Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Tomorrow, Thurs, Nov 20

RIVERTOWN ARTISTS' GUILD Meeting Tomorrow Night!‏
Hello Rivertown Artists!

Don't forget the meeting tomorrow night! Board Members and Committee Chairmen please come EARLY so that we can start at 6:00 p.m. We have some important things to cover befor the regular meeting.

NAMETAGS - Decorate one and wear it to this meeting. Artists' Choice Awards will be based upon the best ones!

WEBSITE DEMO - Sara Pearson will be bringing the semi-final prototype of our website. We will have a couple of computers running and hooked up to the Internet to show everyone some ways in and out.

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT to the meeting this month is as follows:


WORKING WITH BLACK & WHITE MEDIA

For our mini-event, Lynn O’Rourke will set up a still-life arrangement and Vickie Reynolds will demonstrate a few techniques with graphite and charcoal. Please bring your own black & white media supplies, whatever you prefer (which can certainly include wet media such as sumi ink, pen or collage.) The following list is a suggestion only.

Papers:

· Newsprint, charcoal paper, Mi-Teintes or other toned paper (just whatever you’ve got)

Media:

· Graphite pencils or sticks, 2B, 4B & 6B

· Charcoals (vine, compressed and pencils of various hardness)

· White "charcoal" pencil

Other:

· Kneaded eraser & pink eraser

· Cotton cloth scraps or chamois

· Drawing board & clips or tape

· Pencil sharpener

Vickie will bring extra supplies to share for those who don’t own this type of media.



BRING AN ARTIST TO THE MEETING.

7:00 P.M.

Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids, 161 Ottawa Avenue, N.W., Grand Rapids

If you have questions, please email or call.

Wendy G. Gretzinger

wgg@comcast.net

Sunday, November 9, 2008

changing of the guard!

There is new leadership in the Rivewrtown Artist' Guild! Stay tuned!