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.

 

RSVP Christmas Dinner

Our Christmas Dinner and Scholarship award will here soon! We will be dining at Chimichurris South American Grill in King’s Harbor, Kingwood.

We hope you will attend!

Date: December 8th
Time: 3pm
Cost: $25 per person. Non-alcoholic drinks, taxes and gratuity included.

Reservations are still being received by our Treasurer if you would like to attend.

Please send your payment to the LHAA P.O. Box by November 30th.

LHAA Treasurer
P.O. Box 6681
Kingwood, TX 77325

Christmas Dinner and Scholarship Award

It’s that time of year to award a scholarship to a deserving student from Lone Star College! 

We will be announcing our Scholarship winner at our annual Christmas Dinner at Chimichurris South American Grill in King’s Harbor, Kingwood.

We hope you will attend!

Date: December 8th
Time: 3pm
Cost: $25 per person. Non-alcoholic drinks, taxes and gratuity included.

Reservations will be taken at the General Meeting on November 17th. Please have your menu choices and your payment ready, with checks payable to LHAA.

If you cannot attend the General Meeting, please send your payment and menu choice to the LHAA P.O. Box no later than November 25th.

LHAA Treasurer
P.O. Box 6681
Kingwood, TX 77325

Menu for Christmas Dinner

Pick a starter:

Mixed green Salad
Choice of Soup: Sopa De Caraota, Sancocho De Pollo, Cebiche Sopado

Followed by a choice of:

Entranas Des Res: Traiditional Argentinean seak basted with our signature Chimichurri and served with a green peppercorn sauce
Medallion de Cerdo: Pan seared pork loin medallion topped with a pineapple sherry randy sauce and pico de mango
Pollo Cotija: Parmesan crusted chicken breats with chipotle cream sauce
Salmon a la Miso: Pan Seared Salmon served with a miso sauce

And a selection of desert:

Arroz Asturiano
A scoop of seasonal Fruit Sorbets
Espresso
Cappucino

November General Meeting

The Prez Sez

Our Fall Show was fabulous, as usual.  A big THANK YOU goes out to Amy Conroy and Becky Hall and all the member volunteers who made it happen.  I hope you are all thinking about (and painting) the small canvases that have been such a success.  And it’s not too early to be planning and painting your next masterpiece for the Spring Show. Check out our website for any information you need on upcoming shows and other activities and events happening for the group.

Don’t forget the Newsletter has also been incorporated into the website.  So if you have a question about the next meeting date, need show info, want to see pictures of the winners of the Monthly Challenge or any other questions about our group, please check the website.  If you will click on the Follow button, you’ll receive an email letting you know that new things have been added.  The website is now a great tool to help all the members keep up to date with what’s happening.  Be sure you check it out – LakeHoustonAreaArtists.com

Our November Meeting

Tuesday, November 17
Homewood Suites
23320 Highway 59 N
Kingwood, TX  77339
Social hour 6:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Meeting starts 7:00 p.m.

Demo for November – Mark Stewart, in Watercolor

Drawing has been a central part of Mark Stewart’s life from a very early age. In high school his natural gift led him to a drafting class and from there to Architecture while at Texas A&M University. It was there in the mid 70’s that Mark began to paint, experimenting with watercolor technique and closely studying the work of Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth and Edward Hopper. He graduated from A&M in 1975 with a master’s degree in Architecture and a serious commitment to his artistic avocation of watercolor painting.

A Message About the Fall Art Show

Thank you, everyone who braved the dire weather predictions and the rain and came out to the Fall Show!  The quality of the art work was incredible!  And we think a good time was had by all!  Congratulations to our best of show winner, Gridtiya Chotiwan, and all of our other ribbon winners!

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Best of Show:  “Eastern Promise”

We would especially like to thank the people who took on a leadership position in making the show fun and successful:

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Lela Neff – expert punch maker and hospitality
Vicki Zahand – 6 X 6 Booth
Linda Dumas – Mini-Boutique
Carol Showalter – Silent Auction
Peggy Steup – Signage

I would also like to thank Dave Berthold for helping to move the panels both for set-up and take-down!  We could not have done it without you!

Our Spring Show is April 23rd!  We can’t wait to see your new masterpieces!

Amy Conroy and Becky Hall
LHAA Show Co-Chairs

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And, of course, we are grateful for the judging expertise of Mr. Al Schexnayder!

Creative Challenge

Our Creative Challenge winner for October, with the theme of “Purple, Orange, Black”, is Krissy Richardson’s “Sunflower”  Congratulations, Krissy!

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November’s Creative Challenge Topic:  “Falling”

October Pastel Demo

Our thanks go out to Linda Dellandre for a fabulous Pastel Demo last month! Everyone enjoyed it immensely!

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Save the Date

Don’t forget that next month is our LHAA Christmas Dinner –
December 8, 2015
Chimichurri’s, 3:00 p.m.
More details coming . . . 

Art Tip of the Month

Scaling up or down – Place photo to be scaled up in lower left corner of paper.  Place ruler diagonally across photo onto paper and place new corner point along ruler at desired size.  Then draw horizontal and vertical lines to point of new corner.  Grid photo and paper and draw an enlarged proportional image onto paper.

See you all on the 17th! 

Fall Show & Competition

Reminder about our Fall Show & Competition!

Saturday, October 24, 2015
Kingwood Christian Church
3910 West Lake Houston Parkway
Kingwood, TX 77339

Schedule of Events:

Friday, October 23, 2015

Panel Pick up from storage:  5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Panel set up at KCC:  6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Saturday, October 23, 2015

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, October 19, 2015
Late Entries accepted through Wednesday, October 21, 2015
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.

Meet our Judge!

An award winning artist, A.J. Schexnayder is well known for his work in watercolor, however he also produces etchings and works with pen and ink, pencil, egg tempera and acrylic.  He portrays realistic images while expressing creative beauty in shapes, textures, and color in his paintings.  He studied at the John McCrady Art School and the New Orleans Academy of Art.

Mr. Schexnayder has exhibited in both state and national exhibitions including the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Watercolor U.S.A., Texas Watercolor Society, Watercolor  Art Society Houston, the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic.  His work has been selected on several occasions for circuit tours throughout the U.S.

A.J. Schexnayder, a native of the south and southwest, has been teaching watercolor classes and workshops for the past 30 years.  In addition he conducts demonstrations, lectures and juries exhibitions.  Featured articles about the artist have been published in Southwest Art and Art Happenings as well as local publications.

He is a Signature Member of the American Watercolor Society and the National Watercolor Society.  He is past president of the Watercolor Art Society of Houston.

Visit his website at: http://ajschexnayder.com/

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.

Visit our Shows and Competitions page for more information.