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The SWS May meeting, a mixed bag... The SWS year rolls over June 1st and I want to pause a mo-ment and say a spe-cial thanks to the member volunteers which were led by outgoing President Pattie Bowler. The board and standing committees alone number more than twenty. I for one feel more than rewarded by the friendships and moral support for the time invested. SWS has been such a source of camarade-rie, inspiration and support for artists over its long history. I can remember attending my first meetings in the D Art location on Swiss Ave. and going home so excited and inspired by the demos that I could hardly fall asleep. I’m really looking forward to the coming year. Have a great summer. We will be introducing a few new ideas this fall and will continue to encourage plein air painting. In the meantime, keep painting and carry your sketchbook with you ALWAYS.

Jeff Good, president

President’s Corner

Next Meeting, Alex Powers, Power Point September 14, 2011

7 - 9 pm, Lovers Lane United Methodist Church

Not having the usual workshop demo by the artist puts the pressure on the SWS board to come up with a team approach to the meeting. It is traditionally the “Passing the Torch” from one president to the next. And this year some-waslike years past but there was the introduc-tion of the “Garage Sale” approach to mem-bers cleaning out their unused books, brushes and other stuff. There was also an auction for two of Anita Meynig’s paintings and one of a Don Andrews. Outgoing President, Pattie

Bowler received a bag full of painting essentials. New president, Jeff Good showed how to pack lite with his minimal plein air setup. Walt Davis presented a biography of Texas’ first plein air painter, Frank Raugh, and showed his lap easel. Jonesy McConnell showed photos of the Western Fed reception.

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WORKSHOPS 2011

• FRANK WEBB October 10 - 14 (5day) Artists’ Showplace $400* $425** • LESLIE FRONTZ November 7 - 10 (4day) Artists’ Showplace $300* $325** 2012 • MARY ALICE BRAUKMAN

February 6 - 9, 2012 (4day) Artists’ Showplace $300* $325**

• DONNA WITTY

March 12 - 15, 2012 (4day) Artists’ Showplace $300* $325**

*Member **Non Member

Painting of the Month winners receive gift certificates from Asel’s Art Supply. From left to right: 1st, Walt Davis, “Big Tree”, 2nd, Richard Lampe, “Apples”, Richard Wilson, “Trash”

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SCENE INFORMATION DEADLINE for copy, photographs, and advertising for the SCENE is the 15th of each month except June and July. Mate-rial not received by the deadline will not appear in the next month’s SCENE. Please submit items via email or typed. ADVERTISING RATES Effective 2010 - 2011 Full Page - 7.5X10 $100 Half Page - 7.5X4.5 $80 1/3 Page - 5X4.5 $70 1/4 Page - 4.5X3.75 $60 One column - 2.375X6 lines $25 Area teacher’s listing $25yr. Payment for SCENE ads must be made and received no later than the 10th. Please mail check made out to SWS to Bill Riley, SWS treasurer, 10263 Better Dr. Dallas, TX 75229 Column ads must be typed; all others must be print ready jpg. format. Photos must be 300dpi. Submit materials to Ron Stephens, editor, at ronstephens2342@verizon.net or mail to 2925 Linden Lea, Irving, TX 75061. Please put SCENE in the subject line of your email

Painting of the Month for May, 2011

Ratrinda Das shows how to simplify a busy photo...

Ratindra Das, Painting a Personal Reality in Watercolor, is a Dolphin Fellow and a sig-nature member of both the American Watercolor Society and National Watercolor Society. Ratindra will share a few examples of how he approaches reference photos.

A photograph on a clear day may look something like Image A. There is too much go-ing on to create a strong painting. However, if I outline the shapes, you'll notice that despite being a bit busy, the photograph has a nice design. Here (image C) I’ve blocked in the lights and darks according to the photograph. It’s better but lacks strength. If lights and darks don't help, I next turn to simplification.

