November Meeting

Our November meeting on the 14th @ 7:00 will put us in the mood for the upcoming holidays.  We will be making Christmas cards and enjoying cookies as we work.  Bring whatever supplies you would like to use to make the cards and TAL will supply the card stock and envelopes.

This will be the last meeting for 2012 but Marsha will be planning a trip to the Laguna Art Museum on Saturday, December 1st to see the Tim Clark exhibit.

Also, some changes have been made for our annual show, "Observations: Orange County All Media 2013" at Chemers Gallery this coming spring.  In the past, your paintings needed to depict a scene from Tustin or Peter's Canyon.  For this next show, your painting can be of any outdoor scene in Orange County.  You will be required to name the location so be sure it is in the OC.

The deadline for entries is March 1st and you will be required to submit a jpeg or photo with your entry.  If your work is selected, you will have time to frame it before the delivery date.

Please let Marsha know if you are planning to attend the meeting on the 14th so that she can purchase the correct amount of supplies.  Her e-mail is fuzz_42@pacbell.net

Artist Reception

Our member show is now hanging at the Tustin Senior Center.  If you haven't had a chance to see it, try to stop by.  This year we have 54 paintings and the gallery looks great.

This Friday, September 14th, from 6:00 to 8:00 we will be having our artist reception and the awards will be announced.  Please bring a finger food to share.  Coffee and punch will be provided.

Hope to see you there.

Member Show In September

Be sure to get your paintings ready for our members show in September.  The take-in day will be September 4th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Senior Center.  You can enter 2 paintings.

Our reception will be on September 14th from 6:00PM to 8:00 PM.  Please put these dates on your calendar and let's have a great show!

Plein Air Painting Workshop

On June 30th Kevin Davidson will be conducting a plein air workshop from 9:00 am to noon.  It will be held in Laguna Beach.  There will be about a 1 hour demonstration and then he will help the individual artists with their own paintings.  His demonstration will be done in oils but you can paint in the medium of your choice.  This is a small workshop so space is limited.  If you are interested, please contact Marsha Lindsey for details and space availability.  714-544-7715

June Meeting

On June 13th at 7pm in the TUSD Board room we will draw or paint a still life.  There will not be a demonstrator at this meeting.  We are just getting together as a group for a fun night of painting and visiting.  Bring your supplies and a drop cloth if you are a messy painter.

May Meeting - Wendy Froshay

This month our meeting is going to be on Monday, May 7th instead of the usual second Wednesday.  Our speaker will be Wendy Froshay.  The program will be on Transfers & Textures.  The meeting will be at 7:00 as usual at the TUSD building.

April Meeting - Tom Fong

We are so lucky to have Tom Fong as the demonstrator for our meeting on April 11th starting at 7:00.  Tom is a well known watercolor artist who has been featured in many magazines, had paintings juried into  international watercolor shows and earned signature membership in Watercolor West.  He teaches at various colleges and conducts workshops teaching his unique style of painting. He is as nice as he is talented and loves to share his knowledge and this promises to be a wonderful demonstration.

We will also be having a raffle and the winner will receive Tom's demo painting.  The tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00

Scenes of Tustin Juried Competition

It's that time of year again.  The Tustin Art League and Chemers Gallery present the "Scenes of Tustin" juried exhibition.  This is a wonderful show featuring artwork depicting places in Tustin, North Tustin and Peter's Canyon.  If you are interested in participating, please read the following flyer.  To download the entry form, click on the "Scenes of Tustin" page at the top of this blog.

March Meeting

For this month's meeting we will have a pastel workshop with Victoria Templeton.  This workshop is for members only and you must RSVP by contacting Marsha at 714-544-7715 or fuzz_42@pacbell.net

The materials will be supplied by TAL but if you have your own pastels or a paper or other surface that you prefer to use, please bring them.  If you have extra pastel sets that you can share for the evening, let Marsha know when you RSVP.

February Meeting

Next Wednesday, February 8th, B.J. Wilson will present a series of slides

on: How to Create a Great Painting!  Bring a piece or two of your artwork,

BJ will group the work by the type of artist. Once you know what type

of artist you are, you can paint to your strengths or work on your weaknesses.

7:00 at the TUSD building