October 2014 Newsletter
In This Issue
The News
Go Phil!
October Paint-Out
HolidayParty
October Program
President's Letter
Meeting Minutes
Odds 'n Ends
Member News
Birthdays
Dates to Remember
October 15, 10am to
2pm monthly PaintOut
October 17, Board
Meeting, 9:30am,
Raley's Placerville
October 19, General
Meeting, 1:30pm
Placerville Senior
Center
Officers
President
Kaaren Poole
Vice-President
Cathy Keil
Secretary
Elizabeth Ward-Pabst
Treasurer
Go, Phil!
Congratulations to Phil Lachapelle
whose painting, "D'Agostini Farm,"
graces the cover of the current
issue of "Around Here" magazine.
There's also a very nice article
about Phil and his artwork.
We have enjoyed his art in our PAA
shows, as well as his expertise with
the audio/visual equipment at our
meetings! We're proud of you, Phil!
October Paint-Out
Save the date! The October paint-out will be the third
Wednesday of the month, October 15, from 10am to 2pm.
Vesla hasn't set the place yet because she's scouting out fall
colors. She will send out an e-mail with the details when
she's firmed them up. If you haven't been getting her e-mails
on the paint-outs, contact her to be put on her list! You can
reach her at [email protected].
Also, she's always looking for suggestions for places to have
the paint-outs. They must be free, have good parking, and
access to restrooms. If you have any suggestions, please let
her know.
PAA/SPS Holiday Party - Reserve the Date!
The Placerville Art Association and the Sierra Pastel Society
are joining together for this year's Holiday Party, so mark
your calendars for December 7. We are happy to announce,
The Ponderosa High School Chorus will be performing.
The Brunch Buffet will be held: Sunday, December 7,
2014,Time: 10:30AM to 1:00PM, at the Cameron Park
Country Club - 3201 Royal Dr, Cameron Park, CA.
Marlyn Jassowski
Bookkeeper
Judith Perry
Publicity
Sylvia Coleman
Newsletter
Kaaren Poole
Membership
Joan Kramer
Programs
Shirley Isola
Member Show
Julia Swain
Mother Lode Show
Lucia Rothgeb
Donations are being accepted now for door prize giveaways.
If you have an ART piece you would like to donate, please
contact Debra Appleby at email: [email protected].
Please use the linked form to make your reservation. After
linking to it by pressing here, print it, fill it out, and send it in
per the instructions on the form. Be sure to make your
reservation by November 22!
We look forward to seeing you there.
October Program
Our very own Gloria Vernon will give the program for our
October meeting. She'll discuss her techniques for achieving
such wonderful detail and color in her pastels.
President's Letter
It's been "back to my roots time" lately and I've been doing
some drawing. I had forgotten how good it feels to have that
pencil in my hand. Whenever I go back to pencil I am
reminded how magical this simplest of all media (in my mind,
anyway) can be.
There's nothing complicated about it - just the pencil and the
piece of paper. And I don't use anything fancy in the way of
pencils. In fact, my favorite is a simple .5mm mechanical
pencil with either HB or 2B lead. (I don't like sharpening
pencils!) Sometimes, just at the end of the drawing, I'll get
out my softer mechanical pencils - the ones with the 3B or
4B lead - for the very darkest of the darks, but 95% of the
drawing is with the HB and 2B.
What I especially like about the medium is how responsive it
is - the harder you press, the darker the line. And with the
lightest pressure you get almost nothing! Even the side of
the mechanical lead
that you use makes a difference. The edge of the lead that's
farthest from you produces the sharper edge on the line you
draw. The nearer edge produced a slightly feathered look.
This is very subtle, but it was cool when I discovered it.
Sometimes - rarely, but sometimes - I've felt that I could
even see color in those "tones of gray" drawings. Enough
rhapsodizing about drawing - back to those pencils!
And happy painting, drawing, sculpting, or whatever to all of
you...
