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Creating and Supporting the Visual Arts in Loudoun County, Virginia since 1944
LSC Newsletter Online: www.LoudounSketchClub.com
– Featured Artist –
Sheep IV by Simon Bland, 11” x 14”, oil on linen © 2014
The Marvelous
Zeynep Baki
by Gale Waldron
Those of us fortunate enough to know Zeynep Baki
marvel at this woman in constant motion. In between
her many roles at the family home and winery business, in her magnificent gardens, promoting the local
arts, traveling
with husband
Bora and supporting a
growing family,
Zeynep is a
woman who
understands
the meaning
of a full day’s
work.
Zeynep was
born in Bursa,
Turkey and
One Tuesday Morning, 14” x 18”, oil on canvas
later moved to
Izmir. Her forays into art were enhanced by private
drawing lessons from her mentor, Cevat Sakir, a
renowned artist, philosopher, and scholar who taught
Zeynep about drawing – and life. She had planned to
attend the Fine Art Academy in Istanbul, but chose to
stay home with the family when her father became ill.
She fell in love with Bora Baki, a young businessman, and married him in 1968. Political instability in
their homeland prompted the Bakis to move to the US
in 1979 where they settled in Falls Church. The mother of two young boys – Tolga and Kerem - Zeynep
managed to find some time to attend The George
Washington University where she studied art with
Frank Wright. She also discovered the Art League in
Alexandria, where she took oil painting classes with
Diane Tesler, Mike Francis and Michael DePompa,
among others.
Zeynep paints with pastels and oils, but especially
enjoys the freedom she feels with oils. She looks at a
landscape and sees shapes. “I like to work with shapes,
and if those shapes talk to me, then I move ahead with
a painting.” She then adds, “I don’t always go by the
rules, and I like to express myself with color.” She
recalls DePompa instructing her to tone down her colors, “but I could not. This is me!” she exclaims.
It was 2002 when the Bakis moved to Hillsboro and
began their venture into wine. Kerem, a biochemist
who had studied winemaking, took on production
while Bora ran the business. They completely renovated the barn, graded the property for planting, and fully
January/February 2015
transformed the property into one
of Loudoun’s most scenic wineries
overlooking the Loudoun Valley.
There was a time when Zeynep
painted for several hours a day in
her studio, the old music room in
her historic home. But her growing responsibilities at the winery –
the abundant gardens, private
events and her many special touches throughout the property – all in
addition to her continuous support
Zeynep Baki
of her family – have whittled into
that time, so the outdoor sessions provide an important venue for her art.
Although she
is not painting as
much as she
would like, she is
heavily involved
with several art
events, including
the annual
Sketch Club
exhibit in
November. She
puts these
exhibits together
Red Barn at Rock Hill, 12” x 16”, oil on canvas.
with special care,
noting that she has known some of these artists for
many years and has enjoyed watching them improve
and grow.
With a newly built home in Maine and plans to live
there half the year, Zeynep has already met art friends
in her community and is looking forward to painting
the Maine landscape. She’ll be back to Loudoun in the
fall, however, for the annual wine harvest. “It is the
highlight of the year!” she says with a smile!
Yellow Wood, 9” x 12”, oil on canvas
Mary Champion, Membership Chair
PO Box 1683
Leesburg, VA 20177
Loudoun Sketch Club
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A Letter from the President
Dear Sketch Club Members,
It was so nice to see so many of you and your
works at the 10th Annual LSC Art Show at
Hillsborough Vineyards in November.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Cathy Wilkin must have had a hard time choosing winners from all the beautiful entries this
year. I’ve said it before, I’m constantly amazed
at the talent and enthusiasm of this group. I
want to thank Zeynep for the incredible job
she’s done making this show beautiful and successful for TEN consecutive years! It will be
Lori Goll
hard, if not impossible, to find a comparable
venue for future shows.
And a big THANK YOU to Jean Ann and Ralph Feneis for hosting
the Holiday party at beautiful Mount Harmony Farm. The sun came
out for us, the home and barn were adorned with greenery and lights,
the food was delicious, the music was festive, and the handmade cards
were so special. It was truly a feel-good afternoon.
By the time this newsletter comes out, the holidays will be over. I
don’t know about you, but my goal is to hunker down in my studio for a
couple of months, get into a painting groove (perhaps some still lifes?)
and look forward to our winter workshops. Until then, keep painting!
Warm regards,
–Lori Goll, President
Membership Update
Since the last newsletter went to press, members continue to renew
and our membership is now at 166 with 10 on a wait list. If you've been
reading your newsletters you are aware that the Sketch Club has temporarily suspended new memberships, allowing only those who were
members last year to rejoin. Past members who have been off the
rolls and who wish to rejoin will be placed on the wait list.
–Mary Champion, Membership Chair and Feature Writer
Overcrowding Committee Report
On December 8, 2014 members of the Loudoun Sketch Club
Overcrowding Committee met to discuss concerns and solutions pertaining to the recent growth of the sketch club and the issue of overcrowding at Plein Air venues.
Those on the committee that were available to attend were Vivian
Attermeyer, Pat Roth, Donna Robinson, Bethany Widom, Crystal
Jordan and Rose McIntyre. During the meeting all previously received
suggestions from Loudoun Sketch Club members were reviewed, considered, and discussed.
While potential solutions were explored, the committee noted the
importance of acknowledging that to date, there has been no actual
problem(s) reported connected to current club size and anticipated
concerns pertaining to overcrowding issues ie, that of no parking,
complaint by venue owners, or plumbing issues due to overuse and
drought. With this in mind the committee noted the following goals:
“keep things simple”, recognizing that we are a volunteer based organization, “work to preempt the above mentioned potential problems”, and
most importantly, “protect the serenity, peace, accessibility and flexibility”
that currently exists when attending plein air paint outs.
(Continued on Member News Page)
Loudoun
Sketch Club
Volunteers
Officers
President
Lori Goll
571-251-9659
vattermeyer@cox.net
Vice-President
Patrick Roth
703-250-0641
proth25@gmail.com
Secretary
Crystal Jordan
703-729-1046
jordanjj@att.net
Treasurer
Steve Huelsman
703-777-8725
Historian
Pam De Peña
703-421-0218
pam@depena.com
Membership
Mary Champion
championart@aol.com
E-mail Concierge
Margaret Huddy
703-356-2363
mthuddy@gmail.com
Newsletter
Newsletter Desk/
Compilation and Design
Dana Thompson 540-454-1989
danathompsondesigns@gmail.com
Feature Writers
Gale Waldron
703-771-0127
Mary Champion
championart@aol.com
also thanks to Patrick Roth,
Linda Hendrickson and
Zeynep Baki
Outdoor Sessions
Committee
Mary MacDonnell
Jessica Wilson
Becky Tighe
Lee Kincaid
540-554-8181
301-642-6995
540-668-6447
540-554-2640
Show Committee
Cheryl Cochran
703-723-1737
cccochran@me.com
Zeynep Baki
540-668-7787
Indoor Sessions and
Workshop Committee
Lorrie Herman
703-906-5815
Remington Restivo 703-443-0814
Patrick Roth
703-250-0641
Webmaster
Dana Thompson 540-454-1989
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Member
News
Lillian Miller was thrilled, it was an emotional
moment when she took her oath to
the American Flag at the courthouse
in Alexandria on September 10, 2014.
The judge was very diplomatic
and charismatic. Einstein became an
American citizen, so did Bob Hope
and Irving Berlin he told them.
He shook each of their hands,
75 immigrants, and spoke to them
in their native tongues, when he
American Citizen Lillian Miller
knew the language. “This is the
most important day of your lives,” he said.
Lillian is so proud to be part of this wonderful country.
Now she’s an American artist instead of a Brazilian one.
In addition, Lillian sold her
painting of Aldie Mill Wheels to a
couple that got married at Aldie
Mill and wanted to have a painting
that would have them remember
their special occasion.
Aldie Mill Wheels by Lillian Miller
Overcrowding Committee
Report continued (From Page 2)
With the before-mentioned in mind, the Loudoun
Sketch Club Committee wants to present to the
board the following suggestions for review, consideration, and implementation:
1) Work towards reducing the size of the club to 130
members. Currently there is a cap on new members, and a waiting list has been established. The
belief is that through natural attrition, membership
will reduce. Currently we have no deadline and are
very lenient regarding the payment of dues. We suggest that we change this and limit our grace period
to that of 30 days. Currently membership dues are
to be received by September 1. We suggest that
members be informed that if dues are not paid in
full by September 30 of each year, that their membership will be terminated, and they will no longer be in
good standing. Dues reminders will be sent out
August 1, and September 1 via email. This information will also be noted in the newsletter. Members
who fail to pay by the deadline will be dropped from
membership and must get in line on the waiting list
to rejoin. Even though we are working on membership reduction, we still believe that the club should
allow minimally 10 new members each year, this is
regardless of current club size. We believe that new
people bring creativity, and energy that is beneficial
to the ongoing life of the club. Also new members
are often active regarding volunteering. We do not
believe that increasing dues will reduce membership
size, and think that if dues are increased at all, it
should be no more than $10 per year, increasing it
from that of $20 to $30 annually.
2) We want to STRONGLY ENCOURAGE the use
of carpooling whenever possible, especially at small
plein air venues. We can encourage carpooling by
stating it in the weekly plein air email as well as in
the newsletter, facebook, and on the roster that is distributed at the Spring meeting. We also suggest that
carpool sites be identified, however, we leave the
coordination to the members.
3) We have had two people step up and indicate willingness to coordinate large venue sites utilizing State
Parks in the Eastern and Western Loudoun areas.
We suggest that we encourage them to take the lead
on this, and hopefully by next year we will have two
weekly venues available for members both, large and
small, which in itself, will help with the potential concern of overcrowding.
4) Should there be any drought conditions, members will be notified of them in the weekly email,
where they will be encouraged to be mindful of the
weather conditions, and to take care of their personal
needs prior and or off site.
The committee was clear that we do not recommend or want plein air sign ups, allowing for membership plein air flexibility. We agree that there
should not be any additional charges for plein air
painting, and that there should be no division of
group A or B. We also do not believe that there
should be any limiting of membership to Loudoun
only residents.
We believe that through implementing the above
ideas, natural attrition, carpooling, 30 day grace period pertaining to the membership due date, and the
introduction of alternate larger plein air venue sites,
that the goals of the club can be maintained.
We respectfully submit this to the Board and are
available to answer any questions you may have.
