September - Free Art Demonstrations at OSA!

Free Art Demonstrations September  2018   Oregon Society of Artists 2185 SW Park Place Portland, Oregon 97205 503-228-0706

Get inspired with new ideas for making art, learn new techniques, and observe the creative process of other artists!  OSA demonstrations are free and open to the public.  Join us !

First-Thursday Evening Demo,  Thursday, September 6, 7pm Joanne Mehl:  Color is Relative: Using a Warm and Cool Color Balance in the Alla Prima Portrait Mastering the warm/cool color relationships of light and shadow within alla prima portraits can evoke various moods and offer artists yet another valuable tool for creating an expressive painting. Working from a live model, Joanne Mehl will demonstrate mixing warm and cool colors to create the value patterns of the light and shadow areas.  Joanne will show you how to manipulate the warm/cool color relationship of these areas to suit your artistic purposes. Joanne Mehl is a fine artist with over 30 years of experience in painting figurative works in oil and gouache. She graduated with honors in illustration from Pasadena’s Art Institute. Specializing in portraiture, figure painting and equine subjects, much of her work is commissioned portraits, as well as various scenes offered for sale through her gallery or website. She currently teaches various classes at OSA.    Second-Thursday Daytime Demo,  Thursday, September 13, 11am    (Doors open for seating at 10am) Alan Scott-Moncrief:  Oil Painting Master Secrets Alan Scott-Moncrief During his presentation, Alan will demonstrate a proprietary oil painting technique he has developed over three decades that is uniquely suited to achieving bold, satisfying results in the field or studio. Armed with this exciting approach, students will quickly attain rewarding results and be inspired to tackle subjects they’d never previously have attempted.   Alan Scott-Moncrieff is a Scottish American painter and the grandson of renowned American illustrator, Keith Ward. Alan has painted, exhibited and taught in the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK and Asia since 1988 and nurtured numerous students on their path to becoming fulfilled artists.  Art without Passports Lecture Series,  Thursday, September 20, 6:30pm Greg Lewis:  The Art Critique: Beyond the Elements of Art When artists present their works for public exhibit, both the trained and untrained viewer sees and forms an opinion. Three forms of art criticism will be discussed, along with a presentation of known artworks to critique. We'll introduce the critique styles of the late Robert Hughes, controversial and opinionated art critic and historian and Sister Wendy Beckett, art historian for the BBC series: The Story of Painting. Together, we will explore beyond the elements of art and the principles of design to formulate our own critique vocabulary.  Join us for an evening of art critique! Oregon Society of Artists 2185 SW Park Place Portland, Oregon 97205 503-228-0706 oregonsa@gmail.com