June 22, 2012
MISSOURI WATERCOLOR SOCIETY ONLINE NEWS
June 22, 2012 -- "Bullfrog breeding is at its peak. Mulberries are ripening. Cattail blooms are covered with pollen. American toad tadpoles metamorphose into toadlets and leave the water. Prickly pear cactus blooms. Canada goose molt is at its peak. Female coyotes wean pups."
Missouri Department of Conservation provides this week's quote from their Natural Events Calendar.
2:48 a.m. CST – June 20th was the first day of summer/solstice: longest day of the year.
Birthstone: Pearl
Flower: Rose
"When learning to paint, stick with transparent colors. Opaque and sedimentary colors have a tendency to become muddy. Transparent colors work best for glazing and will provide cleaner washes and more vibrant color. …Avoid mixing more than two or three colors at a time. Too many colors mixed together create mud."
-- Birgit O'Connor, from her book, Watercolor Essentials.
1. Congratulations to MOWS Signature member, Sy Ellens. Sy has been a member of MOWS since the early days. He has an exhibition of his work at the Richmond Center for Visual Arts at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo MI. until the 29th of June.
2. On Tuesday, June 19, I received "Official Notice" from Missouri's Secretary of State that our 2012 Nonprofit Corporate Registration Report was due. I filed the required information and I am happy to report it was ACCEPTED! MOWS is in "good standing" with the office of the Secretary of State until 2013.
3. The NEW online members' show is up and running. Check it out: www.mowsart.com
Here’s a tip from Laura: If you are using Internet Explorer, and the small thumbnail photos are not enlarging when you click on them, try this: at the top of the browser window, in the box where you type in the web site address, there is a little icon that looks like a piece of paper torn in half. Click on it (just once) and it should solve the problem. When you mouse over this icon, it says "Compatibility view: websites designed for older browsers will often look better, and problems such as out of place menus, images, or text will be corrected."
4. ATTENTION! The Missouri Watercolor Society's National Members' Invitational 2012 entry is due in the office on July 31, 2012. Entry fee: $25. Dates: August 24 to October 19. Where: Boone County Historical Society.
Juror: Marlin Rotach, NWS, MOWS-HR. Work accepted: Any watermedia on paper or paper products, YUPO, watercolor canvas, acrylic on canvas or board, collage made from 60 percent watermedia. For prospectus; download from www.mowsart.com
5. If you are going to show in the National Members' Invitational, you MUST first send in the entry form with the entry fee to George "Papa" Tutt, 1406 Kenwood Drive, Fulton, MO 65251-1317. We will once again give certificates for winning, ribbons, cash awards, merchandise awards, and the famous door prizes. And there will be great food and drink for all ages. So get a group together, share the gas, and follow the directions below to a fun day at BCHS.
6. Here are the directions to the Boone County Historical Society complex. BCHS, 3801 Ponderosa Street, Columbia, MO 65201. Information: Jenifer Flink, 573-443-8936; e-mail: boonecountymuseum@yahoo.com
From the east or St. Louis: I-70 to 63. Up the ramp, take a left turn. You'll be going south. Stay on 63. you are about 3 miles from Grindstone Parkway. Up the Grindstone ramp, take a right turn. Move to the left lane. You will see a sign on your right: Boone County Historical Society Welcome Center. You will hit a light. Ponderosa Street is on your left less than 100 feet after the light. Go down Ponderosa, BCHS on your right, about mile.
From the west or Kansas City: Stay on I-70 through Columbia to 63. Up the 63 ramp, turn right. You'll have a couple of lights. Stay on 63. you are about 3 miles from Grindstone Parkway. Up the Grindstone ramp, take a right turn. Move to the left lane. You will see a sign on your right: Boone County Historical Society Welcome Center. You will hit a light. Ponderosa Street is on your left less than 100 feet from the light. Go down Ponderosa, BCHS on your right, about a mile.
From the south or Jefferson City: Cross the Jeff City bridge on 54. About a mile take 63 to Columbia. As you get close look for Grindstone Parkway. Up the Grindstone ramp. Take a left at the top. Move to the left lane. You will see a sign on your right: Boone County Historical Society Welcome Center. You will hit a light. Ponderosa Street is on your left less than 100 feet from the light. Go down Ponderosa, BCHS on your right, about a mile.
From the north or Moberly/Macon: Stay on 63 through Columbia. You will actually go over I-70. Stay on 63. you are about 3 miles from Grindstone Parkway. Up the Grindstone ramp, take a right turn. Move to the left lane. You will see a sign on your right: Boone County Historical Society Welcome Center. You will hit a light. Ponderosa Street is on your left less than 100 feet from the light. Go down Ponderosa, BCHS on your right, about a mile.
7. Sidebar: I mentioned this before, but way back in time, I was a veteran in grad school at MU. During Finals' Week some of us would take time off from our cramming and head for a local bar and have a beer. So to pass the time between rounds in typical college and GI fashion, we would create silly PUNS much like this group from Jan Ross, Kennesaw, GA. I selected 15 from a long list. Jan even sent the appropriate title:
Punographics...
1. Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
2. How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it.
3. This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.
4. I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.
5. I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.
6. They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Type-O.
7. I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.
8. Broken pencils are pointless.
9. I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.
10. What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.
11. England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.
12. I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.
13. I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.
14. Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.
15. The earthquake in Washington obviously was the government's fault.
Have a great week!
May God always keep you on His palette.
Papa
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