–Rose McIntyre,
Overcrowding Committee Co-ordinator
Oil Painting with Qiang Huang
in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
February 8 - 11, 2015
Join Qiang Huang (pronounced:
Chong Wong), for a 4-day oil painting workshop in historic San Miguel
de Allende, Mexico.
Learn his tried-and-true, five-step
process while focusing both on still
life and plein air painting in scenic
locations in and around San Miguel
de Allende.
Spaces are very limited. If you are
interested in finding out about lodging and more or in
reserving your place in this workshop, please contact
Jean Ann Feneis at jeanann@mountharmony.com
before it sells out.
Call For Entries
Black & White Exhibit
Franklin Park Arts Center
Regional artists and craftspeople are invited to participate in Black & White, a juried exhibit featuring creative
works done in black and white in your choice of media
and materials (shades of gray are acceptable.) Black &
White will be on display in the Gallery at Franklin Park
Arts Center from January 10 – February 9, 2015. A cash
prize of $100 will be awarded for Best in Show and a certificate for free entry in the next Franklin Park Arts
Center show will be given to the Friends Choice winner.
Artwork may be submitted to Franklin Park Arts
Center on January 5 – 7, 2015. For Submission
Requirements see:
www.franklinparkartscenter.org/black-and-white/.
The public will be invited to join in the exhibit by drawing graffiti or a cartoon in white chalk on a black chalkboard, displayed throughout the exhibition period. A
public reception for participating artists will be held on
Sunday, January 11, from 3 to 5 pm.
Franklin Park Arts Center is located at 36447
Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville, VA 20132. For more
information see www.franklinparkartscenter.org or call
540-338-7973. Black & White is sponsored by Friends of
Franklin Park Arts Center, a non-profit advisory board
dedicated to the success of the Arts Center.
2015
Plein Air Competition Events
in Our Region
There are a number of plein air competition events
occurring near, or relatively near, Loudoun during 2015.
They can be a lot of fun, and educational, either as a juried
participant, “paint out quick draw” participant where you
can sell your painting, attending free demonstrations, or
just as a spectator. Some even have a nocturnal paint out.
If you want to apply to be a juried artist, many of these
events have early 2015 deadlines. Here is a list:
Virginia
Art Guild of Clifton Plein Air Festival. Clifton VA. May
15-17. All juried show. Submit works. Cash prizes.
Website: www.artguildofclifton.org
Falls Church 7th Annual “Scenes in the City” Plein Air
Exhibition. Falls Church VA. All juried show. Painting
dates for last years event were April 26-June 20.
2015 TBA. Enter up to four paintings to the show.
Website: www.fallschurcharts.org
Plein Air Richmond. Richmond VA. June 21-28. All
juried artists. Thirty five artists will be juried. $10,000 in
awards. Website: www.pleinairrichmond.com
Maryland
Plein Air Easton. Easton MD. July 11-19. Maybe the
biggest of them all. Juried artists and open to all artists
Quick Draw, Demonstrations. Website: pleinaireaston.com
Easels in Frederick. Frederick MD. June 15-20. Juried
artists. Open to all artists Quick Draw. Total of $16,000
in prizes. Website: www.easelsinfrederick.org
Paint Annapolis. Annapolis MD. June 8-14.
Website: www.mdfedart.org juried artists, open to all
artists quick draw, nocturne. $10,000 in prize money.
Painting Seascapes
The Winter Workshop schedule is now finalized and
you can sign up for the workshops now. Please note that
there are different coordinators for the workshops.
Reservations for individual workshops should be made
with them. Workshops will be conducted at the
Hillsborough Winery from 10am until 2pm. The Winery
address is 36716 Charles Town Pike, Purcellville, VA. It’s
located on Rt. 9 (Charles Town Pike) just west of
Hillsboro on the right. The schedule is as follows:
April 21, 2015
Lori Goll will lead
this workshop. Lori is
known for her
seascapes and invites
us to come and get
ready for that vacation
at the beach. Pat Roth
will also coordinate
Seascape by Lori Goll, pastel ©2014
this workshop. Please
let him know if you plan to attend at proth25@gmail.com
or phone 703-250-0641.
Choosing the Materials That
Best Support Your Work
January 27, 2015
Paint it! Ellicott City Juried Plein Air Paint-Out and
Exhibition. Ellicott MD. July 9-13. Juried artists.
Open to all artists paint-out. and more.
Website: www.hocarts.org/exhibits.php
Mountain Maryland Plein Air. Cumberland MD. June 2June 7. Juried artists, open to all artists quick draw.
Website: www.alleganyartscouncil.org
Solomons Plein Air Festival. Solomons MD. September
15-20. Last year they had juried artists, an open-to-allartists quick draw, a nocturnal quick draw, and a special
“paint the town” for a cause event. $10,000 in awards.
Website: www.solomonspleinair.com
Artists Paint O.C. Ocean City. August 7-9. More information at www.artleagueofoceancity.org $2,325 in awards.
Jessica Wilson will present this workshop as part of the
Dedicated Workshop Program sponsored by Gamblin
Colors. Although it is geared toward oil painters everyone is welcome. Remington Restivo will coordinate this
workshop. Please let Remington know if you plan to
attend at remingtonrestivo@gmail.com
Topics to be covered include:
• Personalizing your palette to capture color of light,
express ideas or capture mood or feeling.
• Choosing your medium for the painting conditions
you are working in, or in services to effects you want
to create.
• Studio safety
Southern Pennsylvania
Capturing Light
Gettysburg Fest. Gettysburg, PA. June TBA. Juried
artists. Open-to-all-artists quick draw in 2014 included
$500 first prize, $220 second, $100 third.
Plein Air Camp Hill. Camp Hill PA (near Harrisburg).
May 27-May 31 Juried artists and open-to-all-artists quick
draw. $3,750 in awards in 2014. Call to painters will be
issued January 9. Website: www.pleinaircamphill.org
~ List compiled by Patrick Roth
LSC Spring 2015 Show at
ArtSpace in Herndon
As you know, we have a group show at ArtSpace
Herndon in April entitled Behind the Scenes with
Loudoun Sketch Club. This show will comprise your
favorite paintings and drawings depicting private farms
and properties that we have been fortunate enough to
visit over the years, especially those which aren’t
otherwise open to the public.
The show will be held at Ar tSpace, 750 Center
Street, Herndon, VA 20170 from April 7 - May 3,
2015. The artists’ reception will be Saturday, April 11
from 7 - 9 pm.
If you have (or can get soon) images of your work that
you plan to enter into this show, send them to Lori Goll
(lorigoll@verizon.net) and Lorrie Herman
(lahermanart@cox.net) now. ArtSpace Herndon needs
images to submit to the Washington Post for publicity for
the show, by the first week of January.
Stay tuned for more information coming in the next
few weeks regarding this show.
We’re looking forward to seeing your work!
Margaret Huddy will lead
this workshop. Everyone
who knows Margaret’s
work knows how light
filled her paintings are.
This is a color workshop
for those who work in
watercolor and gouache,
but the principles are universal and everyone is welHillsborough Wintery Spring by
Margaret Huddy, acrylic, 9" x 12", 2011©
come. Lorrie Herman will
coordinate the workshop. Please let Lorrie know if you
plan to attend. She can be contacted at
lahermanart@cox.net.
Pet Portraits
March 24, 2015
Workshops can accommodate 25 painters. Reservation
is on a first come, first served basis, with the exception of
the March “Pet Portraits” workshop where we will give
priority to club members who couldn’t be accommodated
last year. Workshop coordinators will maintain a standby
list should reservations exceed 25. Cancellation policy
will be in accordance with the Loudoun County schools
closure policy. If a workshop is cancelled because of
weather, we will try to reschedule it the following Tuesday.
Armchair
Art Expeditions
Libby Stevens discovered the multi-faceted website
of artist Dianne Mize. She
has a blog and a website,
and offers tips and exercises for painters who wish to
improve their skills. She
uses photos of her works
in progress to convey her
thought process while she
works to finish a painting
that “pops.” This February she will debut short video
tutorials for creating stronger paintings. diannemizestudio.com (website) and diannemize.com (for upcoming
tutorials)
February 17, 2015
Hudson by Simon Bland
Artistic Opportunities
2015 Winter Workshop Lineup
Late Afternoon October by Dianne Mize, pastel, 2014
View from Sky Meadows
by Mary Championl
Simon Bland will repeat last years
popular workshop. Pat Roth will be the
coordinator for this workshop.
Please let Pat know if you plan to
attend at proth25@gmail.com or phone
703-250-0641.
Note: We will give priority to members who were
turned away because last years workshop was full. If you
are one of these few and want to reserve a spot this year let
Pat know when you make your reservation. You must let Pat
know by March 1 if you are in this category.
Webdesignschoolsguide.com/library/50-best-blogsfor-watercolor-artists/ lists four categories of blogs:
Demonstrations, Watercolor Artists, Art Business tips
(for all artists) and Art News and Reviews. Clicking on
some of the sites leads you to another index site with
more options than you could explore in a year. The
artist's blogs with watercolor demonstrations might be
your best bet, but explore away!
Being half Czech, I just had to visit Prague, and during a
museum visit discovered the work of painter Jakub
Schikaneder. Back home, I googled him, and found numerous YouTube videos of his atmospheric, moody paintings set
to music. Enter the search term "Jakub Schikaneder videos
with music" and enter a storybook world.
–Mary Champion
More Artistic Opportunities
LSC Virginia Land Trust Show 2016
Start saving some of your paintings from the Virginia
Land Trust properties for a show that we will be having
in 2016. Properties from this year are:
Talbot Farm, Waterford
East Lynn Farm, Bluemont
Dresden Farm, Middleburg
Copeland Farm, Purcellville
Silver Brook Farm, Hillsboro
Woodgrove Farm, Round Hill
Weather Lea Farm and Vineyard, Lovettsville
More properties will be coming this year.
The Ashburn Library
I received a call from Lorraine Moffa at the Ashburn
Library. In the entryway of this well-visited library is a large
locked display case with glass doors which houses exhibits
of interest to the community. Lorraine would like to feature
local artists' work for monthly exhibits. She would welcome
small paintings or any 2-dimensional work, as well as jewelry, pottery, sculpture, etc. Your works may be for sale and
have price tags visible.
The case is approximately 5 feet high by 5 feet wide, with
wood-paneled glass doors and adjustable and removable
shelves, up to 8 shelves approximately 2 feet wide. The visibility is partially blocked by the four wood-paneled doors.
The cabinet is approximately 11 inches deep. Please contact
Lorraine at lorraine.moffa@loudoun.gov if you are interested in showing your work there. - Lori Goll
Purcellville Train Station
There’s a great opportunity to show your art at Purcellville
Train Station.