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The Wichita Wildlife Reserve Paint out was a big SUCCESS!!! Article by: Gaylord O’Con, SWS Paint Out Chairman Plein Air SWS artists gathered in the Wichita Wildlife Reserve in Oklahoma on May 13th and 14th for a day and a half of painting on location. The weather was beau-tiful, a little breezy Saturday morning, but overall we had a great paint out event. There were 22 paintings produced with subjects ranging from waterfalls, lake scenes, Medi-cine Park buildings, buffalo, birds, spillways, mountains, trails, fire trucks, geese, trees, and Rock formations. The quality of work produced was awesome. Leslie Richardson’s mountain scene was very well done. Pricilla’s waterfall was one on the best paintings ever. Jo William’s water scenes were absolutely awesome. I loved Gail Delger’s antique fire truck from Medicine Park. Irish Ann Moore’s landscape composition and colors were outstanding. The awards and gifts went to: 1st Place + gift / Gail Delger / Medicine Park Fire Truck 2nd Place + gift / Gaylord O’Con / Range Buffalo

3rd Place + gift / Irish Ann Moore / Landscape 4th Place / Pricilla Krejic / Medicine Park Building 5th Place / Leslie Richardson / Mountain Scene French Artist Madam FeFe made a special appearance at the Saturday evening reception with special birthday gifts and some important life philoso-phy. Thank you FeFe for the big surprise, it was wonderful and made the paint out perfect. Plans will start soon for the fall 2011 SWS paint out. Let me or one of the SWS officers know if you have any sugges-tions for fall paint out locations. All sugges-tions will be considered. The fellowship on these paint outs is priceless.

Strong Concept and Design fatured in Oct. 2011 workshop Frank Webb October 10 - 14, 2011 (5day) Artists’ Showplace. $400 $425 The single, most important focus will be pictorial design, which includes plan-ning, color, tonal values, expression and visual theme. Demonstrations, personal instruction and objective criticism will sharpen your critical powers. Not only

JUNE Cheryl McClure June 21- 24 Acrylics Abstract: The Process JULY Gay Faulkenberry July 26 - 29 Oil, still life/landscape

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2011 SWS Stepping Stone Awards Stepping Stone Awards will pay workshop tuition for two SWS members whose names will be selected from a drawing to be held at our annual Christ-mas Party in December. Two alternate names will also be drawn. Eligibility Any SWS member with two full years in good standing. Previous winners are not eligible. SWS sponsored workshops only and for tuition only. Personal and travel expenses are member’s responsibility. To be used February 2012 through April 2013, depending on availability. Work-shops fill on a first come basis. More information coming in September

will you gain a better understanding of the painting process, but you will be confident in your new found skills. Bring along drawings, photos or old paint-ings to serve as your subjects. With your regular painting gear include a soft pencil and sketch paper to plan exciting designs before painting. If this is a new procedure for you, guidance will be available.

SWS 48th Annual Exhibition Deadline June 1st is quickly approaching to enter the show. The Preview Show will be June 5th at the Royal Lane Baptist Church on Royal Lane & Hillcrest. Hope to see everyone, the show will begin 3:00 PM. See the art of our very special artists and members of the SWS family. Bring your family and friends to see this once a year event. The Show will open September 12th, and close October 29th at the PFAMILY ARTS CENTER. The reception and award cere-mony will be September 24th, from 6:00 – 8:30 pm. The music will be provided by Paul Utay and his band. Please mark your calen-dars. See you soon Pattie Bowler SWS Exhibition Chair

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Happenings…

Gisa Elwazir had two works accepted in the RCAS 45th Regional Juried Art Exhi-bition and her work "Street Performers" won 1st Place in Water-media. Muriel Mimura had her painting, Brass and Fall Putti, selected for the Society of Watercolor Artists 2011 International Show in Ft Worth juror: Ric Dentinger. The Exhibition will hang June 5-30, 2011.

