Galerie Copper Gazette
Weekly www.townhallarts.com
February 2014
Featured artist for the month of February at Galerie Copper is Margo Flanagan of Manteca. Now a
watercolorist, Margo has been drawing most of her life and is a familiar face on the art scene in the
foothills. Read more about Margo 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, Dava
Ellinger, Diana Eppler, Sarah Evans, Margo Flanagan, Brent Frazer, Dola Garretson, Debbie Gurich,
Gemma Gylling, Renetta Hayes, Susie Hoffman, Don Hukari, Frank Hynes, Marie Jobes, James Kelly,
Randy Klassen, Nancy Macomber, Carolyn Macpherson, Pamela Mejia, Ken McBride, Ruth Morrow,
Kathie Peery, 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, Thursdays: 10 am to 5 pm
Fridays and Saturdays 10 am to 6 pm • Sundays 12 to 5 pm
CLOSED Tuesdays
Congratulations to Marie Jobe,
Top Selling Artist At Galerie Copper Last week
Classes/Events as of February 3, 2014 Atelier Copper
Please sign up for classes with Larry,
larry@townhallarts.com, or phone 785-2050
A deposit is required to hold your place in most classes.
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!
Beginning Oil Painting Session with Diana Boyd continues with three-hour lessons.
February 3, 10, 17, 24
Mondays • 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Cost is $125 for Session II.
Expressions in Oil
February 3, 10, 17, 24
Mondays • 1 pm to 4 pm
$125 per session
Copper Art Club
Wednesday, February 5 • 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Open Painting with Optional One-Drawing-A-Day #9 Warm-Up
For the drawing exercise, you will use crayons and markers. Bring a photo or still
life with big shapes of color. No instruction; no cost.
Watercolor and Collage
Thursday and Friday, February 6, 7 • 10 am to
3 pm
Watercolor & Collage
with Martha Wallace of Avery
Scenic waterfall on Thursday
and abstract floral Friday
Rice paper kits and glue are available for purchase at Town Hall Arts.
Mat boards will be provided for ground. Bring your usual watercolor
supplies, including paper. Larry has Martha’s watercolor supply list. Cost of instruction
is $80 for two-day workshop.
Copper Art Club
Wednesday, February 12 • 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open Painting with “Let’s Try it in Oils!”
Last month we watched a color fundamentals DVD and painted a
lighthouse in watercolor, using only analogous cool colors. Let’s
try limiting our palette with the same lesson using warm colors in
oils. Bring a photo of a lighthouse you would like to paint, or use
one from Susie’s files, and your usual oil painting supplies. There will be a brief color
review, but no instruction. No cost to club members.
Life Drawing
Thursdays, February 13, 27 • 9 am to noon
Life Drawing with George Allen Durkee
Draw from a live nude model on Thursday mornings. No experience
needed. $10 per session. 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). We will start these sessions at
exactly 9 am. Sign up with Larry.
A Day with Carol
Friday, February 14 • 9 am to 4 pm
Carol Earle of Oakdale
Watercolor in the Morning 9 am to noon
Valentine party! Carol will furnish paint and
brushes. $20.
Oils in the Afternoon 1 pm to 4 pm
Valentine party time! Bring a blank 16x20 canvas. Carol supplies
everything else. Class cost is $20.
Watercolor
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Wednesday-Friday • February 19-21
Three-Day Watercolor Camp
with Carolyn Macpherson of Oregon
Bring your usual watercolor supplies and any photos you would like to paint.
Wednesday, February 19 • 10 am to 1 pm
Backlit Florals in Watercolor
The thrill an artist receives from creating a well-executed backlit floral can be
exhilarating. Learn how following Carolyn’s simple steps for laying out a
strong design and using paths of light to turn on the drama!
Thursday, February 20 • 10 am to 1 pm
Birds of a Feather
Birds are a popular symbol in today’s art market. Learn how to create realistic
textures in feathers and also how to simplify shapes to create more abstracted
symbols. Carolyn will have photos of the Sandhill cranes and their environment for
you to use.