The Town of Purcellville will be holding town celebrations
with wine tasting and an art show every weekend this summer. They are looking for artists (or possibly a small group of
artists) to hang their work in the Train Station (next to
Magnolias). The artist should be present as much of the
weekend as possible, to answer questions and perhaps
provide demonstrations.
Betty Wiley has participated in the “pilot” program for
this new event. If you are interested in this opportunity,
there is more information and an artist interest form at the
following links:
http://purcellvilleva.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2522
or www.purcellvilleva.gov/FormCenter/Parks-and-RecForms-2/Artist-Interest-Form-34
Call For Artists!
Arts in the Village Gallery
Arts in the Village Gallery is a program of the Loudoun Arts
Council and is in The Village at Leesburg (behind Wegmans).
This is a co-op gallery that will be celebrating its second-year
anniversary in September. Openings for 2-D and 3-D fine
artists and craftspeople are still available for the gallery
to reach its full complement of exhibitors. Details and jury
application forms can be found at www.LoudounArts.org.
Call For Artists!
Gateway Gallery
The Gateway Gallery is currently accepting applications for
new member-artists. We are especially interested in 2D artwork as well as fiber. However, we are open to an array of
mediums. Surprise us! We are located on Route 7 just west of
Round Hill, in the Hill High Orchard Building, which we share
with the Round Hill Arts Center, the Bogati Bodega wine &
tapas tasting room, and the Barefoot Weavers Studio. Members
serve on committees to manage the Gallery, work three halfday shifts a month, pay $40/month dues and contribute 20% of
monthly sales toward gallery expenses. We are a fun group and
are looking forward to hearing from you! If you are interested
or have any questions, please contact us at info@thegatewaygallery.com.
Loudoun Sketch Club’s 9th Annual
Fall Show and Sale at Hillsborough Vineyards
2014 Awards:
1st Pastels - Karen Mazza, Walking Through It
2nd Pastels - Libby Stevens, Sunset Barn
3rd Pastels - Rachel Estrada, A Day’s End
1st Oil or Acrylic - Simon Bland, Morning Light
2nd Oil or Acrylic - Joan Wood, The Time Between
3rd Oil or Acrylic - Aledra Hollenbach, Rock Farm
1st Watercolor - Denise Pierce, Maine Work Boats
2nd Watercolor - Jean Ann Feneis, Yellow Field
3rd Watercolor - Paul Gesswein, Smoker
1st Photography - Robert Pierce, Window
2nd Photography - Susan Breen, Grist Mill
3rd Photography - Barbara Sample, Bon Bons
1st Mixed - Mokhtar Youssef, By the Lake
2nd Mixed - Linda Bowman, The Night Watch
3rd Mixed - Brenda Market, Through the Woods
Drawing Award - Steven J. Huelsman,
Lighthouse at Halifax
Artists Who Have Sold Work To Date:
Ute Gill, Rebecca Tighe, Libby Stevens, Zeynep
Baki, Robbyn Holmes, Whit Williams, Cynthia
McGrannahan, Paul Gesswein, Lori Goll and Mary
Champion have each sold one piece.
Simon Bland has sold 4 paintings.
_________________________
And...Don’t Forget to Pick Up Unsold Work
After Monday, January 8, 2015
Dates and times to be announced through email.
In the
Field
With over 150 members, many with
decades of experience painting outside, we
should be able to tell many stories about
those experiences. Please consider sharing
your story with your fellow members.
Email Mary Champion at championart@aol.com. You can even email me
with your phone number and a good time
to call and I will let you tell me your story
and I will write it up for you!
Here is a contribution from
Elly Friedman:
The Green Dog
Once upon a time a couple of years
ago in land called Hastening Farm.
There lived a little black and white friendly dog who loved nothing better than follow aspiring artists around and take a
nap under their easels.
One day, a visiting artist, fairly new at
her craft was painting away on a canvas
using the most staining of tube green colors called CADMIUM GREEN….. dum,
dum, dum, dum…. Suddenly a big gust
of wind blew the artist’s paint brush off
of the easel. A great glob of the CADMIUM GREEN fell off of the brush on to
grass! The little black and white dog
thought, “Oh my, this is a delicious smell.
I think I’ll roll in it!”
The aspiring artist gasped at the horrible CADMIUM GREEN covering the
back of the little formerly black and white
dog. She frantically tried to wipe the horrid CADMIUM GREEN off of the little
black and white dog. She first used
paper towels, then, while no one was
looking, she tried adding a little magic
elixir called Gamsol to the paper towel.
Disaster of disasters, the horrible CADMIUM GREEN spread even more over
the little black and white dog. One of the
aspiring artist’s friends, Princess Robbyn
of Holmes, realized what was happening
to the poor little dog and the frustration
and utter desperation of the aspiring
artist. She quickly mounted an attack on
the horrid CADMIUM GREEN.
Together they
rubbed and
rubbed and panicked and panicked and the only
thing that happened was that
the little black
and white dog
became greener
and greener.
Suddenly, a
friendly stranger
stopped by in her
white conveyance
as she was leaving the site and
asked what was
happening. Once the dire circumstance
was explained, she said she might have
in her bag of tricks a magic potion called
“Goop”. Neither the aspiring artist nor
Princess Robbyn knew of this magic
potion, but were grateful to the stranger
for her offer. By then quite a concerned
crowd, some of them snickering, had
gathered to watch the fate of the little
black and white dog. As the Goop was
rubbed in and the paper towels were
applied, the horrid CADMIUM GREEN
started to disappear from the back of the
little black and white dog leaving behind
a greasy residue.
Suddenly the good mistress of the little
black and white dog appeared. With fear
the aspiring artist explained the circumstance. The generous, sweet good mistress of the little black and white dog
pointed out how he was loving all of the
attention and rubbing of his fur, and pronounced it one of the best days of his life
in months. She gathered him into her
arms and carried him away for a bath to
remove the Goop residue. When he
reappeared snowy white and ebony
black, his mistress said he was cleaner
than he had been in quite awhile even
though he preferred to be CAMIUM
GREEN than to have a bath.
Epilog:
The aspiring artist and Princess
Robbyn did not know who the stranger
with the magic potion was and do not
know to this day. If you are reading this,
kind stranger, thank you for the magic
cure for CADMIUM GREEN.
Sir Simon of Bland commented that
he didn’t know which was worse: that the
poor little dog was green or that the
aspiring artist was using a tube green!
Many Thanks
Many thanks again this
year to Cathy Wilkin for
judging and critiquing all
the work during Loudoun
Sketch Club’s
9th Annual Fall Show and
Sale at Hillsborough
Winery. And also to
Zeynep Baki for all the
work you do putting it
together to make it one of
our most-successful
shows during the year.
-photos by:
Bob Pierce,
Patrick Roth
and Lori Goll
Favorite Places to Paint
All of us have favorite places to paint. I’m happy to share some of mine.
Yes,
Turner Pond
Except for the occasional fisherman, Turner Pond is a less
visited part of Sky Meadows State Park. It has a picturesque
pond, “Timberlake” an old farm house, superb views of Ashby
Gap and the parks working farm, neat tree groupings, and both
farm and fallow fields. In the fall there is an immense expanse of
goldenrod. Overall, the pond is a great, quiet, place to paint with
plenty to recommend it. I paint there a lot.
There is a porta potty that is cleaned daily, and some shaded
picnic tables. Large trees are also provide shade. A park parking fee of $4 on weekdays and $5 weekends is charged. Of
course, this fee also allows you to park elsewhere in the park,
perhaps a Bleak House farm with it’s fantastic views down the
Crooked Creek Valley. I’d recommend lunch either on the porch
of historic Locke Store in Millville just over the Ashby Gap (6
miles) or at the somewhat closer and equally historic Hunters
Head Inn in Upperville.
Directions: From route 50 turn left on route 17 South. Proceed
about a mile to right turn (second right) at the Turner Pond sign.
Painting Pointers
I’ll Paint for You!
Ever been afraid to say yes to a commission? My mentor, Tara Funk Grim, always encouraged me to say yes.
She told me I would learn from every single
painting....and I have. Right away I learned I couldn't
take any money up front...it put too much pressure on
me---totally stifling my creative progress. However, other
parameters have been a must for delighted clients.
Photo and watercolor of Working Farm by Patrick Roth
White’s Ford Regional Park
White’s Ford Regional Park is a relatively new Northern
Virginia Regional Parks property along the Potomac River in
northeast Loudoun County. I haven’t painted there yet but scouted it out after the Club paint out at Riverside on the Potomac. It’s
worth checking out.
White’s Ford has about a mile of river front with a number of
View Looking North
access points and good views from the river trail. Large views
across wide fields ,in soybeans this year, with farm buildings in
the distance are also available. For a closer up view, you could
View Looking South
also paint these farm buildings from the edge of the park property
at the park entrance although it would be a hike.
There is ample free parking but were no bathroom facilities as of October 2014. There is also canoe and kayak
access to the river.
Directions: Take route 15 north of Leesburg. Turn right onto State Rte 657 go 1.5 miles. Turn right onto State
Rte 661 Go 1.0 mi then turn left onto State Rte 656, Hibler Road 1.2 mi to 43646 Hibler Rd Leesburg, VA 20176.
There are signs.
If you have some favorite places that you would like to share pass on your discoveries to Newsletter editor Dana
Thompson, danathompsondesigns@gmail.com. If you don’t want to write it up you can just send the basic facts on
to me, proth25@gmail.com and I’ll write it up for you and pass it on to Dana. If you have photos of your place send
them along too.
~Patrick Roth
A Joyous Time at Mount Harmony Farm
Many thanks to Jean Ann and Ralph Feneis for hosting such a beautiful LSC Christmas Party at their home this year.
-photos by:
Jay Pigeon and Lori Goll
• What COLORS DON’T you like?...most people can tell
you what they don't like faster than what they do like.
• What SIZE do you want the painting to be and do you
want it portrait, landscape or square?
• Be ready with a PRICE LIST. My paintings are priced
by size and extra critters or major elements add to the
total. I take checks, cash and credit cards via the Square
register.
• Are you working toward an event DEADLINE --anniversary, birthday or holiday? Here more than any
other detail adhere to the old adage to "under promise
and over deliver!"
• Get to know your SUBJECT...find out likes and dislikes,
their favorite activities. The more information you gather,
the more energy and connection will translate to the
painting...even if it is a landscape! Do they have a particular
picture of the subject they really love?
