Galerie Copper Weekly
Gazette www.townhallarts.com
July 2014
Alvin Joe of Foster City is our featured Artist of the Month for July. Alvin, a very accomplished and
nationally published watercolorist, has taught several art classes at Town Hall Arts. Read more about
Alvin under “Galerie Artists 2014” at www.townhallarts.com.
Galerie Copper artists include Dorothy Babinsky, Kim Barrington, Diana Boyd, Judie Cain, Patricia
Cherry, Barbara Conley, Kitty Davids, Geneva Davis, Marlene Dotur, George Allen Durkee, Patty Ehlers,
Diana Eppler, Sarah Evans, Libby Fife, Margo Flanagan, Brent Frazer, Debbie Gurich, Gemma Gylling,
Renetta Hayes, Susie Hoffman, Frank Hynes, Marie Jobes, Alvin Joe, James Kelly, Randy Klassen, Ann
Nancy Macomber, Carolyn Macpherson, Pamela Mejia, Ken McBride, Ruth Morrow, Pat Rohovit, Mary
Jean St. Claire, Selma Sattin, Sunny Sorensen, Dianne Stearns, Ellie Stone, Irene Taylor, Rey Varela, Eva
Walker, Staci Williams, Janet Wilmeth, and Terri Wilson.
Town Hall Arts
under the clock, 145 Stone St., Copperopolis Town Square
Mondays, Wednesdays through Saturday: 10 am to 5 pm
CLOSED Sundays and Tuesdays
Congratulations to Ann Nancy Macomber,
Top Selling Artist At Galerie Copper Last week
Congratulations to Art, Jazz, and Wine on the Square
Art Competition Winners!
Pictured are first place winner Judie Cain (left) and
winners Randy Klassen and Carol Earle (right).
1. “D-D”, oil painting by Judie Cain, Murphys ($100 gift
certificate)
2. “Summer Storm”, watercolor by Alvin Joe, Foster City
($50 gift certificate)
3. “A Cold Beer is Good on a Hot Day”, watercolor, Randy
Klassen, San Andreas ($50 gift certificate)
4. “Copper Rose” oil, Carol Earle, Oakdale ($25)
5. “View from the Fountain”, Carolyn Macpherson,
Oregon ($25)
6. “Udder Contentment in Sunny Copperopolis”,
watercolor, Randy Klassen ($10)
7. “Life in a Fish Bowl”, graphite, Patty Ehlers,
Copperopolis ($10)
Children’s Division ($50 & $25):
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“Summer Colors”, watercolor by Alyssa Gonzalez,
age 9, Brentwood
2. “Copper Beauty”, watercolor by Ariana Gonzalez,
age 14, Brentwood
A big thanks to Ruth and Arvid Morrow for coming down from Arnold and judging our contest!
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Classes/Events as of June 30,2014 Atelier Copper
Please sign up for classeswith Larry,
larry@townhallarts.com, or phone 785-2050
Life Drawing
Mondays • 1 to 4 pm
June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Drawing and Painting the Nude with Sunny Sorensen
Students will be able to explore various techniques for loosening
up. Emphasis is on gesture, correct measurement, line quality,
form and cast shadows, creating volume, and placement of the form. Drawing materials
include vine or hard charcoal, Conte crayon, graphite, kneadable eraser, chamois, and a
18x24 newsprint pad. Hour long poses accommodate painting for those with painting
skills. Class is suitable for beginning and intermediate life drawers. .
Walk-ins OK when space available--$15 session plus $2 classroom fee.
Copper Art Club
Wednesday, July 2 • 10 am to 1 pm
Open Painting with Optional Egg-to-Head Side-View Painting
Learn alignment of facial features. Turn a painting of an egg into a
face. You will need a 9x12 canvas board and your usual oil
painting supplies, including rags or paper towels, and Titanium
White. Several filberts in large (#12), medium (#4 -6), and small
(#2) are useful in this exercise. Participants will receive a free
sample tube of Gamblin Chromatic Black oil paint that they may
use for this study. Handouts of instructions will be available. No
cost to club members-- non-members, $20.
Life Drawing
Thursdays, July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 • 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Life Drawing with George Allen Durkee of Mountain Ranch
Draw from a live nude model on Thursday mornings. No experience needed.
Limited instruction if you want it, or George will stay out of your face if you
don’t. Materials available at Town Hall Arts. You will need an 18x24
newsprint pad and drawing pencils (charcoal or graphite – 4B and/or 6B).
$10 a week plus $2 classroom fee. Sign up with Larry.
Oil
Expressions in Oil with Diana Boyd of Sonora
Tried and true right brain methods have made this oil
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painting class fun and popular. Classes include instruction in painting from upside-down
photos, right-side-up still lifes, and timed pieces, using a variety of grounds. Diana's
style both on canvas and as an instructor is loose, expressive and full of spirit! Please
have your own turp pot with lid and container for your brushes. $50 deposit holds your
place in these popular classes!
Morning Expressions in Oil
Session I: July 7, 14, 21, 28
Session II: August 4, 11, 18, 25
Mondays • 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Cost is $125 for 4 weeks, $8 classroom fee.
Afternoon Expressions in Oil
Session I: July 7, 14, 21, 28
Session II: August 4, 11, 18, 25
Mondays • 1 pm to 4 pm
Cost is $125 for 4 weeks, $200 for 8 weeks payable at first class
$8 classroom fee per session..
Copper Art Club
Wednesday, July 9 • 10 am to 1 pm
Open Painting
Drawing
Friday, July 11 • 9 am to noon pm
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
with Irene Taylor of Sonora
For ages 7 to 99
Using Betty Edwards methods from the book of the same name,
learn to access the right side of your brain to see and draw with
confidence. Short exercises will begin the class and then building
to lengthier more challenging exercises.
