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

Free Art Demonstrations at OSA!

OSA demonstrations are free and open to the public.  Join us for inspiration and information about creating art!

FIRST-THURSDAY EVENING DEMO:  August 2, 7:00pm "Perspective in Plein Air Painting," Ken Klos

OSA member Ken Klos will share his plein-air painting knowledge, focusing on perspective. Ken is a senior project architect and project designer, licensed in the states of Oregon and California. He knows his perspective! During this demo, he will show how to apply this know-how in setting up a plein air painting.

Doors open with informal critique session at 6:30 pm, Demo at 7:00 pm

SECOND-THURSDAY DAYTIME DEMO:  August 9, 11:00am "Collage Storytelling," Colin Manning

Colin Manning will give an introduction to his medium’s potential for storytelling, personal expression, and social commentary. In the spirit of exploration, he'll show how his collage subject emerges by searching through magazines and books to find images that speak to him.

Colin received his BFA in Painting and his MFA in Filmmaking, both from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1998 and 2000. Through a technique of collage and painting applied “backwards” to glass and plexiglass, Manning conjures up a dynamic confluence of the transcendent and mundane.

ART WITHOUT PASSPORTS SERIES:  Thursday, August 16, 6:30pm "En Plein Air," Greg Lewis

The French term En Plein Air, or "in the open air" refers to drawings and paintings that are completed on location outdoors. This presentation will explore the experience of what the eye sees and the heart and hand express.

The act of painting outdoors has allured artists for centuries to heighten the visual senses, producing either a quick study painting, or a finished work of art. Among the notable plein-air artists are Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent Van Gogh, and Winston Churchill, just to name a few.

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon 97205

oregonsa@gmail.com
503-228-0706