January 27, 2012
MISSOURI WATERCOLOR SOCIETY ONLINE NEWS
http://www.mowsart.com
January 27, 2012 -- "Peak numbers of bald eagles gather this month near open water. Bobcats breed through June.
Squirrels bear spring litters through March. Snowy owls are seen in northern Missouri when food is scarce in the Arctic. Watch for chickadees feeding on insects in bark crevices. New Moon: the moon is between the Earth and the sun; the side away from us is lit by the sun."
Missouri Department of Conservation supplies this bit for the News.
3:17 a.m. CST - Chinese New Year was January 23.
Birthstone: Garnet
Flower: Carnation
"One other reliable device for seeing a painting in a fresh way is simply to look at it in a mirror. With everything reversed, it will look like a different painting. You may then notice factors, especially in structure, that weren't apparent to you previously. You had been so close to it that you overlooked them. Now they protrude."
-- Lawrence C. Goldsmith, from his book, Watercolor Bold & Free.
1. Congratulations to MOWS member, Sue St. John. Sue has a new book coming out soon titled “Journeys to Abstraction: 100 Paintings and Their Secrets Revealed”, published by North Light Books. Look for it at your local bookstore or on Amazon.com in late May.
2. Watercolor Missouri National entries are closed with one of our strongest field of entries.
Our schedule will be a little tight this year. The National Churchill Museum has a very important Smithsonian exhibition titled, “How We Work”, in the gallery until March 11. Last year, a few members were upset when they had to pick up their paintings early because of another Smithsonian exhibit which arrived early in huge crates. These other exhibits are the reason so many visitors make the National Churchill Museum a very busy place. Each exhibit is given just so many up days and so many down/out days. The includes Watercolor Missouri National. As artists, showing in this gallery, we must remember that the rules are different, this is the NATIONAL CHURCHILL MUSEUM, not a place to show like the local bank.
Fantastic! Seventy-five percent of the total number of entries came from the members of the Missouri Watercolor Society. You are making it happen!
3. Next up: the Spring Members’ Online Show. This is your chance to have your paintings seen on our website by a worldwide audience. No judging here, no worrying whether you’ll get in – if you are a MOWS member, you are welcome to show as many paintings as you like. This is the exhibition that makes up the slide show on our home page, and can also be found in our gallery section. Just send .jpg files to Laura King at laura@laurakingstudio.com. The fee is $7 per digital image, paid to Laura and mailed to 1513 Thoroughbred Circle, Columbia, MO 65202. Laura will also accept slides and photos, at $10 each. Digital images should be sized at roughly 4” x 6” (horizontal) or 6” x 4” (vertical). If that exact size doesn’t work for your painting, the rule is that the smallest dimension should be 4”; the largest can be longer than 6”. This show was originally slated to be posted on the MOWS site February, but due to the entry period for the National coming at the same time, we have backed it up a month. The deadline for entries is February 26, and the show will be posted March 1st.
5. Attention: I will be changing my email address soon because I have an over abundance of Chico's, Coldwater Creek, every store announcing a BIG sale, AND some interesting gals from Russia wanting to send my some pics that would mean the loss of my sorry head if Mom caught me with them. I'll post my new address in the News as soon as the National is settled.
6. If I seem a little slow lately in my response to your emails, it's because --for the second time!-- I fell on the ice and injured my ribs. The pain is a little like a hot poker stuck in your side. It is another reason "going south" makes a great deal of sense.
Have a great week!
May God always keep you on His palette.
Papa
http://www.mowsart.com
January 27, 2012 -- "Peak numbers of bald eagles gather this month near open water. Bobcats breed through June.
Squirrels bear spring litters through March. Snowy owls are seen in northern Missouri when food is scarce in the Arctic. Watch for chickadees feeding on insects in bark crevices. New Moon: the moon is between the Earth and the sun; the side away from us is lit by the sun."
Missouri Department of Conservation supplies this bit for the News.
3:17 a.m. CST - Chinese New Year was January 23.
Birthstone: Garnet
Flower: Carnation
"One other reliable device for seeing a painting in a fresh way is simply to look at it in a mirror. With everything reversed, it will look like a different painting. You may then notice factors, especially in structure, that weren't apparent to you previously. You had been so close to it that you overlooked them. Now they protrude."
-- Lawrence C. Goldsmith, from his book, Watercolor Bold & Free.
1. Congratulations to MOWS member, Sue St. John. Sue has a new book coming out soon titled “Journeys to Abstraction: 100 Paintings and Their Secrets Revealed”, published by North Light Books. Look for it at your local bookstore or on Amazon.com in late May.
2. Watercolor Missouri National entries are closed with one of our strongest field of entries.
Our schedule will be a little tight this year. The National Churchill Museum has a very important Smithsonian exhibition titled, “How We Work”, in the gallery until March 11. Last year, a few members were upset when they had to pick up their paintings early because of another Smithsonian exhibit which arrived early in huge crates. These other exhibits are the reason so many visitors make the National Churchill Museum a very busy place. Each exhibit is given just so many up days and so many down/out days. The includes Watercolor Missouri National. As artists, showing in this gallery, we must remember that the rules are different, this is the NATIONAL CHURCHILL MUSEUM, not a place to show like the local bank.
Fantastic! Seventy-five percent of the total number of entries came from the members of the Missouri Watercolor Society. You are making it happen!
3. Next up: the Spring Members’ Online Show. This is your chance to have your paintings seen on our website by a worldwide audience. No judging here, no worrying whether you’ll get in – if you are a MOWS member, you are welcome to show as many paintings as you like. This is the exhibition that makes up the slide show on our home page, and can also be found in our gallery section. Just send .jpg files to Laura King at laura@laurakingstudio.com. The fee is $7 per digital image, paid to Laura and mailed to 1513 Thoroughbred Circle, Columbia, MO 65202. Laura will also accept slides and photos, at $10 each. Digital images should be sized at roughly 4” x 6” (horizontal) or 6” x 4” (vertical). If that exact size doesn’t work for your painting, the rule is that the smallest dimension should be 4”; the largest can be longer than 6”. This show was originally slated to be posted on the MOWS site February, but due to the entry period for the National coming at the same time, we have backed it up a month. The deadline for entries is February 26, and the show will be posted March 1st.
5. Attention: I will be changing my email address soon because I have an over abundance of Chico's, Coldwater Creek, every store announcing a BIG sale, AND some interesting gals from Russia wanting to send my some pics that would mean the loss of my sorry head if Mom caught me with them. I'll post my new address in the News as soon as the National is settled.
6. If I seem a little slow lately in my response to your emails, it's because --for the second time!-- I fell on the ice and injured my ribs. The pain is a little like a hot poker stuck in your side. It is another reason "going south" makes a great deal of sense.
Have a great week!
May God always keep you on His palette.
Papa
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