We are excited to bring Austin Artist, Brian Phillips, to Wimberley as our February Demo Artist.

Brian has a deliberately short Bio although he's been painting all his life:

I get bored, so I create things to keep from going sane.
I am a self-taught artist.
My work is in collections all over the world.
I’ve had solo shows in Ohio and Indiana and also participated in group shows in Georgia.
I now reside in Austin, Texas.

Meetings are held in the Wimberley Community Center. Come at 6:30 for snacks and conversation and to vote on the Artist of the Month submissions. The meeting starts at 7:00.

Feb. 15 deadline to apply to our juried show

On Saturday, April 28, the Wimberley Square will be rocking with arts patrons visiting the 4th annual Wimberley Arts Fest from 10:00 to 5:00. Sales of artwork in 2011 more than doubled the previous year, as attendance grew to around 4,500.

The Arts Fest welcomes applications to the juried show from artists working in all media: oil, watercolor, acrylic, mixed media; ceramics; sculpture; fiber art; jewelry; wood, and more. Juror is Bill Wiman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Texas.

The application to be juried is simple, the process for submitting images of the artist's typical work is easy, and fees are extremely reasonable. The Arts Fest retains no commission on art sales. But the Feb. 15 deadline is looming! Check out www.wimberleyartsfest.com, click Artist Forms.

You may also submit artwork for the Arts Fest 2012 commemorative poster, for which the winner receives an award of $300. This competition is open only to members of the Wimberley Valley Art League. Click Poster Art at www.wimberleyartsfest.com for submission form. If you would like to join WVAL (membership dues $35) go to www.wimberleyartleague.com, click Forms. Deadline for the poster competition is March 15.

Questions-Contact Gina Casarez (gcasarez1@austin.rr.com) or Kaye Collins (okaye_kc@yahoo.com).

To all our WVAL members,

We are in need of your talents and love of the WVAL. It is time to replace Board and Committee members who have put in time and work in our art league and desire to take a rest! It is important for all of us to remember that the art league is yours and mine and help make it function for the betterment of the artists and community. I have talked to a few of you with "I'll think about it". The positions are: Vice President/President Elect, Publicity, Directory, Show & Sale, Studio Tour. Please let me know...we are all in this together.

Thank you,
Michelle Bauer
Vice President/President Elect

Pamela T. Sullivan was selected as the Artist of the Month for January 2012 at the November 14, 2011 meeting. Pamela will display her art during the month of Janaury 2012.

The Artist of the Month contest will be held during the January 9, 2012 meeting. We will select one winner for the month of February 2012. Please submit your entry between 6:00 pm and 6:30 pm. This is a new time frame with the hope of getting more submissions. We also have changed the methodology. The Artist will show for the calendar month. Please contact the artist showing their art before you around the first day of the new month to coordinate hanging and removing.

For more information, see the Artist of the Month Guidelines on the League's website. If you have questions, please call Warren Nogle at 512-288-3718 or email him at wgnogle@aol.com

Tuesday, January 10, is the day for WVAL artists to pick up their artwork that is in the current WVAL member's show at the community center. Please pick up the artwork between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. that day. Any artists who sold artwork in this show will need to be sure to make arrangements to get this artwork to the art patron.

The next show will be our student art show. We do this student art show in conjunction with Arts From the Heart. The framing and hanging of that show will be on Wednesday, January 11, starting at 9:00 a.m. Please help with this if you are able to. We should be finished with the framing part by 11:00 a.m. This is a fun event to be part of and definitely worth your time as a volunteer. The reception for this show is Friday, January 13, from 5 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

If you are able to, please make a point of attending this reception. It is so much fun to see the excitement and pride that the students and their families have at this event.

Karen Raidy Workshop

Karen Raidy will be giving a "Drawing your Pet" workshop on Friday, January 20th from 9:00am to 4:00pm in the Wimberley Community Center. Your media and your picture! Cost is $100.00 and deposit is $50.00. Please make check payable to WVAL and send it to - Michelle Bauer @ PO Box 146, Wimberley, TX 78676. For more information contact Michelle at 512-964-7333.
 

Povey Tolar Art Workshops

All workshops will be conducted at the Povey Tolar Studio-Sub Rosa, near Wimberley, from 9:30am to 6:00pm. For more information contact studio@edwardpovey.com. To register, contact Gina Casarez gcasarez1@austin.rr.com 512-847-5272. Prepayment reserves workshop spaces. Make checks payable to WVAL and mail to PO Box 172, Wimberley, Tx 78676. A portion of workshop fees benefits WVAL Arts Fest.

One Day Special Atelier Class
Good Brushwork
Suitable for all skill levels in oil and acrylic
Thursday January 12 $150
A one day class which explores a range of different brushwork techniques, including scumbling, glazing, grazing, impaslo, broken brushwork, blending and Vermeer's enamel. Povey explains and demonstrates the laws of unselfconscious and expressive, descriptive brushwork. Since the marks of the brush are the building blocks of all worts of art, this knowledge is fundamental to the making of paintings. Learn to lay on paint with confidence and eloquence.

Three Day Master Class
Drawing-Advanced Course
Fri-Sun, January 20-22 Master Class: $350
Strengthen and consolidate your drawings skills in 2012 with a solid three days of coaching and higher level techniques and explanations. The goal is to achieve independent, strong and lasting draftsmanship, with precision, strength and delicacy. A mixture of class learning and individual coaching towards style.

One Day Atelier Class
Plan Your Own Art SALES - 2012 Forum
Thursday, February 2 Atelier: $150
Povey's forte, after 40 years of selling art: he talks about ways to win juried shows, present your art, price your art, increase your collectors and sell more art. He will discuss purely local success, and also national sales and success. Artists of all levels can benefit from a plan, fitted to their stage of learning and shaped by their ambitions.

One Day Special Atelier Class
Strong Ideas And Good Designs For Paintings
Thursday, February 9, 2012  9:30-6pm  $150
How to turn landscapes, still lifes and even abstracts into good designs for paintings. A study of the first stage of making a painting: the creating of a strong idea and a good design. Artists often wrestle with the issue of how to recognize good ideas for paintings, and how to build them into powerful designs which will make successful paintings. This is Edward Povey's forte, after designing and painting literally thousands of paintings which have found their way into private and corporate collections.

Three Day Master Class
A Study of Landscape Painting
Fri-Sun, February 24-26   Master Class: $350
On the first day of this class, profound landscape painting is studied, using the Masters. The artists will choose their own approaches to composition, abstraction and color. On the second day the class goes on an expedition in search of a landscape to paint, and the artists lay in the first coat "En plein air". They also take photographs of the chosen scene, under Edward's coaching. On the third day, back in the studio, the artists will work back into their paintings of the landscape, emphasizing what is strong, learning what to change, what to keep, enlarge, adjust or remove.

One Day Atelier Class
Plan Your Own STYLE - 2012 Forum
Thursday, March 1   Atelier: $150
The art library is back for one day, with a review of style choices for each artist, a discussion about their subject matter, compositions, perspectives, color ranges, and atmospheres. A mixture of individual coaching and group orientation, defining their direction and their focus for the immediate future.

Two-Day Master Class
The Specialized Drawing of Flowers
Sat-Sun, March 24-25 Master Class: $250
This class is the botanist's precise and delicate recording of the character and beauty of flowers. Designed to develop the skill to make fine and precious framed drawings reflecting the plants of all seasons. This skill also underpins drawing skills generally, but with a particular stress on accuracy and fine detail.