Kick Start Creativity
Through Play
“All children are artists, the problem is how to remain an
artist when he grows up.” ~ Pablo Picasso
I think the key to remain an artist is to engage in what
children do---PLAY. My New Years resolution is to PLAY....
become a kid again! Join me in thinking and planning
what each of these “play dates” might look like for you.
• I plan to play alone and with other artists--- maybe use
different media than "normal"...swap “toys”
• to build---use mixed media or work 3d
• to pretend---an assignment to paint a ceiling, design a
candy machine or??
• to experiment using both small and large motor activity--work in a new size
• play inside and out--snow sculptures, skiing
By creating an oasis of time and space without judgement or interruption I think one will experience unique,
inventive, creative solutions. What does your oasis look
like? How much time can you set a boundary around...20
minutes per day,1 day per week? For me dedicated studio
space is a room and daily 2-3 hours minimum is key.
The freedom to experiment
• Be certain to gather client name address, phone, and
email....sounds basic....but there isn't anything more frustrating than finishing a project and not having several
ways to contact the client.
When you are ready for the big reveal I would encourage a face to face meeting. This is an opportunity to
“sell” your work to a prequalifyed buyer. Begin with the
painting covered or with the back of the piece to the
client until you can concentrate on the client’s face.
When you turn it around “read” the client’s face for
reaction...tears of joy are wonderful, but you may see
confusion or something else. Ask questions to get to the
bottom of a negative response. If I have time, I often do
two paintings so the client can make a choice. This
relieves pressure for both of us and sometimes even
doubles my income!
Do not hand off the painting without collecting your
reward for the work....also sounds simple but can be easier
said than done. Tara’s pieces are often large so she tends
to deliver to the client’s home and help with installation.
Without Tara’s encouragement I would have missed
meeting countless people and their pets, not seen incredible
properties nor progressed to the level saying yes to three
60” x 60” paintings which are now hanging at Nemours
Children’s Hospital, Wilmington DE. In short the growth
curve is worth swallowing your fear and taking on new
challenges.
~ Linda Hendrickson
....to “doodle start” in the extreme...to play with new materials and techniques..to investigate “what’s possible” and
“what if?!” is bound to relax, refresh, inspire and lead to a
happy creative productive artist!
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is
knowing which ones to keep.” ~ Scott Adams
~ Linda Hendrickson
Phantom by Linda Hendrickson,12”x 12”, acrylic, 2014©
Favorite Places to Paint
All of us have favorite places to paint. I’m happy to share some of mine.
Yes,
Turner Pond
Except for the occasional fisherman, Turner Pond is a less
visited part of Sky Meadows State Park. It has a picturesque
pond, “Timberlake” an old farm house, superb views of Ashby
Gap and the parks working farm, neat tree groupings, and both
farm and fallow fields. In the fall there is an immense expanse of
goldenrod. Overall, the pond is a great, quiet, place to paint with
plenty to recommend it. I paint there a lot.
There is a porta potty that is cleaned daily, and some shaded
picnic tables. Large trees are also provide shade. A park parking fee of $4 on weekdays and $5 weekends is charged. Of
course, this fee also allows you to park elsewhere in the park,
perhaps a Bleak House farm with it’s fantastic views down the
Crooked Creek Valley. I’d recommend lunch either on the porch
of historic Locke Store in Millville just over the Ashby Gap (6
miles) or at the somewhat closer and equally historic Hunters
Head Inn in Upperville.
Directions: From route 50 turn left on route 17 South. Proceed
about a mile to right turn (second right) at the Turner Pond sign.
Painting Pointers
I’ll Paint for You!
Ever been afraid to say yes to a commission? My mentor, Tara Funk Grim, always encouraged me to say yes.
She told me I would learn from every single
painting....and I have. Right away I learned I couldn't
take any money up front...it put too much pressure on
me---totally stifling my creative progress. However, other
parameters have been a must for delighted clients.
Photo and watercolor of Working Farm by Patrick Roth
White’s Ford Regional Park
White’s Ford Regional Park is a relatively new Northern
Virginia Regional Parks property along the Potomac River in
northeast Loudoun County. I haven’t painted there yet but scouted it out after the Club paint out at Riverside on the Potomac. It’s
worth checking out.
White’s Ford has about a mile of river front with a number of
View Looking North
access points and good views from the river trail. Large views
across wide fields ,in soybeans this year, with farm buildings in
the distance are also available. For a closer up view, you could
View Looking South
also paint these farm buildings from the edge of the park property
at the park entrance although it would be a hike.
There is ample free parking but were no bathroom facilities as of October 2014. There is also canoe and kayak
access to the river.
Directions: Take route 15 north of Leesburg. Turn right onto State Rte 657 go 1.5 miles. Turn right onto State
Rte 661 Go 1.0 mi then turn left onto State Rte 656, Hibler Road 1.2 mi to 43646 Hibler Rd Leesburg, VA 20176.
There are signs.
If you have some favorite places that you would like to share pass on your discoveries to Newsletter editor Dana
Thompson, danathompsondesigns@gmail.com. If you don’t want to write it up you can just send the basic facts on
to me, proth25@gmail.com and I’ll write it up for you and pass it on to Dana. If you have photos of your place send
them along too.
~Patrick Roth
A Joyous Time at Mount Harmony Farm
Many thanks to Jean Ann and Ralph Feneis for hosting such a beautiful LSC Christmas Party at their home this year.
-photos by:
Jay Pigeon and Lori Goll
• What COLORS DON’T you like?...most people can tell
you what they don't like faster than what they do like.
• What SIZE do you want the painting to be and do you
want it portrait, landscape or square?
• Be ready with a PRICE LIST. My paintings are priced
by size and extra critters or major elements add to the
total. I take checks, cash and credit cards via the Square
register.
• Are you working toward an event DEADLINE --anniversary, birthday or holiday? Here more than any
other detail adhere to the old adage to "under promise
and over deliver!"
• Get to know your SUBJECT...find out likes and dislikes,
their favorite activities. The more information you gather,
the more energy and connection will translate to the
painting...even if it is a landscape! Do they have a particular
picture of the subject they really love?
Kick Start Creativity
Through Play
“All children are artists, the problem is how to remain an
artist when he grows up.” ~ Pablo Picasso
I think the key to remain an artist is to engage in what
children do---PLAY. My New Years resolution is to PLAY....
become a kid again! Join me in thinking and planning
what each of these “play dates” might look like for you.
• I plan to play alone and with other artists--- maybe use
different media than "normal"...swap “toys”
• to build---use mixed media or work 3d
• to pretend---an assignment to paint a ceiling, design a
candy machine or??
• to experiment using both small and large motor activity--work in a new size
• play inside and out--snow sculptures, skiing
By creating an oasis of time and space without judgement or interruption I think one will experience unique,
inventive, creative solutions. What does your oasis look
like? How much time can you set a boundary around...20
minutes per day,1 day per week? For me dedicated studio
space is a room and daily 2-3 hours minimum is key.
The freedom to experiment
• Be certain to gather client name address, phone, and
email....sounds basic....but there isn't anything more frustrating than finishing a project and not having several
ways to contact the client.
When you are ready for the big reveal I would encourage a face to face meeting. This is an opportunity to
“sell” your work to a prequalifyed buyer. Begin with the
painting covered or with the back of the piece to the
client until you can concentrate on the client’s face.
When you turn it around “read” the client’s face for
reaction...tears of joy are wonderful, but you may see
confusion or something else. Ask questions to get to the
bottom of a negative response. If I have time, I often do
two paintings so the client can make a choice. This
relieves pressure for both of us and sometimes even
doubles my income!
Do not hand off the painting without collecting your
reward for the work....also sounds simple but can be easier
said than done. Tara’s pieces are often large so she tends
to deliver to the client’s home and help with installation.
Without Tara’s encouragement I would have missed
meeting countless people and their pets, not seen incredible
properties nor progressed to the level saying yes to three
60” x 60” paintings which are now hanging at Nemours
Children’s Hospital, Wilmington DE. In short the growth
curve is worth swallowing your fear and taking on new
challenges.
~ Linda Hendrickson
....to “doodle start” in the extreme...to play with new materials and techniques..to investigate “what’s possible” and
“what if?!” is bound to relax, refresh, inspire and lead to a
happy creative productive artist!
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is
knowing which ones to keep.” ~ Scott Adams
~ Linda Hendrickson
Phantom by Linda Hendrickson,12”x 12”, acrylic, 2014©
More Artistic Opportunities
LSC Virginia Land Trust Show 2016
Start saving some of your paintings from the Virginia
Land Trust properties for a show that we will be having
in 2016. Properties from this year are:
Talbot Farm, Waterford
East Lynn Farm, Bluemont
Dresden Farm, Middleburg
Copeland Farm, Purcellville
Silver Brook Farm, Hillsboro
Woodgrove Farm, Round Hill
Weather Lea Farm and Vineyard, Lovettsville
More properties will be coming this year.
The Ashburn Library
I received a call from Lorraine Moffa at the Ashburn
Library. In the entryway of this well-visited library is a large
locked display case with glass doors which houses exhibits
of interest to the community. Lorraine would like to feature
local artists' work for monthly exhibits. She would welcome
small paintings or any 2-dimensional work, as well as jewelry, pottery, sculpture, etc. Your works may be for sale and
have price tags visible.
The case is approximately 5 feet high by 5 feet wide, with
wood-paneled glass doors and adjustable and removable
shelves, up to 8 shelves approximately 2 feet wide. The visibility is partially blocked by the four wood-paneled doors.
The cabinet is approximately 11 inches deep. Please contact
Lorraine at lorraine.moffa@loudoun.gov if you are interested in showing your work there. - Lori Goll
Purcellville Train Station
There’s a great opportunity to show your art at Purcellville
Train Station.
The Town of Purcellville will be holding town celebrations
with wine tasting and an art show every weekend this summer. They are looking for artists (or possibly a small group of
artists) to hang their work in the Train Station (next to
Magnolias). The artist should be present as much of the
weekend as possible, to answer questions and perhaps
provide demonstrations.
Betty Wiley has participated in the “pilot” program for
this new event. If you are interested in this opportunity,
there is more information and an artist interest form at the
following links:
http://purcellvilleva.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/2522
or www.purcellvilleva.gov/FormCenter/Parks-and-RecForms-2/Artist-Interest-Form-34
Call For Artists!
Arts in the Village Gallery
Arts in the Village Gallery is a program of the Loudoun Arts
Council and is in The Village at Leesburg (behind Wegmans).
This is a co-op gallery that will be celebrating its second-year
anniversary in September. Openings for 2-D and 3-D fine
artists and craftspeople are still available for the gallery
to reach its full complement of exhibitors. Details and jury
application forms can be found at www.LoudounArts.org.
