Art Demonstrations, Lectures, and Drink & Draw

Art Demonstrations, Lectures, and Drink & Draw

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, May 2, 7pm | FREE Susan Kuznitsky:  Figure in the Landscape This demo will show how to use a watercolor under painting on sanded paper and layer hard and soft pastels to create a luminous and soft effect. The subject will be a figure in the lavender fields. Just in time for lavender season! Susan was classically trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and went on to study in New York. She has taught locally since moving to Northwest in 1990 and nationally for many years. She is a signature member of the the Northwest Pastel Society, and an honorary member and founder of the Chicago Pastel Painters.   First Friday DRINK & DRAW | Friday, May 3, 6:30-8:30pm | $20, includes materials Hosted by Randall Vemer:  Dutch Lighting with Charcoal What's better than friends, music, and wine?  Learning something new of course! Don't miss  OSA's premier Drink & Draw Night. Come  create a Dutch style painting in charcoal by ' painting in light.' Instructor Randall Vemer  will show you how to execute an 'eraser'  drawing of a Vermeer painting. $20 per person,  including materials. Come enjoy the Flemish music and the not-so  Flemish wine while learning new techniques.  No experience required!    Second Thursday Daytime Demo | Thursday, May 9, 11am | FREE Christen Waddell:  Portrait Sculpture This demo will focus on the form of the human head. Chris will give 2D artists the tools to enhance their skills by gaining a better understanding of the form in real space. Graphic 3D artists will also enhance their skills by gaining a better understanding of the figure and 3-dimensional form.   Chris Waddell has been sculpting the figure for more than 2 decades. Waddell taught Classical sculpture in NYC at the Grand Central Academy of Art, and is an associate of the ICAA. His figures and portraits appear in private collections around the world and in international spaces including the National Mall in Washington D.C., the Canada Sports Hall of Fame and many others. He received his MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Free Lecture: Art without Passports Lecture Series | Thursday, May 16, 6:30pm | FREE Greg Lewis:  No. 25: Business of Art Copyrights: To be, or not to be All categories of creative art works produced and  fabricated by the artist are protected from  infringement under US Copyright laws. Also known  as Intellectual Property, the protections granted the  originator of the art are covered for a lifetime plus  70 years. Join us for this informative presentation  of the Business of Art Copyrights: To be, or not to  be. What it is...what it does and how it benefits  the artist's ability to earn a living through the  reproduction of artworks. greglewisstudios.net

Oregon Society of Artists 2185 SW Park Place Portland, Oregon 97205 503-228-0706 oregonsa@gmail.com

Student/Teacher Show at OSA

WHAT'S NEXT IN THE GALLERY

Student/Teacher Show May 4 - 22 Reception Sunday, May 5, 1-3pm Emily Fox, Primary Still-life. Oil on canvas   Art Take-in: Thursday, May 10am - 4pm Friday, May 3, 10am - 1pm Last day of show: Wednesday, May 22 Art pick-up: Thursday, May 24, 10am - 4pm Friday, May 24, 10am - 1pm

The month of May brings our annual opportunity for OSA students and their instructors to showcase artwork created at OSA. Students may bring in unlimited paintings finished in classes & workshops held at OSA during Fall 2018, Winter 2019 and Spring 2019. Please identify your instructor/class at Take-in.

Oregon Society of Artists 2185 SW Park Place Portland, Oregon 97205 info@osartists.org 503-228-0706

Art Workshops at OSA!

