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
Classes/Events as of July 7,2014 Atelier Copper
Please sign up for classeswith Larry,
larry@townhallarts.com, or phone 785-2050
Oil
Expressions in Oil with Diana Boyd of Sonora
Tried and true right brain methods have made this oil
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
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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
Life Drawing
Wednesdays, July 9 and 16 • 2 pm to 4 pm
Life Drawing from Clothed Model with Susie
Come practice your drawing skills in this free life-drawing class. No
instruction and no cost, but please tip the young model.
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.
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
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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.
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 of Arnold
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.
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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
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.
Kids’ Klub
Saturday, August 2 • 10:30 am to noon
Watercolor with Kim Barrington of Angels Camp
This is a vacation watercolor class for kids of all ages. There is no cost for the
instruction, but purchase of a $5 supply kit is required at sign-up to hold your place.
Class size is limited, so sign up now with Larry at Town Hall Arts.
Copper Art Club
Wednesday, August 6 • 10 am to 1 pm
Open Painting with Optional Egg-to-Head ¾ 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.
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.
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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.
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Pastels
Saturday, August 17 • 10 am to 4 pm
Pastels with Tina Moore of Stockton
A pastel workshop to help you get the most out of the wonderful
medium of pastels will be offered by award-winning
artist/instructor Tina Moore. Tina is a Distinguished Pastellist with
the Pastel Society of the West Coast and a Signature member of the
Pastel Society of America, the Women Artists of the West and the
Sierra Pastel Society. Learn to put life, depth, and drama in your pastel paintings. Both
experienced pastel painters and those new to the medium will be able to make a beautiful
painting with plenty of one-on-one instruction. Participants can make their own choices
regarding subject matter. The principles apply whether you are painting a portrait,
landscape, or anything else. Bring a photo to draw or still life to set up. Supply list
available from Larry at Town Hall Arts, 785-2050, larry@townhallarts.com. Cost of
class is $20, plus $2 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.
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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