Call For Artists!
Gateway Gallery
The Gateway Gallery is currently accepting applications for
new member-artists. We are especially interested in 2D artwork as well as fiber. However, we are open to an array of
mediums. Surprise us! We are located on Route 7 just west of
Round Hill, in the Hill High Orchard Building, which we share
with the Round Hill Arts Center, the Bogati Bodega wine &
tapas tasting room, and the Barefoot Weavers Studio. Members
serve on committees to manage the Gallery, work three halfday shifts a month, pay $40/month dues and contribute 20% of
monthly sales toward gallery expenses. We are a fun group and
are looking forward to hearing from you! If you are interested
or have any questions, please contact us at info@thegatewaygallery.com.
Loudoun Sketch Club’s 9th Annual
Fall Show and Sale at Hillsborough Vineyards
2014 Awards:
1st Pastels - Karen Mazza, Walking Through It
2nd Pastels - Libby Stevens, Sunset Barn
3rd Pastels - Rachel Estrada, A Day’s End
1st Oil or Acrylic - Simon Bland, Morning Light
2nd Oil or Acrylic - Joan Wood, The Time Between
3rd Oil or Acrylic - Aledra Hollenbach, Rock Farm
1st Watercolor - Denise Pierce, Maine Work Boats
2nd Watercolor - Jean Ann Feneis, Yellow Field
3rd Watercolor - Paul Gesswein, Smoker
1st Photography - Robert Pierce, Window
2nd Photography - Susan Breen, Grist Mill
3rd Photography - Barbara Sample, Bon Bons
1st Mixed - Mokhtar Youssef, By the Lake
2nd Mixed - Linda Bowman, The Night Watch
3rd Mixed - Brenda Market, Through the Woods
Drawing Award - Steven J. Huelsman,
Lighthouse at Halifax
Artists Who Have Sold Work To Date:
Ute Gill, Rebecca Tighe, Libby Stevens, Zeynep
Baki, Robbyn Holmes, Whit Williams, Cynthia
McGrannahan, Paul Gesswein, Lori Goll and Mary
Champion have each sold one piece.
Simon Bland has sold 4 paintings.
_________________________
And...Don’t Forget to Pick Up Unsold Work
After Monday, January 8, 2015
Dates and times to be announced through email.
In the
Field
With over 150 members, many with
decades of experience painting outside, we
should be able to tell many stories about
those experiences. Please consider sharing
your story with your fellow members.
Email Mary Champion at championart@aol.com. You can even email me
with your phone number and a good time
to call and I will let you tell me your story
and I will write it up for you!
Here is a contribution from
Elly Friedman:
The Green Dog
Once upon a time a couple of years
ago in land called Hastening Farm.
There lived a little black and white friendly dog who loved nothing better than follow aspiring artists around and take a
nap under their easels.
One day, a visiting artist, fairly new at
her craft was painting away on a canvas
using the most staining of tube green colors called CADMIUM GREEN….. dum,
dum, dum, dum…. Suddenly a big gust
of wind blew the artist’s paint brush off
of the easel. A great glob of the CADMIUM GREEN fell off of the brush on to
grass! The little black and white dog
thought, “Oh my, this is a delicious smell.
I think I’ll roll in it!”
The aspiring artist gasped at the horrible CADMIUM GREEN covering the
back of the little formerly black and white
dog. She frantically tried to wipe the horrid CADMIUM GREEN off of the little
black and white dog. She first used
paper towels, then, while no one was
looking, she tried adding a little magic
elixir called Gamsol to the paper towel.
Disaster of disasters, the horrible CADMIUM GREEN spread even more over
the little black and white dog. One of the
aspiring artist’s friends, Princess Robbyn
of Holmes, realized what was happening
to the poor little dog and the frustration
and utter desperation of the aspiring
artist. She quickly mounted an attack on
the horrid CADMIUM GREEN.
Together they
rubbed and
rubbed and panicked and panicked and the only
thing that happened was that
the little black
and white dog
became greener
and greener.
Suddenly, a
friendly stranger
stopped by in her
white conveyance
as she was leaving the site and
asked what was
happening. Once the dire circumstance
was explained, she said she might have
in her bag of tricks a magic potion called
“Goop”. Neither the aspiring artist nor
Princess Robbyn knew of this magic
potion, but were grateful to the stranger
for her offer. By then quite a concerned
crowd, some of them snickering, had
gathered to watch the fate of the little
black and white dog. As the Goop was
rubbed in and the paper towels were
applied, the horrid CADMIUM GREEN
started to disappear from the back of the
little black and white dog leaving behind
a greasy residue.
Suddenly the good mistress of the little
black and white dog appeared. With fear
the aspiring artist explained the circumstance. The generous, sweet good mistress of the little black and white dog
pointed out how he was loving all of the
attention and rubbing of his fur, and pronounced it one of the best days of his life
in months. She gathered him into her
arms and carried him away for a bath to
remove the Goop residue. When he
reappeared snowy white and ebony
black, his mistress said he was cleaner
than he had been in quite awhile even
though he preferred to be CAMIUM
GREEN than to have a bath.
Epilog:
The aspiring artist and Princess
Robbyn did not know who the stranger
with the magic potion was and do not
know to this day. If you are reading this,
kind stranger, thank you for the magic
cure for CADMIUM GREEN.
Sir Simon of Bland commented that
he didn’t know which was worse: that the
poor little dog was green or that the
aspiring artist was using a tube green!
Many Thanks
Many thanks again this
year to Cathy Wilkin for
judging and critiquing all
the work during Loudoun
Sketch Club’s
9th Annual Fall Show and
Sale at Hillsborough
Winery. And also to
Zeynep Baki for all the
work you do putting it
together to make it one of
our most-successful
shows during the year.
-photos by:
Bob Pierce,
Patrick Roth
and Lori Goll
What To Do, What To Do...
National Gallery of the Art
El Greco
in the National Gallery of Art and
Washington-Area Collections:
A 400th Anniversary Celebration
Until February 16, 2015
West Building Main Floor
The National Gallery is fortunate to have seven paintings
by El Greco (1541 – 1614),
one of the largest collections
of his work in the United
States. Four of them (Christ
Cleansing the Temple, two
altarpieces from a chapel in
Toledo, and the Laocoön)
have recently returned from
Spain, where they were featured in major exhibitions
honoring the 400th anniversary of the artist’s death. The
Gallery’s reunited paintings
by El Greco are joined here
by three others from
Dumbarton Oaks and The
Phillips Collection in
Washington, and The Walters
Art Museum in Baltimore.
Domenikos Theotokopoulos,
universally known as El Greco,
was born on the Greek island
of Crete, where he achieved
mastery as a painter of
Byzantine icons. Aspiring to
success on a larger stage, he
moved to Venice in his late
twenties and absorbed the
lessons of High Renaissance
masters, especially Titian and
Tintoretto. In 1570 he departed for Rome, where he studied the work of Michelangelo and encountered the
style known as mannerism, which rejected the logic
and naturalism of Renaissance art.
El Greco relocated to Spain in 1576 and spent the
rest of his life in Toledo, where he finally received
the major commissions that had eluded him in Italy.
Unlike the Italian mannerists, who aimed at elegant
artifice, El Greco used their dramatically elongated
figures and ambiguous treatment of space for expressive ends, creating transcendent works that, like the
icons of his youth, convey deep spirituality. Blending
diverse influences — Byzantine, Renaissance, mannerist — he developed a unique style that captures
the religious fervor of Counter-Reformation Spain.
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Saint Martin and the Beggar,
c.1600/1614, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Madonna and Child with Saint Martina
and Saint Agnes, 1597/1599, oil on canvas, Widener Collection
Degas’s Little Dancer
Until February 8, 2015
West West Main Floor Gallery 82
Overview: Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
(1878–1881), Edgar Degas’s groundbreaking
statuette of a young ballerina that caused a
sensation at the 1881 impressionist exhibition, takes center stage in an exploration of
Degas’s fascination with ballet and his experimental, modern approach to his work.
Degas was a keen observer and wry but
sympathetic chronicler of the daily life of
dancers, depicting their world off-stage, at rehearsal or in the wings.
Degas’s Little Dancer showcases this world of gaslight and struggle, as captured by the master.
One of the Gallery’s most popular works of art, Little Dancer
Aged Fourteen will be presented with 14 additional works from the
Gallery’s collection, including the monumental pastel Ballet Scene
(c. 1907), monotypes and smaller original statuettes by Degas that
are related to Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. The exhibition also
includes the oil painting The Dance Class (c. 1873) from the
Corcoran Gallery of Art.
The National Gallery of Art has the largest and most important
collection of Degas’s surviving original wax sculptures in the world.
Its wax version of Little Dancer Aged Fourteen is the only one
formed by the artist’s own hands and the only sculpture he ever
showed publicly. Degas did not carve sculpture but used an additive
process. Little Dancer Aged Fourteen was modeled in wax over a
metal armature, bulked with organic materials including wood, rope,
and even old paintbrushes in the arms. Degas elevated the sculpture’s realism by affixing a wig of human hair and giving his ballerina
a cotton-and-silk tutu, a cotton faille bodice, and linen slippers.
Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, 1878–1881pigmented beeswax, clay, metal armature, rope, paintbrushes, human hair, silk and linen ribbon, cotton and silk tutu, linen slippers, on wooden base.
Overall without base: 98.9 x 34.7 x 35.2 cm (38 15/16 x 13 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.) weight: 49 lb.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Rachel Estrada
at PenFed Realty in Hamilton
Impressions of Loudoun – Landscapes and Florals by
Rachel Estrada will be on display at Pen-Fed Realty in
Hamilton. Exhibit dates are January 2 – April 19, 2015.
Please join Rachel
for her opening
reception
on Tuesday,
January 27
from 5 – 7 pm.
If you have
interest in
displaying your
work in this lovely
office space,
contact
Gale Waldron.
Alchemist’s Meadow
by Rachel Estrada,
12”x 12”, pastel, 2014©
From the
Newsletter Desk
Here’s the schedule for Newsletter copy and images:
Deadlines for
submitting info:
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February 10
May/June
April 10
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June 10
September/ October
August 10
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October 10
Issues for 2016:
January/February
December 10
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for each. If the image is a person or event, please
include an appropriate caption and identification.
Contributing Writers Wanted: Helpful Hints;
Upcoming Shows and Exhibits; Classes and
Workshops; Competitions and Deadlines; Great
Websites or Organizations... Anything that would
be of help or interest to our members. Thank you
to the contributers who continue to inform and
inspire. And please know, all members are
encouraged to participate. Keep it coming!
