Come join us on October 19, 2017 for a free, fun light painting workshop!
Where:
Uxbridge Alternatives Community Gallery
5 South Main Street
Uxbridge, MA
Time:
6-9pm (it’s fine to show up late if you need to)
What is light painting? Simply put, you put your camera on a tripod and then leave the shutter open for a period of time. You dance around in front of it with a light source. This can be a flashlight, a sparkler, a laser pointer, or something more artistic like a Pixel Stick.
The Pixel Stick can be preloaded with ribbon designs and even shapes and logos. If you have a particular image you’d like to have on the Pixel Stick, contact us before the event and we’ll see if we can do that.
What you’ll need to bring is any camera which has a “T” Time option. The camera needs to be able to have its shutter open for a period of time. Most smartphones won’t do this – they just take a snapshot and are done. So if you don’t have a camera with a T option, ask friends and family to see if you can borrow one.
Please be sure to use our online registration form to reserve your space!
Our September 2017 monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 19th from 6:30-9pm at the Uxbridge Community Gallery, 5 South Main Street, Uxbridge, MA.
This meeting and workshop is open to the public.
The topic of this hands-on workshop is:
Mixed Media: Painting with Permanent Ink and Watercolor
Instructor: Kris Occhino
Here are the examples of the style of the images we will be creating. The one on the right is the actual image we’ll be doing.
• Waterproof black ink. Such as: Yasumoto waterproof liquid sumi ink, Higgins waterproof Black magic ink. Cheapjoes.com
• Pen to dip in ink OR whittle the end of a stick to a point. I like this option best.
• Watercolor paints*, brushes, palette, roll of paper towels, two plastic containers for water.
• 11” x 15” sheet of Arches 140 lb. cold-press or rough paper. (Quarter sheet.)
• Board to attach your watercolor paper to. I use a ½” thick Gatorboard. Cheapjoes.com or see your framer.
• Roll 1” wide white artist’s tape to tape paper to board OR binder clips to clip paper to board.
* Paint colors: Quinacridone Gold (or raw sienna) , Quinacridone Burnt Orange (or burnt sienna), Cadmium Yellow Light Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson (or Quinacridone Rose), French Ultramarine Blue, Winsor Blue Red Shade (Thalo Blue).
SUPPLY NOTE: If you have your own supplies, that’s great! If you don’t, we will have supplies available for you at the workshop. Just be sure to indicate on the registration form whether you need supplies or not.
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Preparing For the Workshop
Here’s the four images which, when connected together, create the final version.
Top Left
Top Right
Bottom Left
Bottom Right
Click on each one for a full-sized version to save to your hard drive and then print. Once all four are printed, cut each one out and tape the center and edges together. Use a 2B pencil to trace the major shapes of the image with tracing paper. Transfer the line drawing onto a quarter sheet of Arches 140 lb. cold-press or 140 lb. rough paper.
There are three different ways you could transfer the line drawing to the 140lb paper.
1) If you have some, use carbon tracing paper. Be sure to use carbon NOT colored transfer paper. The colored stuff is waxy and will act as a resist.
2) If you have one, you could use a light box. Put your 140lb plain paper on top of the image and both on the light box. You’ll be able to see the lines through the paper.
3) The cheap way – simply tape the 140lb paper on top of your line drawing onto a sunny window. Use the sunlight to let you see what to trace.
PREPARATION NOTE: We realize some people will find this stage challenging, if they’ve never done this before. If you’re just not able to create a line drawing on a 140lb sheet of paper, don’t worry. We will have line drawings available at the workshop for people to start from. Please just let us know on the registration form if you’ll need help with this step. It’s fine to say you’ll attempt it and then to email us later to let us know if your attempt was successful or not :). We want to ensure all levels of artists are able to participate!
Please use our online registration form to let us know you’re attending:
Have you always wanted to be creative with fabric? Come join us on Friday, September 27th! Talented quilter Muriel Funka will guide you through creating your own fabric work of art.
The “Bits and Pieces ” quilting picture making class will be held September 27th, 2017 from 6pm to 9pm. Participants will create a picture – either landscape or floral – out of fabric bits! We’ll start with small pieces of varied-colored material which we’ll then cut into bits. Those bits are then placed on a backing in such a fashion as to paint a picture.
Two examples of this art form can be seen at the present show at the Alternatives Community Gallery. They are titled “Summer” and “Fall”.
You can see the artworks more clearly in this video walkthrough of the show –
There is a $25 fee for materials to attend this class. Pre-registration is required by Sunday, September 24th, 2017. To register, use our BVAA Event Registration Form to fill in your details.
Here are a few photos from the reception for the Sunflower Show at the Booklovers’ Gourmet in Webster. It includes both artists in the show as well as a few live images of the beautiful sunflower garden outside the shop.
The show is live through August 31, 2017 – stop on by to see it!
The BVAA will be participating in Alternative’s second annual Art & Music Makers festival on:
Saturday, September 9 from 10 AM – 3 PM
(Rain date September 16, vendors must commit to both dates)
The Community Plaza at Alternatives’ Whitin Mill
50 Douglas Road, Whitinsville, MA
This is a great opportunity for bin art sales as well as enjoying a day of music, fun, and creativity!
Let us know if you’re interested in participating.
Every two months we rotate the art show at the Milford TV Station. We arrange our drop-offs on the last Thursday of the month preceding the show. The drop-off for the upcoming September-October 2017 show on the theme of “Autumn Splendour” is Thursday, August 31st from 6-8pm.
This date is also the reception (and take down) for the existing “Dog Days of Summer” show. Please try to wait until the end of the evening before you take your art off the walls. That way people who come to the reception to see the show are able to see all the art. If you’re not able to make it for the reception date, please wait until after the reception to stop by and retrieve your art.
The public is warmly welcome and encouraged to attend the art reception!
The Milford people do the labels and hanging for us, so there is no need to use our online submission form to indicate what you’re bringing. Simply be sure to label the back of each piece with its title, your name, and the price.
The Milford TV station does not take any commission on sales. Neither does the BVAA. So this is an ideal sales venue, and we do see sales regularly at this venue.
This show is for BVAA members only and is free to participate in.
Most artists bring in three items but if you have more which match the current theme that’s great! The items can be any size or shape – Milford has a great hanging system which can accommodate pretty much anything.
Come on down and join us at the BVAA ‘Show of Hands’ reception.
The show is held at the:
Alternatives’ Community Gallery
5 South Main Street
Uxbridge, MA.
Opening Reception:
Friday, August 11th, 2017
4-7pm
Food and drink provided
and all are welcome!
