Linda Dumas is the winner of our March Creative Challenge – Geometrics, The Shape of Things. Well done!
April’s Creative Challenge will be: Floral Splendor.
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March General Meeting
The Prez Sez
Our new year is flashing past too quickly. The Spring Show is just around the corner on April 23rd at the Kingwood Christian Church. I hope everyone is putting the finishing touches on your latest masterpieces! In order the help our Show Committee, please remember that all art work has to have a wire and be framed securely, and that you must have paid your dues before show entry. If you would like to help with set up or take down, please get in touch with Becky or Amy – they would appreciate any help you can give. There is a lot of hard work that goes into putting on the shows, so our membership needs to recognize the need to step up and help out when it’s possible. I will be doing the Demo for March, and need to remind you all to bring an electric or battery operated pencil sharpener. I will be demoing Colored Pencil Techniques and there will be audience participation. Come prepared to learn by doing this month!
General Meeting –
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Homewood Suites
23320 Highway 59N
Kingwood, TX 77339
Social hour 6:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Meeting starts 7:00 p.m.
Creative Challenge – Meditations in Red
Congratulations to Jenny Grigg as our Creative Challenge winner for February!
The Creative Challenge theme for March is: Geometrics – The Shape of Things.
We want to give our members a say in determining our Creative Challenge theme. So we will be asking for ideas to be submitted at the next meeting, with the final choice being made by a random draw. We are looking forward to hearing your ideas!
February Demo – Hands-on Fiber Art
Thanks to Gika Rector for a terrific hands-on demo of fiber arts! Everyone had fun, learned a lot and got to bring home a personal piece of fiber art!
Our Demo for March: Debra Jones, Colored Pencils for Portraits
Debra studied fine art painting at the Baton Rouge Academy of Fine Arts. Shortly after school, she moved to Washington state where she painted and taught for 23 years. She taught art at the elementary and middle school levels for 10 years and opened her own art school where she taught privately for another 15 years before retiring and returning to Texas. Debra paints in most mediums, both wet and dry. When asked what her favorite is her answer is, “Whatever I’m working in at the time!” These days she mostly focuses on painting in Watercolor, Pastels and Colored Pencil. She is a firm believer that when it comes to art, we learn by doing and is open to any new experience in painting. She invites you to adopt her own personal motto – Don’t Be Afraid To Be Bold!!
The Demo will demonstrate the use of colored pencils for painting portraits. Several different techniques will be taught including Vertical Line, Scumbling and Burnishing. Emphasis will be on how to achieve smooth skin tones. Colored pencil basics, layering and correction will also be covered. Please bring an electric or battery operated pencil sharpener and an extension cord and any colored pencils you have (she will provide pencils for those who don’t have pencils).
LHAA Spring Art Show Information
Our spring show and competition will be held on April 23, 2016 at Kingwood Christian Church, 3910 West Lake Houston Parkway, Kingwood. The deadline for registration is Monday, April 18. All entries must pre-register through the LSAG website. Payment is made the day of the show during artwork check in. If you are a new member and have not gotten an activation link to enter the show please contact Amy (Amy Conroy).
Please consider participating in our mini-masterpiece exhibit and sale by entering a 6 x 6 x 1.5 or 12 x 12 x 1.5 in any medium. Bring these to the show during artwork check in. (This exhibit is separate from the show). If you would like to purchase a 12 x 12 canvas please contact Becky (Rebecca Hall).
Please forward the LHAA poster to family and friends and/or share it on your Facebook page. For more information about the show please refer to our Shows & Compeitions page. If you still have questions contact Amy or Becky.
Spring Show & Competition – April 2016
Our Spring Show & Competition is coming up in April
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Kingwood Christian Church
3910 West Lake Houston Parkway, Kingwood, TX 77339
Schedule of Events:
Friday, April 22, 2016
Panel Pick up from storage: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Panel set up at KCC: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Artwork Check-in: 9 am-10:30 am
Judging: 11:00pm – 12:30 pm (Judge and support team only)
Public Viewing and Reception: 12:30 pm – 4 pm
Judge Intro, Best of Show Award, Judge Critique and Walk Through: 2 pm
Artwork Pick up/Show Take Down: 4 pm
Deadline for Show Entries:
Monday, April 18, 2016
Late Entries accepted through Wednesday, April 20, 2016
All Artists MUST pre-register through the LSAG website, no walk-ins accepted.
Entry fees are due at the Artwork Check In. Cash or check is acceptable.
Entry Fees (per entry):
LHAA Members: $8.00
LSAG Members: $10.00
School Students: $2.00
Late Entries: $10.00
No refunds for entries entered but not received.
Meet our Judge!