Lost Your Newsletter? Or maybe you’d like
another copy to send to a friend or potential new
member? You can now go to the Sketch Club
website and download any newsletter you need.
Go to www.LoudounSketchClub.com
–Dana Thompson
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Show Us Your Stuff
Franklin Park Arts Center ––––––––––––––––––
Current Gallery Exhibit:
Barns and Farms of Loudoun County – continues to Jan. 4.
Upcoming Gallery Exhibit:
Black & White Show – will be on exhibit January 10 – February
9, 2015. A public reception for participating artists will be held
on Sunday, January 11, from 3 to 5 pm.
Also in February – Youth Art Show, Paint the Town. More info on
both shows at www.franklinparkartscenter.org under “In the Gallery.”
The Gateway Galler y –––––––––––––––––––––
The Gateway Gallery is now open daily from 11 to 6 pm.
The Gateway Gallery is currently accepting applications for
new member-artists. We are open to an array of mediums.
Surprise us! We are located on Rt. 7 just west of Round Hill,
in the Hill High Orchard Building, which we share with the
Round Hill Arts Center, the Bogati Bodega wine & tapas tasting room, and the Barefoot Weavers Studio. Learn more at
www.thegatewaygallery.com.
Round Hill Arts Center –––––––––––––––––––––
www.RoundHillArtCenter.org • 540-338-5022
Drawing and Painting Studio
Life drawing and painting on Tuesdays 7 pm - 9 pm; $10 per person,
Age 18 & up; bring your own art supplies.
Marvels of Monotype with Jessica Wilson
A great class for those who like to paint and draw. Sunday,
February 8, 2 pm - 5 pm, $80 includes materials fee; Age 16 &
up. Class size limited to six students.
Knitting in the Round: Wrist Warmers with Kathy Reed
Sunday, February 22, 1 pm - 3 pm, $25, Ages 12 & up.
Material list will be provided upon registration.
Master Class: Critique with Catherine Hillis
The Loudoun Arts Council is partnering with Round Hill
Arts Center to present a series of monthly critique sessions
with painter Catherine Hillis. Painters may bring up to two
pieces of “finished” artwork to be critiqued.
Monday, January 12 or February 9, 7 pm - 8:30 pm,
$5 for LAC Members, $10 for non-members*.
Intermediate and Advanced Wheel Thrown Pottery with
Sandi Fanning
Mondays, 10 am to 1 pm, January 26 through March 16;
$200 plus $25 materials fee for eight classes. Ages 18 & up.
Handbuilt Ceramics with Amy Manson
Tuesdays, January 20 through March 10, (eight classes) 10
am - 1 pm, $200 plus $25 materials fee, Age 16 & up.
The Leesburg School of Photography
at Photoworks ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2a Loudoun St., SW, Leesburg, VA 20175 ~ 703-777-4002
Year-round courses and workshops taught by Tom Ramsay:
Digital Photography, Adobe Lightroom, Night, Twilight, HDR
New series beginning Jan. 2015.
Register at www.leesburgschoolofphotography.com
or in person at Photoworks ~ KD Kidder, School Director
“
When you go out to paint try to forget what it is
you’ve got in front of you, a tree or a field. Just think:
here is a little square of blue, an oblong of pink,
a streak of yellow, and paint exactly what you see.
contributed by Margaret Huddy
~ Claude Monet
A Letter from the President
Dear Sketch Club Members,
It was so nice to see so many of you and your
works at the 10th Annual LSC Art Show at
Hillsborough Vineyards in November.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Cathy Wilkin must have had a hard time choosing winners from all the beautiful entries this
year. I’ve said it before, I’m constantly amazed
at the talent and enthusiasm of this group. I
want to thank Zeynep for the incredible job
she’s done making this show beautiful and successful for TEN consecutive years! It will be
Lori Goll
hard, if not impossible, to find a comparable
venue for future shows.
And a big THANK YOU to Jean Ann and Ralph Feneis for hosting
the Holiday party at beautiful Mount Harmony Farm. The sun came
out for us, the home and barn were adorned with greenery and lights,
the food was delicious, the music was festive, and the handmade cards
were so special. It was truly a feel-good afternoon.
By the time this newsletter comes out, the holidays will be over. I
don’t know about you, but my goal is to hunker down in my studio for a
couple of months, get into a painting groove (perhaps some still lifes?)
and look forward to our winter workshops. Until then, keep painting!
Warm regards,
–Lori Goll, President
Membership Update
Since the last newsletter went to press, members continue to renew
and our membership is now at 166 with 10 on a wait list. If you've been
reading your newsletters you are aware that the Sketch Club has temporarily suspended new memberships, allowing only those who were
members last year to rejoin. Past members who have been off the
rolls and who wish to rejoin will be placed on the wait list.
–Mary Champion, Membership Chair and Feature Writer
Overcrowding Committee Report
On December 8, 2014 members of the Loudoun Sketch Club
Overcrowding Committee met to discuss concerns and solutions pertaining to the recent growth of the sketch club and the issue of overcrowding at Plein Air venues.
Those on the committee that were available to attend were Vivian
Attermeyer, Pat Roth, Donna Robinson, Bethany Widom, Crystal
Jordan and Rose McIntyre. During the meeting all previously received
suggestions from Loudoun Sketch Club members were reviewed, considered, and discussed.
While potential solutions were explored, the committee noted the
importance of acknowledging that to date, there has been no actual
problem(s) reported connected to current club size and anticipated
concerns pertaining to overcrowding issues ie, that of no parking,
complaint by venue owners, or plumbing issues due to overuse and
drought. With this in mind the committee noted the following goals:
“keep things simple”, recognizing that we are a volunteer based organization, “work to preempt the above mentioned potential problems”, and
most importantly, “protect the serenity, peace, accessibility and flexibility”
that currently exists when attending plein air paint outs.
(Continued on Member News Page)
Loudoun
Sketch Club
Volunteers
Officers
President
Lori Goll
571-251-9659
vattermeyer@cox.net
Vice-President
Patrick Roth
703-250-0641
proth25@gmail.com
Secretary
Crystal Jordan
703-729-1046
jordanjj@att.net
Treasurer
Steve Huelsman
703-777-8725
Historian
Pam De Peña
703-421-0218
pam@depena.com
Membership
Mary Champion
championart@aol.com
E-mail Concierge
Margaret Huddy
703-356-2363
mthuddy@gmail.com
Newsletter
Newsletter Desk/
Compilation and Design
Dana Thompson 540-454-1989
danathompsondesigns@gmail.com
Feature Writers
Gale Waldron
703-771-0127
Mary Champion
championart@aol.com
also thanks to Patrick Roth,
Linda Hendrickson and
Zeynep Baki
Outdoor Sessions
Committee
Mary MacDonnell
Jessica Wilson
Becky Tighe
Lee Kincaid
540-554-8181
301-642-6995
540-668-6447
540-554-2640
Show Committee
Cheryl Cochran
703-723-1737
cccochran@me.com
Zeynep Baki
540-668-7787
Indoor Sessions and
Workshop Committee
Lorrie Herman
703-906-5815
Remington Restivo 703-443-0814
Patrick Roth
703-250-0641
Webmaster
Dana Thompson 540-454-1989
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Member
News
Lillian Miller was thrilled, it was an emotional
moment when she took her oath to
the American Flag at the courthouse
in Alexandria on September 10, 2014.
The judge was very diplomatic
and charismatic. Einstein became an
American citizen, so did Bob Hope
and Irving Berlin he told them.
He shook each of their hands,
75 immigrants, and spoke to them
in their native tongues, when he
American Citizen Lillian Miller
knew the language. “This is the
most important day of your lives,” he said.
Lillian is so proud to be part of this wonderful country.
Now she’s an American artist instead of a Brazilian one.
In addition, Lillian sold her
painting of Aldie Mill Wheels to a
couple that got married at Aldie
Mill and wanted to have a painting
that would have them remember
their special occasion.
Aldie Mill Wheels by Lillian Miller
Overcrowding Committee
Report continued (From Page 2)
With the before-mentioned in mind, the Loudoun
Sketch Club Committee wants to present to the
board the following suggestions for review, consideration, and implementation:
1) Work towards reducing the size of the club to 130
members. Currently there is a cap on new members, and a waiting list has been established. The
belief is that through natural attrition, membership
will reduce. Currently we have no deadline and are
very lenient regarding the payment of dues. We suggest that we change this and limit our grace period
to that of 30 days. Currently membership dues are
to be received by September 1. We suggest that
members be informed that if dues are not paid in
full by September 30 of each year, that their membership will be terminated, and they will no longer be in
good standing. Dues reminders will be sent out
August 1, and September 1 via email. This information will also be noted in the newsletter. Members
who fail to pay by the deadline will be dropped from
membership and must get in line on the waiting list
to rejoin. Even though we are working on membership reduction, we still believe that the club should
allow minimally 10 new members each year, this is
regardless of current club size. We believe that new
people bring creativity, and energy that is beneficial
to the ongoing life of the club. Also new members
are often active regarding volunteering. We do not
believe that increasing dues will reduce membership
size, and think that if dues are increased at all, it
should be no more than $10 per year, increasing it
from that of $20 to $30 annually.
2) We want to STRONGLY ENCOURAGE the use
of carpooling whenever possible, especially at small
plein air venues. We can encourage carpooling by
stating it in the weekly plein air email as well as in
the newsletter, facebook, and on the roster that is distributed at the Spring meeting. We also suggest that
carpool sites be identified, however, we leave the
coordination to the members.
3) We have had two people step up and indicate willingness to coordinate large venue sites utilizing State
Parks in the Eastern and Western Loudoun areas.
We suggest that we encourage them to take the lead
on this, and hopefully by next year we will have two
weekly venues available for members both, large and
small, which in itself, will help with the potential concern of overcrowding.
4) Should there be any drought conditions, members will be notified of them in the weekly email,
where they will be encouraged to be mindful of the
weather conditions, and to take care of their personal
needs prior and or off site.
The committee was clear that we do not recommend or want plein air sign ups, allowing for membership plein air flexibility. We agree that there
should not be any additional charges for plein air
painting, and that there should be no division of
group A or B. We also do not believe that there
should be any limiting of membership to Loudoun
only residents.
We believe that through implementing the above
ideas, natural attrition, carpooling, 30 day grace period pertaining to the membership due date, and the
introduction of alternate larger plein air venue sites,
that the goals of the club can be maintained.
We respectfully submit this to the Board and are
available to answer any questions you may have.
