Saturday, September 29, 2018

Sneak Peek of Upcoming Toxaway Art Show

   October 1st will be the 19th Annual Art Show for the Lake Toxaway Painters benefitting Lake Toxaway Charities.  The show will be in the Lake Toxaway Country Club main dining area on October 1 and 2.  There will be a reception on October 1st from 4-7:30.
Below is a sneak peek at some of the included paintings.

Jan Beasley:





Emily Clark:



Bette Coningsby:







Sue Fazio:





Jim Hefley:





Bianca Mitchell:




Karen Phillips:



Kari Shipley:





Nancy Wahl:






Carol Wiel:











Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Bianca Mitchell Art
   Lake Toxaway Painters members and interested readers if you missed our September meeting, Bianca Mitchell shared some images of her art with me to post.  They are very intricate and lovely. Enjoy!!



Sunday, September 23, 2018


Lake Toxaway Painters Summer 2018 Review


It has been a busy summer for the painters of Lake Toxaway with more activities to come in early Fall with end of the year meetings and the October Art Show.  

Highlight of Activities: 

May
Our May meeting was enhanced by an interesting demonstration by Cathy Cooper.  Cathy demonstrated her technique with graphite powder, pencil and paint washes to create beautiful moody landscapes.  Her muse was the area landscape as she drove to her new gallery space in Trade-arama at 51 W. Main St in Brevard. An example of her work is seen here. 


Bette Coningsby encouraged new and experienced artists by teaching a workshop for individuals interested in pastels on May 31.


June

In addition to giving a demonstration at our June meeting, Cathyann Burgess led a two day workshop on the use of cold wax with oils.  Participants were introduced to this relatively new medium and its use and properties.  Cathyann  showed attendees how this medium allows her to incorporate textures and imprints in addition of layered color.  She recommended the text -Cold Wax Medium by Crowell and McLaughlin.













July

Sue Archer returned to Lake Toxaway to teach all things watercolor in representational art.  She is a much sought after teacher.  Her workshop and demonstration for our meeting emphasized not only the techniques she uses in watercolor but the role of light in the scene and the interplay of positive and negative shapes.  Sue is an energetic and positive teacher.








August 

What a busy month!  There were multiple events.

Nancy Nowak taught a workshop in pastels.  In her two day workshop she demonstrated both alcohol and watercolor washes as an initial start to her paintings.  She stressed the importance of a strong notan in all of our compositions. 
















Deborah Kidwell was our guest speaker in August for our meeting.  She did a pastel demonstration and emphasized the colors one can obtain with layering of the medium. 

Late in the month, members of the Garden club joined the art guild in the creation of art!  At the garden club meeting members created floral arrangements and art guild members created paintings from those arrangements.  These endeavors can be viewed at the upcoming Art Show.


September
Despite Florence and all her wind and rain Lake Toxaway’s own Bianca Mitchell gave an informative meeting about her unique study and rendering of local maps.  


Next on the agenda is the October Art Show!