Kaaren Poole
August Meeting Minutes
September Meeting Minutes
Kaaren Poole called the meeting to order at 1:30 pm
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Pledge of Allegiance
Welcome all, including
o New Members
o Guests introduced
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Announcements / Committee Reports
o Showcase Your Art at Cameron Park Library
 Meet Oct. 1st at 10A, & we'll be done
by 10:30, Cameron Park Library, 2500
Country Club Dr., next to the
Community Center
 PAA members invited to show items
no more than 24" high within the
library showcase: small framed
artwork no larger than 16x20 - (can
only take two at this size), small to
medium sculptural pieces, jewelry,
felted animals/birds, gourds and more.
You are welcome to show your
business card by your work as well as
a card stating title and medium. The
display case is locked providing
security for your art.
 Please give Cathy Keil (672-4222) or
Lucia Rothgeb (676-3959) a call if you
want to join us in sharing PAA with the
community.
o KVIE Art Auction
 Several members were judged &
accepted for the annual KVIE auction pieces by Patty Sisneros, Kaaren
Poole, Cathy Keil and Gloria
Vernon(apologies to anyone I missed!)
were bought above their "retail" price
during the televised auction. Very
Exciting !
o Art Shows Next: PAA Member Show December 8 - 12
 Julia Swain has recruited a judge, get
your pieces ready !
 Planning of having a critique session
for November meeting.
 Show will be at El Dorado County
Offices Atrium
o Holiday Brunch - Dec 7, Cameron Park
Country Club
 Thankfully, Co-chairs have
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volunteered to organize our Holiday
Party: Debra Appleby & Nancy
Bedeger
 Sierra Pastel Society will join the
festivities again this year
o Paint Out - Vesla Greenwood
 Sept 17 at Greenwood Creek was
smoky (from the King Fire several
miles upstream) until noon. However,
four members arrived and had a fine
time painting next to the American
River.
 Next: October 15 - Fall Color Paint
Out, Location TBA - Vesla is
searching for the best color for that
day and will inform interested
members
 If you would like to receive an e-mail
about the monthly paint-out events,
contact Vesla Greenwood at
[email protected] ....
o Support the Studio Tour - Many members are
showing, this weekend & continues next: 9/
27 & 28.
 Many members involved in tour, so
today's mtg attendance small
o PAA 50th Anniversary year is 2015 & May 16
Anniversary Party - MANY Opportunities to
Participate in Many activities !!!
 To be discussed in further detail next
meeting
 We need "The Party Person" to be in
charge of all the fun
 Party will be at the Shakespeare Club
w/ catered lunch & keeping ticket
tovery reasonable price, tba....
o Workshops:
 Kaaren Poole is offering to teach
needle felting a toy reindeer  Signup sheet for Oct 8, during
refreshments
 Other workshops will be discussed in
October newsletter
Art Demonstration - Charles Waldman, Oil
Landscapes.
o Members present were greatly impressed by
Chuck's talent and excellent ability to explain
his articstic process, all the way from
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preparing and planning his painting's scene,
to sectioning the "canvas"* into a foursquare,
before sketching with paint; building the
"Shapes of Color/Planes of Light" ..which he
learned from reading a 1920's art book by
Hawthorne.
Used to do "compulsive rendering but it
looked dead...now I draw just enough to get
something going, and then I push the lines all
around."
Used one 1" "bright" brush for most of this,
eventually he had a brush for light colors and
darker...
"Get the big things in, then modify with details
endlessly...or walk away"
Before Charles ran out of time, showed how
he puts in small "blobs of color" and makes
fine details appear upon the customers sitting
under the awning of the French Café scene
he painted today. - they and the tables they
sit at are painted in light shades "over and
into the dark shadows" under the awning -"My
city paintings are about the PEOPLE and The
LIFE in the city."