–Rose McIntyre,
Overcrowding Committee Co-ordinator
Oil Painting with Qiang Huang
in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
February 8 - 11, 2015
Join Qiang Huang (pronounced:
Chong Wong), for a 4-day oil painting workshop in historic San Miguel
de Allende, Mexico.
Learn his tried-and-true, five-step
process while focusing both on still
life and plein air painting in scenic
locations in and around San Miguel
de Allende.
Spaces are very limited. If you are
interested in finding out about lodging and more or in
reserving your place in this workshop, please contact
Jean Ann Feneis at jeanann@mountharmony.com
before it sells out.
What To Do, What To Do...
National Gallery of the Art
El Greco
in the National Gallery of Art and
Washington-Area Collections:
A 400th Anniversary Celebration
Until February 16, 2015
West Building Main Floor
The National Gallery is fortunate to have seven paintings
by El Greco (1541 – 1614),
one of the largest collections
of his work in the United
States. Four of them (Christ
Cleansing the Temple, two
altarpieces from a chapel in
Toledo, and the Laocoön)
have recently returned from
Spain, where they were featured in major exhibitions
honoring the 400th anniversary of the artist’s death. The
Gallery’s reunited paintings
by El Greco are joined here
by three others from
Dumbarton Oaks and The
Phillips Collection in
Washington, and The Walters
Art Museum in Baltimore.
Domenikos Theotokopoulos,
universally known as El Greco,
was born on the Greek island
of Crete, where he achieved
mastery as a painter of
Byzantine icons. Aspiring to
success on a larger stage, he
moved to Venice in his late
twenties and absorbed the
lessons of High Renaissance
masters, especially Titian and
Tintoretto. In 1570 he departed for Rome, where he studied the work of Michelangelo and encountered the
style known as mannerism, which rejected the logic
and naturalism of Renaissance art.
El Greco relocated to Spain in 1576 and spent the
rest of his life in Toledo, where he finally received
the major commissions that had eluded him in Italy.
Unlike the Italian mannerists, who aimed at elegant
artifice, El Greco used their dramatically elongated
figures and ambiguous treatment of space for expressive ends, creating transcendent works that, like the
icons of his youth, convey deep spirituality. Blending
diverse influences — Byzantine, Renaissance, mannerist — he developed a unique style that captures
the religious fervor of Counter-Reformation Spain.
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Saint Martin and the Beggar,
c.1600/1614, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Madonna and Child with Saint Martina
and Saint Agnes, 1597/1599, oil on canvas, Widener Collection
Degas’s Little Dancer
Until February 8, 2015
West West Main Floor Gallery 82
Overview: Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
(1878–1881), Edgar Degas’s groundbreaking
statuette of a young ballerina that caused a
sensation at the 1881 impressionist exhibition, takes center stage in an exploration of
Degas’s fascination with ballet and his experimental, modern approach to his work.
Degas was a keen observer and wry but
sympathetic chronicler of the daily life of
dancers, depicting their world off-stage, at rehearsal or in the wings.
Degas’s Little Dancer showcases this world of gaslight and struggle, as captured by the master.
One of the Gallery’s most popular works of art, Little Dancer
Aged Fourteen will be presented with 14 additional works from the
Gallery’s collection, including the monumental pastel Ballet Scene
(c. 1907), monotypes and smaller original statuettes by Degas that
are related to Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. The exhibition also
includes the oil painting The Dance Class (c. 1873) from the
Corcoran Gallery of Art.
The National Gallery of Art has the largest and most important
collection of Degas’s surviving original wax sculptures in the world.
Its wax version of Little Dancer Aged Fourteen is the only one
formed by the artist’s own hands and the only sculpture he ever
showed publicly. Degas did not carve sculpture but used an additive
process. Little Dancer Aged Fourteen was modeled in wax over a
metal armature, bulked with organic materials including wood, rope,
and even old paintbrushes in the arms. Degas elevated the sculpture’s realism by affixing a wig of human hair and giving his ballerina
a cotton-and-silk tutu, a cotton faille bodice, and linen slippers.
Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, 1878–1881pigmented beeswax, clay, metal armature, rope, paintbrushes, human hair, silk and linen ribbon, cotton and silk tutu, linen slippers, on wooden base.
Overall without base: 98.9 x 34.7 x 35.2 cm (38 15/16 x 13 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.) weight: 49 lb.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Rachel Estrada
at PenFed Realty in Hamilton
Impressions of Loudoun – Landscapes and Florals by
Rachel Estrada will be on display at Pen-Fed Realty in
Hamilton. Exhibit dates are January 2 – April 19, 2015.
Please join Rachel
for her opening
reception
on Tuesday,
January 27
from 5 – 7 pm.
If you have
interest in
displaying your
work in this lovely
office space,
contact
Gale Waldron.
Alchemist’s Meadow
by Rachel Estrada,
12”x 12”, pastel, 2014©
From the
Newsletter Desk
Here’s the schedule for Newsletter copy and images:
Deadlines for
submitting info:
Issues for 2015:
January/February
December 10
March/April
February 10
May/June
April 10
July/August
June 10
September/ October
August 10
November/December
October 10
Issues for 2016:
January/February
December 10
Please send your news and pictures to Dana at
DanaThompsonDesigns@gmail.com
When e-mailing your news: Please put
“LSC News” or other clear and relevant words in
the subject of the e-mail so I don’t delete it thinking
it’s spam from an e-mail address I don’t recognize.
Please include Images!! We’re a visual organization, and our newsletter (and website for that
matter) should reflect that. Images should be color
jpegs, 300dpi, at least 3” wide or larger (no less that
1000 pixels if possible). If the image is your artwork,
please include title, unframed size, medium and date
for each. If the image is a person or event, please
include an appropriate caption and identification.
Contributing Writers Wanted: Helpful Hints;
Upcoming Shows and Exhibits; Classes and
Workshops; Competitions and Deadlines; Great
Websites or Organizations... Anything that would
be of help or interest to our members. Thank you
to the contributers who continue to inform and
inspire. And please know, all members are
encouraged to participate. Keep it coming!
Lost Your Newsletter? Or maybe you’d like
another copy to send to a friend or potential new
member? You can now go to the Sketch Club
website and download any newsletter you need.
Go to www.LoudounSketchClub.com
–Dana Thompson
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by February 10, 2015.
Show Us Your Stuff
Franklin Park Arts Center ––––––––––––––––––
Current Gallery Exhibit:
Barns and Farms of Loudoun County – continues to Jan. 4.
Upcoming Gallery Exhibit:
Black & White Show – will be on exhibit January 10 – February
9, 2015. A public reception for participating artists will be held
on Sunday, January 11, from 3 to 5 pm.
Also in February – Youth Art Show, Paint the Town. More info on
both shows at www.franklinparkartscenter.org under “In the Gallery.”
The Gateway Galler y –––––––––––––––––––––
The Gateway Gallery is now open daily from 11 to 6 pm.
The Gateway Gallery is currently accepting applications for
new member-artists. We are open to an array of mediums.
Surprise us! We are located on Rt. 7 just west of Round Hill,
in the Hill High Orchard Building, which we share with the
Round Hill Arts Center, the Bogati Bodega wine & tapas tasting room, and the Barefoot Weavers Studio. Learn more at
www.thegatewaygallery.com.
Round Hill Arts Center –––––––––––––––––––––
www.RoundHillArtCenter.org • 540-338-5022
Drawing and Painting Studio
Life drawing and painting on Tuesdays 7 pm - 9 pm; $10 per person,
Age 18 & up; bring your own art supplies.
Marvels of Monotype with Jessica Wilson
A great class for those who like to paint and draw. Sunday,
February 8, 2 pm - 5 pm, $80 includes materials fee; Age 16 &
up. Class size limited to six students.
Knitting in the Round: Wrist Warmers with Kathy Reed
Sunday, February 22, 1 pm - 3 pm, $25, Ages 12 & up.
Material list will be provided upon registration.
Master Class: Critique with Catherine Hillis
The Loudoun Arts Council is partnering with Round Hill
Arts Center to present a series of monthly critique sessions
with painter Catherine Hillis. Painters may bring up to two
pieces of “finished” artwork to be critiqued.
Monday, January 12 or February 9, 7 pm - 8:30 pm,
$5 for LAC Members, $10 for non-members*.
Intermediate and Advanced Wheel Thrown Pottery with
Sandi Fanning
Mondays, 10 am to 1 pm, January 26 through March 16;
$200 plus $25 materials fee for eight classes. Ages 18 & up.
Handbuilt Ceramics with Amy Manson
Tuesdays, January 20 through March 10, (eight classes) 10
am - 1 pm, $200 plus $25 materials fee, Age 16 & up.
The Leesburg School of Photography
at Photoworks ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2a Loudoun St., SW, Leesburg, VA 20175 ~ 703-777-4002
Year-round courses and workshops taught by Tom Ramsay:
Digital Photography, Adobe Lightroom, Night, Twilight, HDR
New series beginning Jan. 2015.
Register at www.leesburgschoolofphotography.com
or in person at Photoworks ~ KD Kidder, School Director
“
When you go out to paint try to forget what it is
you’ve got in front of you, a tree or a field. Just think:
here is a little square of blue, an oblong of pink,
a streak of yellow, and paint exactly what you see.
contributed by Margaret Huddy
~ Claude Monet
Call For Entries
Black & White Exhibit
Franklin Park Arts Center
Regional artists and craftspeople are invited to participate in Black & White, a juried exhibit featuring creative
works done in black and white in your choice of media
and materials (shades of gray are acceptable.) Black &
White will be on display in the Gallery at Franklin Park
Arts Center from January 10 – February 9, 2015. A cash
prize of $100 will be awarded for Best in Show and a certificate for free entry in the next Franklin Park Arts
Center show will be given to the Friends Choice winner.
Artwork may be submitted to Franklin Park Arts
Center on January 5 – 7, 2015. For Submission
Requirements see:
www.franklinparkartscenter.org/black-and-white/.
The public will be invited to join in the exhibit by drawing graffiti or a cartoon in white chalk on a black chalkboard, displayed throughout the exhibition period. A
public reception for participating artists will be held on
Sunday, January 11, from 3 to 5 pm.
Franklin Park Arts Center is located at 36447
Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville, VA 20132. For more
information see www.franklinparkartscenter.org or call
540-338-7973. Black & White is sponsored by Friends of
Franklin Park Arts Center, a non-profit advisory board
dedicated to the success of the Arts Center.
2015
Plein Air Competition Events
in Our Region
There are a number of plein air competition events
occurring near, or relatively near, Loudoun during 2015.
They can be a lot of fun, and educational, either as a juried
participant, “paint out quick draw” participant where you
can sell your painting, attending free demonstrations, or
just as a spectator. Some even have a nocturnal paint out.