Laurie Humble is the author of the best-selling North Light book, Watercolor Depth and Realism. Her works have appeared in more than Fifty National and International Exhibitions garnering numerous awards. She holds signature memberships in nine art and watercolor societies and a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Texas State University.
Her work was the subject of a feature article, in American Artist Magazine, and has appeared in Southwest Art, and International Artist. Laurie’s work appeared on the cover of the October 2008 issue of Watercolor Artist, accompanied by a feature article. Her work is included in the book, Splash 10, a North Light publication, as well as the F & W media 2009 calendar.
Her works in both watercolor and oil, are included in private and permanent collections across the country.
Registration
If you would like to compete, here are the instructions for the Registration.
NOTE: You MUST register to compete. No Walk-ins will be accepted.
Show Rules
Show Rules – Read this to acquaint yourself with the rules.
Picking a Division & Category
Divisions & Categories – Read this to determine your Division and Categories.
Promotion
If you would like to print out high resolution poster for the show, you can download a copy here.
Permission to use Images
Please Note: Submission of an entry and/or entries to LHAA’s art show grants show administrators the right to use images of those entries for purposes of publicizing the LHAA Art Show. If you do not wish to have your images used please notify a show administrator.
February General Meeting
The Prez Sez
Our new year is already flying by. The next General Meeting will be on February 16th. I hope to see you all there. We have some exciting artist demos lined up again this year, so take advantage of your membership and join us on Tuesday the 16th. This month’s artist is audience participation, so come and create!! The General Meeting is a good time to bring a friend who might also be interested in an artistic outlet such as our society. Feel free to bring a guest to any meeting. The time is flying by so I’m hoping you are all putting the finishing touches on your latest masterpieces for our Spring Show, which is around the corner.
Our Demo for February: Gika Rector, Hands-On Fiber Art
A fiber artist for more than 20 years, Gika Rector combines creativity, an education in psychology, and her role as a personal coach to facilitate transformation in individuals and organizations. Once described as “the quietest storm that ever blew through town”, Gika is passionate about inviting people to come out and play – to be who they were meant to be and do what they were meant to do.
Creative Challenge
Congratulations to our “Frozen” Creative Challenge winner for January, Wendy Moreland, for “Black Wolf”!
The Creative Challenge for February is “Meditations in Red“.
Watch This Space!
More information coming your way soon about our Spring Art Show and Competition!
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Kingwood Christian Church
January General Meeting
The Prez Sez
Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday season. The beginning of a new year is always a time for looking at our priorities. As artists, one of those is creating our next masterpiece. So for this new year look at trying something new – a new medium or a new technique with an old favorite. So many mediums – so little time!! You could find a new favorite. The Scholarship Dinner was wonderful. The young artist we awarded was excited and we were impressed with his talent. Thanks again to all the Board members who worked so hard to make it such a successful and enjoyable evening.
December Scholarship Dinner
Congratulations to Hunter Story, our scholarship recipient for 2015, and best wishes for his future art career! Many thanks to Krissy Richardson for all the wonderful photos she took for us at the Scholarship Dinner!
Our January Meeting
Tuesday, January 19
Homewood Suites
23320 Highway 59 N
Kingwood, TX 77339
Social hour 6:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Meeting starts 7:00 p.m.
Remember: The Creative Challenge theme for this month is “Frozen”!
January Demo Artist – Daniel Elliott, Improvisational Oils
Elliott studied Painting and Illustration at the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts. After college, he worked in retail management before returning to a career in art. He now combines his artistic training and business experience as the new manager of Jerry’s Artarama.
Elliott unique style features an imaginative use of texture and color that makes his concepts exceptionally lifelike. His paintings have been displayed in numerous galleries for solo and group exhibitions and are collected nationally and internationally, including corporate installations and commissioned work. He currently teaches acrylic fundamentals and mixed media painting in group and private lessons, workshops and at Jerry’s Artarama in Houston.
Library Art Changeout
Our next Kingwood Public Library art changeout will be:
Monday, January 25 at 10:30 a.m.
Anyone who has art currently hanging should come prepared to take your work home.
Any members who have work that you would like to hang on the library wall should bring it in!
Your work should be ready to hang, and you should be prepared to create a label for it with such information as the title of the work, framed dimensions, your name and contact information, and price.
If you have helped us as a volunteer this season you are eligible to bring samples of your work to be displayed at the library for viewing by (and sale to) the public. Helping to take down the previous art pieces and to hang the new ones counts as volunteering! Volunteers – the library will be closed at that time, so be sure to use the back door.
Don’t Forget!
Our Spring Art Show will be on April 23 at Kingwood Christian Church. Details to follow.
Lake Houston Area Artists 