Minimum 4 students - max 8 students.
Cost is $20 plus $2 classroom fee.
39ers Club
Friday, July 11 • 1 pm to 3 pm
Expressions in Watercolor with Irene Taylor of Sonora
If you were born in 1939 or before, this class is
completely free for you--supplies are included.
This class will focus on expression of trees, water, shadows and reflections. Bring your
favorite photo(s) to use as inspiration, or use Irene’s. Funding for this class was obtained
through silent auctions of local artists’ donated works. Please sign up with Larry by
Wednesday, July 9. Younger folks may take the class for $15.
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Copper Art Club
Wednesday, July 16 • 10 am to 1 pm
Open Painting with “Fun with Yupo”
Bring your usual watercolor supplies and have some fun on
Yupo paper. Yupo is a compelling and unique alternative to
traditional watercolor papers. It's a synthetic paper, machinemade in the USA of polypropylene. This extraordinary, nonabsorbent surface resists tearing and buckling and remains perfectly flat, eliminating the
need for soaking, stretching, or taping. Watercolor professionals have found Yupo to be
receptive to a variety of techniques. Club members will receive a 9x12 sheet to work on.
Bring a photo or work from Susie’s sunflower photo. No instruction; no fee for class for
club members—fee for non-member is $20.
A Day with Carol
Friday, July 18 • 9 am to 4 pm
Carol Earle of Oakdale
Watercolor in the Morning 9 am to noon
Carol will furnish paint and brushes. Cost is $20 plus $2 classroom fee.
Oils in the Afternoon 1 pm to 4 pm
Bring a blank 16x20 canvas. Carol supplies everything else. Class cost is $20 plus $2
classroom fee.
Copper Art Club
Wednesday, July 23 • 10 am to 1 pm
Open Painting with Optional Newborn Portrait Study
Learn alignment of features on a newborn’s head. For the
drawing exercise, you will use a 2B or softer pencil, Magic Rub
eraser, ruler, and drawing paper. Bring a photo of a newborn if
you have one. No cost for club member; $10 non-members.
Acrylics
Friday, July 25 • 10 am to 1 pm
Acrylic Basics with Alanna McDaniel
Come join us in learning the many techniques
available to create your own vibrant acrylic still
life painting! We will review the dynamics of a
color wheel to help you make richer colors,
discuss the importance of value to make your
images burst with life, and explore a myriad of
techniques to help personalize your paintings.
Leonardo Da Vinci is noted for saying that "a great painting comes from a great
drawing"; beginning at this stage, we will make a basic still life drawing for which your
acrylic painting will be the icing! Our class will suit all levels of artistic
experience. Supplies include 16x20 canvas panel, palette paper, as many brushes as you
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like, including a 12, 8, 4, 2 flats, round 6, and filbert 4, all available on the 50% off Soft
Grip rack. Golden Open Acrylic paints in these colors: titanium white, black, ultramarine
blue, cadmium red light, cadmium yellow medium, burnt sienna, and phthalo green. Cost
of class is $15 plus $2 classroom fee.
Copper Art Club
Wednesday, July 30 • 10 am to 1 pm
Open Painting with Optional One-Drawing-A-Day #11
Warm-Up—a watercolor postcard. For the drawing exercise,
you won’t need a pencil—you will be drawing with a brush!
Bring any watercolor supplies you have and a photo of a local
scene you would like to paint on a postcard. Postcards provided. No instruction;
no cost.
Watercolor
Thursday and Friday, August 14, 15 • 10 am to 3 pm
Celebrate the 150 years of Yosemite National Park
with Martha Wallace!
This class will be a study of moving water with watercolor and
collage. Martha will have rice paper packets that you may
purchase for $10.
WATERCOLORS: Martha uses Daniel Smith watercolors, but any good
quality w/c are fine. Colors are as follows: aureolin, cobalt blue,
indathrone, new gamboge, organic vermillion, quinacridone pink,
quinacridone sienna, rose of ultramarine, quinacridone coral,
quinacridone gold, ultramarine turquoise, and ultramarine blue.
BRUSHES: Martha uses good synthetic bushes. Recommended sizes: 1” and or 2” flat brush,
rounds #6, #8, #12, brush, #3 rigger, #2 fan brush.
PALETTE: John Pike watercolor palette or any that you may have with a large mixing area
PAPER: 140 lb. Arches cold press w/c paper full sheet, 2 full sheets masa paper.
Cost is $80 for workshop plus $4 classroom fee.
Drawing
Thursday and Friday, August 21, 22• 10 am to 3 pm
Beginning and Intermediate Drawing Basics with Peggi Kroll-Roberts of Angels Camp
More information to come. Cost of instruction is $80 plus $4 classroom fee. Class is
limited to eight students. $40 deposit holds your spot.
Mosaics
Saturday August 30 • 10 am to 2 pm
and Sunday, August 31 • 10 am to 11 am
Stained Glass Mosaic Lighted Blocks or Stepping Stones
with Kathie Peery of Copperopolis
Saturday: glue pieces in place.
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Sunday: grout stone and polish (sealer will be given to apply the following day).
Kathie will provide a pattern and jars and jars of colored glass for your background. All
supplies are included for this project. Kathie has been doing stained glass for ten years
and has expanded into mosaics as a means to use all of the scraps from glass panels. You
can never have too many stepping-stones! Class cost: $20/stepping stones or $25/glass
blocks, plus $4 classroom fee. Please let Larry know by Aug. 25 which project you will
be doing—block or stepping stone.
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