April 9 meeting
From ‘Ladies’ Medium’ to Color Field:
A Short History of Watercolor Painting in America
Nan Brewer, the Eskenazi Museum of Art’s Lucienne M. Glaubinger Curator of Works on Paper, will discuss the evolution of the watercolor movement in America using examples from the museum’s collection by artists such as John La Farge, Charles Burchfield, John Marin, Carolyn Brady, and Sam Gilliam. She will also explore the effects of technology, art education, professional societies, and the rise of modernism on the medium’s popularity and practice.
Ms. Brewer’s presentation will follow a brief business meeting that starts at 6 p.m. The meeting is at the First Christian Church, at the corner of Kirkwood and Washington. Please use the Washington Street entrance.
2018 Saturday paintouts
open April 7 in Bedford
BWS and the Lawrence County Art Association are teaming up for a Paint-out in Bedford Saturday, April 7. This will be an excellent opportunity for some Urban Sketching and plein air painting in our sister town, said Babette Ballinger, who has been arranging the event.
Members of both organizations are invited to meet at the Wiley Art Center, 1402 J St., in Bedford around 10 a.m. and paint at various locations around downtown Bedford until 1 p.m. In case of inclement weather, April 21 has been set as a rain date. Participants are encouraged to paint or draw in whatever medium they choose.
Mark your calendars for other Saturday BWS Paint-outs this year:
May 19: Brown County State Park, 10 a.m. to your choice with an option to gather at the Lodge for a 12:30 lunch
June 16-17: Garden Walk in partnership with the Bloomington Garden Cub
July TBD: Breakfast in People’s Park (July is hot, so painters will start early. Coffee and bagels provided.)
Aug. 17-18: West Baden Springs Paint Out, arranged by Indiana Heritage Arts
Sept. 8: 30th Annual Great Outdoor Art Contest at T.C. Steele Historic Site
Oct. TBD: 2018 Paint-out Finale at May Creek Farm
Member news
The Meadowood Retirement Community’s gallery will showcase “About Me: Carla Hedges Gallery Show” during the month of April. The show includes watercolors, mixed media, photos on canvas, yupo, and handmade quilts. The reception is April 6 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Carla suggests coming by Meadowood early so you can get downtown for the First Friday Art Walk and see Bess and Joe Lee’s Show, “SAVE THE ANIMALS/SAVE YOURSELF,” at the Blueline Gallery. It’s “the best of all worlds,” said Carla.
Barrel Roof Spring
by Robin Edmundson
Robin Edmundson is having an Open Studio Day Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. You are welcome to come to her Greene County studio to view her new work as well as walk the gardens, creeks, and woods for inspiration for your own work.
Lifelong Reader
by Jerry Harste
Jerry Harste‘s mixed watercolor media artwork has been selected to be shown in the Treasury Room of the Waldron Art Gallery from April 28 to May 21. The opening reception is May 4 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Spring is here
Are you ready to get outside to paint? Join Upland for some fun painting adventures now that the weather has turned. Here is where we are headed on Tuesdays this month. Contact us at Upland@bloomingtonwatercolor.org for details.
April 3: Urban sketch, hosted by Katya Alexeeva
April 10: TBA, hosted by Penny Lulich
April 17: Rebecca Sink-Burris property, hosted by Jacki Frey and Sande Nitti
April 24: McCormick’s Creek State Park, hosted by Jacki Frey
May 1: Bryant’s Creek Shelter in Morgan-Monroe State Forest, hosted by Betty Wagoner
Hidden Treasures of Indiana
at Wylie House Barn
The “Hidden Treasures of Indiana” exhibition opens Tuesday, April 3. Stop by the Wylie House Barn — the Bradley Education Center — at 307 E. Second St. to enjoy the plein air exhibition of 17 paintings in a variety of mediums.
The Bradley Education Center is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The show will hang from April 3 through May 9.
The artists reception will be Saturday, April 14, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Reception guests will vote for People’s Choice Award at the reception.
Beyond BWS
The Watercolor Society of Indiana has posted the prospectus and online entry form for its Juried Exhibit 2018: www.watercolorsocietyofindiana.org/juried-exhibit/. The postmark deadline for entries is May 9 with a May 11 deadline for submitting images. Selected paintings must be delivered to the WSI Office between June 11 and June 29. The show will be open from Aug. 3 to Sept. 29 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
IMO
Social media users recognize IMO as an abbreviation for “In My Opinion,” and each month we close by giving you the chance to share your opinion on a specific question. This month the question is:
What’s your favorite triad of paints to work with? Pick three paints that play well together and share how or why you like them so well.
Candi Bailey
French ultramarine for blue … I’ve used it a long time and am comfortable with what it will do. Probably the cadmium yellows if I had to choose. Red … cadmium or vermilion although I don’t use much red.
Lynne Gilliatt
I suppose I’d say yellow, white and orange are my most used colors. Tempera preferred for indoor scenes. More water for outside sites; and mixing them makes them even more opaque and mysterious.
Carol Rhodes
It all depends on what I want to accomplish. For landscapes, I like to use Ultramarine Blue PB29, New Gamboge, and Permanent Rose PV19 or Permanent Alizarin Crimson. Because each one of these has a red component and the red is a little bluish, the overall effect is bold, full and warm.
Jeanne Dutton
Permanent Rose, Ultramarine, and some sort of yellow — and it all depends upon the mood I am in or what flower I happen to be painting at the time. Honestly, most times I don’t even think about it. It’s a case of whatever’s within reach.
May question for IMO:
If you had unlimited funds to purchase any watercolor painting in the world, what painting would it be and why would you choose it? Please identify the name of the painting and the artist.
Send your 1- to 3-sentence response to Nancy Davis-Metz by April 21, and look for your opinion to be published in the May issue. Please use IMO as your email’s Subject Line.