If you want to apply to be a juried artist, many of these
events have early 2015 deadlines. Here is a list:
Virginia
Art Guild of Clifton Plein Air Festival. Clifton VA. May
15-17. All juried show. Submit works. Cash prizes.
Website: www.artguildofclifton.org
Falls Church 7th Annual “Scenes in the City” Plein Air
Exhibition. Falls Church VA. All juried show. Painting
dates for last years event were April 26-June 20.
2015 TBA. Enter up to four paintings to the show.
Website: www.fallschurcharts.org
Plein Air Richmond. Richmond VA. June 21-28. All
juried artists. Thirty five artists will be juried. $10,000 in
awards. Website: www.pleinairrichmond.com
Maryland
Plein Air Easton. Easton MD. July 11-19. Maybe the
biggest of them all. Juried artists and open to all artists
Quick Draw, Demonstrations. Website: pleinaireaston.com
Easels in Frederick. Frederick MD. June 15-20. Juried
artists. Open to all artists Quick Draw. Total of $16,000
in prizes. Website: www.easelsinfrederick.org
Paint Annapolis. Annapolis MD. June 8-14.
Website: www.mdfedart.org juried artists, open to all
artists quick draw, nocturne. $10,000 in prize money.
Painting Seascapes
The Winter Workshop schedule is now finalized and
you can sign up for the workshops now. Please note that
there are different coordinators for the workshops.
Reservations for individual workshops should be made
with them. Workshops will be conducted at the
Hillsborough Winery from 10am until 2pm. The Winery
address is 36716 Charles Town Pike, Purcellville, VA. It’s
located on Rt. 9 (Charles Town Pike) just west of
Hillsboro on the right. The schedule is as follows:
April 21, 2015
Lori Goll will lead
this workshop. Lori is
known for her
seascapes and invites
us to come and get
ready for that vacation
at the beach. Pat Roth
will also coordinate
Seascape by Lori Goll, pastel ©2014
this workshop. Please
let him know if you plan to attend at proth25@gmail.com
or phone 703-250-0641.
Choosing the Materials That
Best Support Your Work
January 27, 2015
Paint it! Ellicott City Juried Plein Air Paint-Out and
Exhibition. Ellicott MD. July 9-13. Juried artists.
Open to all artists paint-out. and more.
Website: www.hocarts.org/exhibits.php
Mountain Maryland Plein Air. Cumberland MD. June 2June 7. Juried artists, open to all artists quick draw.
Website: www.alleganyartscouncil.org
Solomons Plein Air Festival. Solomons MD. September
15-20. Last year they had juried artists, an open-to-allartists quick draw, a nocturnal quick draw, and a special
“paint the town” for a cause event. $10,000 in awards.
Website: www.solomonspleinair.com
Artists Paint O.C. Ocean City. August 7-9. More information at www.artleagueofoceancity.org $2,325 in awards.
Jessica Wilson will present this workshop as part of the
Dedicated Workshop Program sponsored by Gamblin
Colors. Although it is geared toward oil painters everyone is welcome. Remington Restivo will coordinate this
workshop. Please let Remington know if you plan to
attend at remingtonrestivo@gmail.com
Topics to be covered include:
• Personalizing your palette to capture color of light,
express ideas or capture mood or feeling.
• Choosing your medium for the painting conditions
you are working in, or in services to effects you want
to create.
• Studio safety
Southern Pennsylvania
Capturing Light
Gettysburg Fest. Gettysburg, PA. June TBA. Juried
artists. Open-to-all-artists quick draw in 2014 included
$500 first prize, $220 second, $100 third.
Plein Air Camp Hill. Camp Hill PA (near Harrisburg).
May 27-May 31 Juried artists and open-to-all-artists quick
draw. $3,750 in awards in 2014. Call to painters will be
issued January 9. Website: www.pleinaircamphill.org
~ List compiled by Patrick Roth
LSC Spring 2015 Show at
ArtSpace in Herndon
As you know, we have a group show at ArtSpace
Herndon in April entitled Behind the Scenes with
Loudoun Sketch Club. This show will comprise your
favorite paintings and drawings depicting private farms
and properties that we have been fortunate enough to
visit over the years, especially those which aren’t
otherwise open to the public.
The show will be held at Ar tSpace, 750 Center
Street, Herndon, VA 20170 from April 7 - May 3,
2015. The artists’ reception will be Saturday, April 11
from 7 - 9 pm.
If you have (or can get soon) images of your work that
you plan to enter into this show, send them to Lori Goll
(lorigoll@verizon.net) and Lorrie Herman
(lahermanart@cox.net) now. ArtSpace Herndon needs
images to submit to the Washington Post for publicity for
the show, by the first week of January.
Stay tuned for more information coming in the next
few weeks regarding this show.
We’re looking forward to seeing your work!
Margaret Huddy will lead
this workshop. Everyone
who knows Margaret’s
work knows how light
filled her paintings are.
This is a color workshop
for those who work in
watercolor and gouache,
but the principles are universal and everyone is welHillsborough Wintery Spring by
Margaret Huddy, acrylic, 9" x 12", 2011©
come. Lorrie Herman will
coordinate the workshop. Please let Lorrie know if you
plan to attend. She can be contacted at
lahermanart@cox.net.
Pet Portraits
March 24, 2015
Workshops can accommodate 25 painters. Reservation
is on a first come, first served basis, with the exception of
the March “Pet Portraits” workshop where we will give
priority to club members who couldn’t be accommodated
last year. Workshop coordinators will maintain a standby
list should reservations exceed 25. Cancellation policy
will be in accordance with the Loudoun County schools
closure policy. If a workshop is cancelled because of
weather, we will try to reschedule it the following Tuesday.
Armchair
Art Expeditions
Libby Stevens discovered the multi-faceted website
of artist Dianne Mize. She
has a blog and a website,
and offers tips and exercises for painters who wish to
improve their skills. She
uses photos of her works
in progress to convey her
thought process while she
works to finish a painting
that “pops.” This February she will debut short video
tutorials for creating stronger paintings. diannemizestudio.com (website) and diannemize.com (for upcoming
tutorials)
February 17, 2015
Hudson by Simon Bland
Artistic Opportunities
2015 Winter Workshop Lineup
Late Afternoon October by Dianne Mize, pastel, 2014
View from Sky Meadows
by Mary Championl
Simon Bland will repeat last years
popular workshop. Pat Roth will be the
coordinator for this workshop.
Please let Pat know if you plan to
attend at proth25@gmail.com or phone
703-250-0641.
Note: We will give priority to members who were
turned away because last years workshop was full. If you
are one of these few and want to reserve a spot this year let
Pat know when you make your reservation. You must let Pat
know by March 1 if you are in this category.
Webdesignschoolsguide.com/library/50-best-blogsfor-watercolor-artists/ lists four categories of blogs:
Demonstrations, Watercolor Artists, Art Business tips
(for all artists) and Art News and Reviews. Clicking on
some of the sites leads you to another index site with
more options than you could explore in a year. The
artist's blogs with watercolor demonstrations might be
your best bet, but explore away!
Being half Czech, I just had to visit Prague, and during a
museum visit discovered the work of painter Jakub
Schikaneder. Back home, I googled him, and found numerous YouTube videos of his atmospheric, moody paintings set
to music. Enter the search term "Jakub Schikaneder videos
with music" and enter a storybook world.
–Mary Champion
Newsletter
Creating and Supporting the Visual Arts in Loudoun County, Virginia since 1944
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– Featured Artist –
Sheep IV by Simon Bland, 11” x 14”, oil on linen © 2014
The Marvelous
Zeynep Baki
by Gale Waldron
Those of us fortunate enough to know Zeynep Baki
marvel at this woman in constant motion. In between
her many roles at the family home and winery business, in her magnificent gardens, promoting the local
arts, traveling
with husband
Bora and supporting a
growing family,
Zeynep is a
woman who
understands
the meaning
of a full day’s
work.
Zeynep was
born in Bursa,
Turkey and
One Tuesday Morning, 14” x 18”, oil on canvas
later moved to
Izmir. Her forays into art were enhanced by private
drawing lessons from her mentor, Cevat Sakir, a
renowned artist, philosopher, and scholar who taught
Zeynep about drawing – and life. She had planned to
attend the Fine Art Academy in Istanbul, but chose to
stay home with the family when her father became ill.
She fell in love with Bora Baki, a young businessman, and married him in 1968. Political instability in
their homeland prompted the Bakis to move to the US
in 1979 where they settled in Falls Church. The mother of two young boys – Tolga and Kerem - Zeynep
managed to find some time to attend The George
Washington University where she studied art with
Frank Wright. She also discovered the Art League in
Alexandria, where she took oil painting classes with
Diane Tesler, Mike Francis and Michael DePompa,
among others.
Zeynep paints with pastels and oils, but especially
enjoys the freedom she feels with oils. She looks at a
landscape and sees shapes. “I like to work with shapes,
and if those shapes talk to me, then I move ahead with
a painting.” She then adds, “I don’t always go by the
rules, and I like to express myself with color.” She
recalls DePompa instructing her to tone down her colors, “but I could not. This is me!” she exclaims.
It was 2002 when the Bakis moved to Hillsboro and
began their venture into wine. Kerem, a biochemist
who had studied winemaking, took on production
while Bora ran the business. They completely renovated the barn, graded the property for planting, and fully
January/February 2015
transformed the property into one
of Loudoun’s most scenic wineries
overlooking the Loudoun Valley.
There was a time when Zeynep
painted for several hours a day in
her studio, the old music room in
her historic home. But her growing responsibilities at the winery –
the abundant gardens, private
events and her many special touches throughout the property – all in
addition to her continuous support
Zeynep Baki
of her family – have whittled into
that time, so the outdoor sessions provide an important venue for her art.
Although she
is not painting as
much as she
would like, she is
heavily involved
with several art
events, including
the annual
Sketch Club
exhibit in
November. She
puts these
exhibits together
Red Barn at Rock Hill, 12” x 16”, oil on canvas.
with special care,
noting that she has known some of these artists for
many years and has enjoyed watching them improve
and grow.
With a newly built home in Maine and plans to live
there half the year, Zeynep has already met art friends
in her community and is looking forward to painting
the Maine landscape. She’ll be back to Loudoun in the
fall, however, for the annual wine harvest. “It is the
highlight of the year!” she says with a smile!
Yellow Wood, 9” x 12”, oil on canvas
Mary Champion, Membership Chair
PO Box 1683
Leesburg, VA 20177
Loudoun Sketch Club
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