Karin Michele Anderson currently has a show of her works at Marshall Motors through the end of June. Marshall Motors at 11450 Sprowles St. Dallas, has a gallery in their lobby and has a regular program to display fine art for local artists. There will be an artist’s reception June 12th at the gallery. SWS members and anyone else interested are invited to come. Please check them out at

www.marshallmotors.com and see one of Karin’s paintings. If interested in coming to the reception contact Karin at 214 827 5187. If interested in displaying your work contact them through their website or call 214 902 0952.

Betty Jameson's painting "Butterfly" was selected by John Salminen for the Pikes Peak Watercolor Society's International Water media XIV, At the Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, Co June 24-July 23, 2011. Juror John Po-toschnik selected Betty Jameson's paint-ing, "Picadillos Reflections" for the Amper-sand Award at the 45th Richardson Civic Art Society's Regional Art Show at the Charles W. Eisemann Center, Richardson, Texas May 4-30, 2011 Congratulations to the following SWS members that were selected to show in the annual Society of Watercolor Artists Exhibition in Ft. Worth: Karin Michele Anderson, Kathleen Bishop, Nel Dorn Byrd, Gail Delger, Sharon Giles, Michael Holter, Rance Jones, John James, Norma Lively, Barbara Millican, Dave Maxwell, Kenji Nishikawa,

Loose, painterly style will highlight Nov. 2011 workshop Leslie Frontz November 7 - 10, 2011 (4day) Artists’ Showplace $300* $325** Watercolor: A Fresh Start introduces you to a series of unconventional paint-ing exercises designed to capitalize on your strengths and overcome personal challenges. By making a fresh start, painters learn to balance technical skills and express ideas with equal dexterity. The Fresh Start workshops are helpful to beginning watercolor painters who are grappling with the complexities of color and value relationships as well as seasoned artists interested in tak-ing their compo-sitions to the next level of excel-lence.

Gaylord O’Con, Herb Reed, Ron Stever, and Jo Williams. The show runs from June 5 to July 1, 2011 at the Atrium Gal-lery at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Ft. Worth. Congratulations to Cecie Borchow, Ratrindra Das and Judi Betts for their award winning works judged at the 36th Western Federation show in Albuquerque. Sue Kemp's painting, "Fragments of Faith" was accepted in the Louisiana Wa-tercolor Society 41st International Exhibi-tion, held at Place St. Charles in New Or-leans. James Toogood was the juror. Her painting, "Sacred Mysteries", was awarded Second Place by Steve Rogers in the Wa-terloo Watercolor Group 33rd Annual Members' Juried Show in Austin. Pattie Bowler was accepted into the Pikes Peak Watercolor Society Annual Show, juror John Salminen was the judge , she also won a Merit Award at the Waterloo Watercolor Group in Austin, the juror was Steve Rodgers.

n.brotherton1@verizon.net 214 483-3903 MAUREEN BROUILLETTE & JOEL SAMPSON will return to teach classes this fall Sponsored Workshop Coming this Fall TED NUTTALL Portrait Workshop from Photographs Award Winning Artist from Arizona October 27-28-29, 2011 Thu, Fri, Sat. 9:30-4:00 $390 Sign up now! with $100 deposit

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ARTISAN'S STUDIO GALLERY SCHEDULE Summer 2011

Members Teacher’s Listing

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ArtBreak Work-shops Presents Joyce Faulknor and Guy Magallanes Watercolor Workshop - August 1-5, 2011Harry Myers Community Center 815 E. Washing-ton St. Rockwall TX Cost $325 Deposit $100 All supplies are pro-

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while Image E shows lights and darks are modified and simplified for the sake of design. Notice also how I've begun adjusting how much water I want to show on the right side of the design. As the artist, I can do that! (And so can you!) The sketch now reflects a full control of the design.

Image G is a more abstracted design. The degree of abstraction is up to the artist. This sketch retains a little resemblance to the photograph, but it is getting away from what we call “realism.” Now take a look at the final painting (Image H.) You could look at this and still see the reference photo even if it is a bit different. However, look at Image I and Image J and see just how far I can push the abstrac-tion. This is what makes art fun!

