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2017-18 Program Summary
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Tuesday, Sept. 12th
Tuesday, Nov. 14th
​Tuesday, Jan. 9th
Tuesday, Mar. 13th
Tuesday, May 8th​
Color in Pastels & IAPS Convention Overview
Color in Pastels: Grayscale & Monochromatic
Color in Pastels: Analogous Color
Color in Pastels: Attributes of Color
Color in Pastels: Complementary Color
Guests and prospective members are welcome!
Meeting Location
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​Cultural Arts Center-Glen Allen
2880 Mountain Rd.
Glen Allen, VA  23060

Our program theme for 2017-18 will be "Color in Pastels", exploring a different color topic at each meeting.  We will use a varied approach to explore color theory as it relates to pastel painting, with brief demonstrations, book reviews, and break-out sessions to further explore the topic through discussion, practice, critiques, and other methods.

Basic supplies of precut 5x7 Canson paper and pastels will be provided for group exercises; feel free to supplement with your own supplies.  These links on color wheels and grayscale might help get you started:

           
gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/02/color-wheel-part-1.html
            gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2010/02/color-wheel-part-2.html
            www.pinterest.com/adam1czako/gray-scale-and-value-finder/?lp=true
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Tuesday, Sept. 12th
6:30PM
Cultural Arts Center-Glen Allen
​Studio A - 2nd Floor
Color in Pastels Kickoff; IAPS Convention Overview

Carol Cullinan will speak about this year's IAPS Convention, held in June 2017 in Albuquerque, with a slide show of the winning paintings in the IAPS exhibit, "Pastel World".  An added bonus is a drawing for a set of the new extra soft Art Spectrum Pastels.

And we'll be kicking off our program theme for the year, "Color in Pastels".   First up, Regina Tune speaks on an Intro to Color Vocabulary and Schemes.
Tuesday, Nov. 15th
6:30 PM
Cultural Arts Center-Glen Allen
​Studio D, 2nd Floor
Color in Pastels:  Grayscale & Monochromatic Palettes

Gray scale and monochromatic palettes, with a focus on value, will be discussed.  Member Susan Singer will demo a monochomatic or gray scale still life of a simple object, followed by hands-on exercises using pastels to explore value.  We'll also have a drawing for the second set of the new extra soft Art Spectrum Pastels.

These links on value might be helpful to check out before the meeting:

      www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/color18b.html
      munsell.com/color-blog/a-grammar-of-color-definition-hue-value-chroma/
      www.huevaluechroma.com
Tuesday, Jan. 9th
​6:30 PM
Cultural Arts Center-Glen Allen
​Studio D, 2nd Floor
Color in Pastels:  Analogous Color

Analogous color will be the focus, with member Maria Reardon demoing a still life using an analogous color scheme, followed by hands-on exercises using pastels to explore analogous color. We'll also have a drawing for a third set of the new extra soft Art Spectrum Pastels.
Tuesday, March 13th
​6:30 PM
Cultural Arts Center-Glen Allen
​Studio D, 2nd Floor
Color in Pastels:  Attributes of Color

Chroma and Color Temperature will be the focus.  Dan Michael will discuss how he uses value, hue, chroma and temperature when he paints both in the studio and en plein air. He plans to bring some finished works, as well as work in progress, to illustrate his discussion. This will be an opportunity to summarize the attributes we have discussed and see them in action!! Bring your questions!
Picture
Dan Michael
Tuesday, May 8th
6:30 PM
Cultural Arts Center-Glen Allen
​Studio B, Basement
Picture
Cate Kauffman
Color in Pastels:  Complementary Color

Complementary color schemes will be explored. Cate Kauffman discuss her approach to using complementary colors and demonstrate painting using a  complementary color scheme.
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