June Rollins Posted About MAG

Visit her blog and see what she wrote: http://junerollins.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/photos-mag-watercolor-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-767

All Paintings Have Some Green...

So go by Presbyterian Hospital Matthews and at the lobby you will find an art gallery worth a leprechaun's pot of gold (aye, it be said, "A handful of skill is worth a bagful of gold")! Start a new St. Patrick's Day tradition to view and appreciate artwork, if not here, then somewhere. The MAG Art Show display has one week left until it be-gone.

Matthews Alive! Poster Contest Call For Artists

There is simply NO reason NOT to enter this contest... NO Entry Fee... $750 Purchase Prize... artwork seen on brochures, poster, t-shirts and festival insert in the Charlotte Observer! A NO-brainer, for sure!

This is from Jayson Johnston, the chair of Matthews Alive!:

The theme of this year’s festival is "Experience Matthews". As Matthews Alive has continued to grow and evolve through the years, we have seen more and more folks make Matthews a destination for Labor Day Weekend. It is our goal that the festival helps to serve as a catalyst for even more tourism to Matthews and all of those great things our town has to offer. Also, with the DNC kicking off during the same weekend of the Matthews Alive Festival, we want to extend our invitation with open arms to all of those Delegates and participants. We have the opportunity to be on the "world’s stage", to showcase what it is to "Experience" our wonderful town. Our hope for this year’s art piece is that it will convey the message of all of those great resources we have in Matthews to "Experience". ...

The deadline for entry is Friday, April 13 at 12:00 PM and should be turned in to the front desk at the Matthews Community Center. We are open to all mediums of art, to include graphic (computer generated) art. Also note: this artwork will be used as our poster and t-shirt art. The artwork will be judged by members of the Matthews Alive Board of Directors. The winner will receive a purchase award of $750 for their piece.

We are very excited about the process, this year, and look forward to seeing all of the entries!

Get the details and entry form at: http://www.matthewsalive.org/applications/2012_Call_for_Artists.pdf

Matthews Alive Poster Contest 2012 "Experience Matthews"

Enter this year's Matthews Alive! Poster Contest. The theme is "Experience Matthews". Prize is $750 and it costs nothing to enter. All medium including computer graphics are accepted. Deadline is Friday, April 13th. Bring entries with entry form and tags, attached to artwork, to the Matthews Community Center Desk no later than noon of April 13th. Hope to have a record number of entries! Email MAG: magart2009@gmail.com for entry form and details.

"Sit back, Smile and Enjoy" June Rollins Demo

June Rollins with one of her watercolor Irises

"Smile and enjoy yourselves" was the opening to June Rollins demo and she gave us all cause to smile. Her floral watercolors are inspired from photos she has taken. She manipulates them using Photoshop and then makes a tracing for the watercolor. A black/white, as well a color picture, is printed and used for value study.

Her palette for the watercolor demo included Gamboge Yellow, Cad Orange, Pomegranate, Ultra Blue and Hookers Green with Burnt Sienna for dulling down. She used Cheap Joe's American Journey brand and 2 of their dragon's tongues brushes, one brush (the bigger) for pigment and the other for water. She showed a trick she learned for wetting a dry brush full of pigment... just dip your finger in water and apply it to the brush so you don't overwet your pigment on the brush.

Other tips? Have everything ready before starting. Use fresh watercolor paint, the consistency of cream, and mix in a clean tray. Let the paint dry naturally, as opposed to using a hair dryer to quicken the process. And when the art quality is going downhill... "WALK AWAY!"

Her Dreamscape: Alcohol Inks Workshop has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 17th from 1-4 at the Matthews Community Ctr. Interested? Email Nancy Kennedy at mag@nc-kennedy.com and put Alcohol Inks Workshop in the subject line.

June was unable to finish the iris at the demo but you can see the process on her website: http://junerollins.com/junerollins.com/Art_Demo_Videos.html.

Life Drawing Tonight

It's Wednesday, and tonight at 7 PM, MAG will host a life drawing session at the Matthews Community Ctr. All artists 18 and older are welcome. Cost is a mere $5-8, depending on how many attend to split the model fee. Thanks to Nancy Kennedy, Jack Chapman and Tom Hopkins for making all this possible. All those who attend... say "thanks" to them too.

TONIGHT!

Why stay home? Those dull primary results can wait. That's right it's going to be a really big show with June Rollins at 6:30 at the Matthews Community Center. Don't miss her floral watercolor demo. Not familiar with her works? Check out her website: http://junerollins.com/junerollins.com/Home.html and enjoy. Beautiful! Find out how to paint one of her watercolor Irises. All meetings are free and open to the public. See, no excuse... Join us!