Charles loves being and painting outdoors
except when it's windy, 90% of his work is
outdoors. Only paints indoors the final parts of
the painting, after it has "jelled" from being 'at
the source.'
"Go to the source - all the answers are there,
right in front of you, and that's the point."
A photograph won't usually show you the
subtle shading in the shadows " & " I only use
my camera to remind me of where & the
season for a subject."
He agrees with Sargent that it's important to
'learn to find the middle tone" - from there just
dab the one dark and the one highlight." - and
he starts with paimting in the darks, mixing
color as he goes along.
Also he uses his homemade viewfinder of a
2/3 rectangle and a square; which are the
ratio of his two favorite formats
Charles paints on "multimedia art board" OR
makes his own using watercolor paper - then
he rubs shellac on the board to make it
accept the oil paint better.
Uses water soluble oil paints - currently
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Holbein brand is his favorite - but believes
everything he does can be done with acrylics
Warns all of us to be extremely sensitive to
safe use of these various toxic materials, esp.
as he was a Physican for a full career, too!
He keeps ALL his gear as lightweight as
possible. Uses special boxes with dividers that carry
several wet boards home without rubbing
against each other - as he likes to stay out
painting for a few days at a time.
"Once you're there, take your time!" - "
Sometimes I don't even paint out there...it
doesn't happen right away..."
He stays 5x7 to 8/10 size as much as
possible, only sometimes goes to 16 x 20. A
5x7 takes 3-4 hours...other sizes more time,
of course...
" it's 'Spots of color' you arrange the way you
like - follow your instincts and get the
interesting shapes, because you picked the
subject for that."
"Seeing how you see - it's all a relationship of
what you see - keep learning! - everytime you
go out, you're learning - and, remember - it's
just a painting, after all; develop the ability to
absorb failure and move on...accept it... and
ENJOY it !"
Mr. Waldman warmly invited all PAA
members up to see his exhibition Oct.13 in
Sonora, and also to come paint with him on
Oct. 12th, a plein aire day he's hosting in
Dorington.
Odds and Ends
Inside the Creative Mind - Artists Forum
will be held October 9, from 5 to 8pm at the Folsom
Community Center. The event will feature world famous
artists Gregory Kondos, David Foster, and Nina Caron
Palladino. Scott Shields, Crocker Museum Curator and
Assistant Director, will serve as moderator. Wine and hors
d'oeurves will be served. Proceeds from the event benefit
needy children and seniors in El Dorado county.
Member News
Jean Stiles
Jean Stiles, paintings in oil and watercolor, will be one of the
featured artists along with Dory Schachner, pencil drawings
and computer graphics, and Ken Jones, woodworking, at the
Third Saturday Art Walk at the Gold Country Artists Gallery.
The date is October 20, 5 to 9pm. There will be music and
food.
Jean Stiles has been a painter all her life. She came to
Placerville from the Bay Area 14 years ago. Now working in
various media, she enjoys plein air painting in the
surrounding hills and countryside of the Sierra foothills in a
style that combine realism and impressionism.
Lucia Rothgeb
extends her thanks to Debra
Appleby, Patty Sisneros, Elaine
Wallin, Kaaren Poole, and Cathy
Keil who joined her in showcasing
some of the work from PAA artists
in the Cameron Park Library lobby
display case for the month of
October.
Pat Aragon
is very excited that her artwork is featured on the poster for
the Cowboy Gathering in Georgetown. The Western
Celebration is October 18 and 19. More of Pat's work will be
shown in the Visions of the West art show in Georgetown
October 3 through 30.
October Birthdays
Happy Birthday!
7 Louise Chaplin
8 Sherrie Toti Johnson
11 Beverly Austin
11 Roma Turoff
12 Varya McMillan
14 Peggy Petrali
15 Kathryn Hall
22 Anna Belle Almy
22 Patty Sisneros
27 Donna McPherson
28 Criss Raintree
28 Elena Tucker
30 Dianna Jones
31 Tim Daviess
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