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Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon  97201
503-228-0706
www.OregonSocietyOfArtists.com