Friday, February 21 • 10 am to 1 pm
Layers of Hidden Meaning
Learn how to reveal hidden layers of meaning in your paintings. Carolyn
will demonstrate how to develop acrylic skins to lay over your watercolor
designs created in a “free play” session. The result? Moody, evocative
paintings that can be full of hidden messages, looking much like encaustic
(wax) paintings. Supplies include Cling or Shrink Wrap, parchment paper,
rubbing alcohol, brayer, Mod Pog, shaving foam (not cream), acrylic soft gel gloss
medium, and Nickel Azo Gold and Interference Blue acrylic paint. All art supplies are
available at Town Hall Arts. Students may use any surface, any size.
Cost is $20 for each workshop--$60 for the three workshops.
Don’t miss Carolyn’s free demo on Layers of Hidden Meaning at the Mother Lode Art
Association meeting, 1 pm, February 17, at the Sonora Library.
Mosaics
Saturday, February 22 • 10 am to 2 pm
and Sunday, February 23 • noon to 1 pm
Stained Glass Mosaic 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.
Copper Art Club
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Wednesday, February 26 • 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Lupine House—Watercolor with Susie
More information to come. Cost: $10 members; $15, non-members.
Pastels
Saturday, March 1 • 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 $40.
Copper Art Club
Wednesday, March 5 • 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Open Painting
Drawing
Fridays, March 7, 21, 28 and April 4 • 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Sketching with Libby Fife of Valley Springs
This four-session class is for anyone who is interested in the
benefits of casual sketching both outdoors and indoors.
Recording the natural environment through words and pictures
can be rewarding and satisfying. Being able to sit still for a bit, while quieting the
inner voice in order to observe and record, has a very calming effect. This class will
focus on developing basic observational skills, learning how to describe the
environment simply, and creating sketches from these observations. Cost is $60 for
four-week session.
Improve Your Painting
Mondays • 10 am to noon
May and June
Improve Your Painting with Sunny Sorensen of Hathaway Pines
Lesson plans will include instruction and practice in creating the armature
(structure) with line and notans, massing and abstracting shapes, keying value to
color and creating color shapes, types of edges and how to use them effectively,
and various methods of guiding the eye through the painting--when you need a focal
point and when you don't. All work will be done from life, most in studio, and some
outside in the second month. Students should be willing to do one 1/2 hour
drawing a day on their own. Beginner’s welcome. Class size limit: 8. More
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Life Drawing
Mondays • 1 to 4 pm
May and June
In The Raw--Serious Life Drawing with Sunny Sorensen
Students draw from a live nude model. More information to come.
Watercolor
Friday and Saturday • May 30, 31
Friday: 9:30 am to 4 pm
Saturday: 9:30 am to 3 pm
Wet-into-Wet Transparent Watercolor Landscape
Workshop with Alvin Joe of Foster City
Award-winning watercolorist Alvin Joe will conduct
this two-day landscape workshop at Atelier Copper.
A career artist with over 35 years in advertising
design and illustration, Alvin has won numerous
awards and recognitions in the San Francisco Bay Area. Alvin is a signature member of
the California Watercolor Association and has two of his paintings published in
Splash 10.
Students will work from photographs provided by the instructor the first day and outside
on Saturday. Alvin encourages students to bring a sack lunch so that they may spend as
much time as possible on their project. Suggested supply list for beginners: Arches cold
press 11x15 watercolor paper or 10x14 block, #4 and #10 round brushes (synthetic or
sable), 1” and 2” synthetic flat brushes, 2B pencil and eraser, water container, paper
towels, palette, and Graham watercolor paints in these colors: alizarin crimson, raw
sienna, cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, Payne’s gray. Extended palette includes cad yellow,
cad orange, burnt sienna, and quinacridone rose. Experienced watercolorists may bring
their usual watercolor supplies. Cost for the two-day workshop is $100, with a $50
deposit at sign-up. You may also sign up for one day for $55. All levels of experience
are welcome. Class size is limited to 15 students, so please sign up soon.
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