Linda Rothchild Ollis, Create with Courage; Mixed Media Workshop April 20 | 10:00am-3:30pm Linda Rothchild Ollis This workshop offers a fresh approach for acrylic and collage artists. Five demos will focus on step-by-step techniques, designed to develop your mental and artistic courage. Examples of new approaches for transparent collage papers, controlling value gradation with a high density foam roller, and expressive line making with sgraffito tools are specifically designed for artists ready to step up to a new level of creative expression. Following each demo, a short video will reveal how to move past the basics to a completed painting. Artists will take a small example home, if they choose to “paint in the afternoon”. https://lindarothchildollisstudio.com Register Now! online registration Karen Knutson, Acrylic and Wire Drawing like Gustav Klimt May 2-5 | 9:30am-4:30pm Karen Knutson Learning different textures is the theme of this workshop. We will begin by preparing our papers in the Gustav Klimt painting method, dropping liquid acrylic on the paper, and then scraping it, using a credit card. We will develop these under-paintings into students' choice of subjects. Suggested subjects might be giraffes, dragonflies, or flowers, but students may pick whatever they want. One day, we will learn how to paint people, using the Gustav Klimt method. We will also be adding wire drawing to our paintings to bring them to completion. Wire Drawing is done using permanent black markers to look like a wire sculpture when completed. Abstract designs will be discussed and students will learn how wire drawings help ALL of their paintings be more complete and professional. Bring your favorite reference photos and get ready to loosen up! https://www.karenknutson.com/ Register Now! online registration Janet Parker, An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Botanical Drawing May 18-19 | 10:00am-4:00pm Janet Parker Students will learn techniques for drawing botanical subjects, realistically, in graphite. On the first day, we will cover the 5 basic principles for achieving realistic depictions of a plant specimen. We’ll go over the importance of understanding the roles of (1) value, or lights and darks; (2) breaking down our subjects into simplified forms; (3) getting a sense of how light-on-form works to create a sense of volume and the importance of the idea of a single light source in achieving this effect; (4) learning some ways to capture accurate proportions; and finally (5) using direct observation - looking up-close at our live plant specimen (or cutting) for information that can’t be gotten any other way. On the second day, we will work on creating a value study of our subject in graphite.* Note: On the second day, I’ll give a demonstration of a “grisaille” technique for working in colored pencil, where a value study is laid down lightly, in a dark colored pencil rather than graphite, and other colors are layered on top of that, to ultimately create a finished color rendering of the subject. *Some students may prefer to work in colored pencil on the second day, so there will be the option of creating the value study in a single dark colored pencil, and developing the drawing in color from that point. http://www.janetparker-art-design.com/ Register Now! online registration (503) 228-0706 | info@osartists.org

Free Art Lecture at OSA

Art without Passports Lecture Series,  April 18, 2019 6:30PM Your art collection can be created for profit, investment,  status, or just personal enjoyment.    From an art inheritance to a garage sale find; from the gallery purchase to a high-end gallery auction.  Your collection is built one piece at a time. greglewisstudios.net

Oregon Society of Artists 2185 SW Park Place Portland, Oregon 97205 503-228-0706 oregonsa@gmail.com

In the Gallery & Workshop

IN THE GALLERY

The OSA Gallery is free and open to the public:  Monday - Saturday, 1 - 4 pm with special opening reception hours as announced in exhibit listings.

CURRENTLY IN THE GALLERY

Watercolor Society of Oregon 2019 Spring Experimental Show April 8-30 Jean Pederson, Juror Alice Tetamore, Hanging Out in Costa Rica

OSA welcomes the Watercolor Society of Oregon to the OSA Gallery. The WSO Spring Experimental Show features some of Oregon's best watercolor artists, and is a must-see experience. From an original entry field of 286 paintings by 172 artists, 80 paintings were juried into the show by internationally-known watercolor medium artist, Jean Pederson. OSA is well represented in the show, which includes many of our own instructors and students. OSA congratulates the exhibiting artists.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

REGISTER NOW! April 20, 10:00am-3:30pm $60, please register at https://public.osartists.org/public/workshops CREATE WITH COURAGE: Mixed Media Workshop with Linda Rothchild Ollis

This workshop offers a fresh approach for acrylic and collage artists. Five demos will focus on step by step techniques, designed to develop your mental and artistic courage. Examples of new approaches for transparent collage papers, controlling value gradation with a high density foam roller, and expressive line making with sgraffito tools, are specifically designed for artists ready to step up to a new level of creative expression.

Following each demo, a short video will reveal how to move past the basics to a completed painting.

REGISTER NOW! $60, please register at https://public.osartists.org/public/workshops   Oregon Society of Artists 2185 SW Park Place Portland, Oregon 97205 info@osartists.org 503-228-0706