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SWS CONTACTS PRESIDENT Jeff Good 214 802 8921 jeff.good@gff.com 808 Sylvania Dr. Dallas, TX 75218

PROGRAM CHAIR Gaylord O’Con 214 876 4851 gaylord@gaylordocon.com 2717 Purdue Ave. Dallas, TX 75225

WORKSHOP CHAIR Mary Treadwell 972 745 1700 mary@treadwell.biz 982 Village Pkwy. Coppell, TX75019 MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Address Changes Radha Chatterjee 972 618 5317 chatterjee@yahoo.com 3833 Mourning Dove Dr. Plano, TX 75025 EXHIBITION CHAIR Pattie Bowler 214 544 3502 pbtexin@aol.com 519 W. Hunt St. McKinney, TX 75069 PAINT-OUT CHAIR Gaylord O’Con 214 876 4851 gaylord@gaylordocon.com 2717 Purdue Ave. Dallas, TX 75225

WEB DESIGNER Nancy Lee-Bennett 972 800 8857 nlbn@tx.rr.com 8317 Stone Glen Dr. Plano, TX 75074

TREASURER Bill Riley 214-352-6288 billriley@swbell.net 10263 Better Dr. Dallas, TX 75229

HAPPENINGS & OTHER NEWS: Newsletter Editor Ron Stephens 972-986-7133 ronstephens2342@verizon.net 2925 Linden Lea, Irving, TX 75061

Our most grateful thanks to our partner and new friend, Thomas Cicherski, of Asel Art Supply. Please support Asel with your patronage because they give SWS members a 20% discount and support our annual member show.

Jane E. Jones Art Studio S.W.S., T.W.S., N.W.S., A.C.A., W.F.S., N.W.O., W.C.W.S

2011 LAKE CITY, COLORADO WORKSHOPS LAKE CITY, CO - PLEIN AIR: June 20-25 (5 ½ days); 8:45-5:00; $405

LAKE CITY, CO – EXPERIMENTAL/WATERMEDIA: July 20-23 (4 days); 9:00-3:00; $410 all supplies included

2011-2012 CRITIQUE

Fridays, 9:30-12:00 or 1:30-4:00; Oct. 28, Dec. 2, 2011; Jan. 6, Feb. 17, Mar. 16, Apr. 20, 2012; $120 for 6 sessions; Jane’s Home

2012 WORKSHOPS

ABSTRACTING NATURE: Feb. 20 - 24 (5 days) 9:30 - 3:30; $350 EXPERIMENTAL: March 19 - 23 (5 days) 9:30 - 3:30 $350

HOW TO FINISH A PAINTING: April 16-18 (3days); 9:30-3:30; $210 PELHAM ART ASSOC. - Experimental/Acrylic: May 18-21; Canada;

contact Mary Powley 905-892-4625

Individual Critiques Available All Dallas classes are held at Artists’ Showplace, 15615 Coit Rd

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The deadline is quickly approaching for submitting your entries for the 2011 - 48th Annual Membership Exhibition. I would like to remind everyone to fol-low the image JPEG requirements in the prospectus. JPEG images for either CD sub-mittal by mail or internet submittal shall conform to the following requirements: File format: JPEG Progressive jpegs are not allowed File name(s) : LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, ( i.e.) WhitneyEd1.jpeg, Whit-neyEd2.jpeg, WhitneyEd3.jpeg JPEG Size: Maximum JPEG size shall not exceed 1.8 mg (megabytes) No Minimum JPEG size is required, but I recommend 400k minimum for the best quality.

DPI: There is no minimum DPI require-ment stated in the prospectus, but I recom-mend 300 dpi for the best quality. 72 DPI is very pixilated and may not represent your art well. Images should show only the work of art. No mat, no frame, no easel, or background of any kind. The purpose of these guide lines is to pro-vide the juror the best representation JPEG of your art for judging. Please contact me if you have any questions Email address - gay-lord@gaylordocon.com Phone - 214 876 24851