WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP

Posted by Michele Frantz under Announcements, Watercolor, Workshops on Sunday Jan 25, 2009
Mood paintings

Mood paintings

WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
with Michele Frantz

Saturday, February 28 • 10 to 4
at Manassas Baptist, 8742 Sudley Road, Manassas
$45 members & seniors • $60 non-members

For adults, all skill levels. Using only six tubes of paint, learn simple techniques for adding mood, atmosphere and drama to your landscape paintings. Shed pre-conceived notions about color and value, and push your paintings to a new level. Work from reference materials provided by the instructor. A supply list will be provided when you register.

Download the registration form here (pdf format) or contact Laura Lavarnway, laura.lavarnway@ngc.com.

You can see more of Michele’s work at www.myarcadia.8m.com.

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Election of Board of Directors

Posted by admin under Announcements, Group Meeting, Painting, Watercolor, Workshops on Saturday Oct 4, 2008

The Manassas Art Guild held it’s annual meeting on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. At this meeting, all members of the Board of Directors were up for re-election. In addition, the membership was voting on revisions of the MAG Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. The following members of the Board were re-elected to their positions:

Shane Williams – President
Laura Lavarnway – VP
Michele Frantz – Secretary
Rob Burkhard – Treasurer
Roger Frey – Member-At-Large

In addition to the BOD election, the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws were voted on and passed with unanimous vote. The “new” AOI and Bylaws immediately went into effect. Since the Bylaws changed the BOD membership to a total of 7 members, there was a vote on the 2 “new” positions. The following members were elected to the positions:

Gerry Schaeffer – Member-At-Large, will be taking over Treasurer position following transition period with current Treasurer
Terri Branham – Member-At-Large

Following the annual meeting, the regular membership meeting was held with a Watercolor lecture and demonstration by Mike Flynn, President of Art Beat and former MAG Treasurer. Mr. Flynn demonstrated his style of watercolor painting by painting a landscape. Mr. Flynn also commented on and answered questions on watercolor and watercolor techniques.

Shane C. Williams
President, MAG

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And the winners are….

Posted by Michele Frantz under Acrylic, En plein air, Oil, Paint! Manassas, Painting, Photography, Watercolor on Saturday Jun 14, 2008

Paint! Manassas wrapped up today. It was a whopping success! I’ve updated the Paint! page if you want to see some of the work exhibited during this event.

Artist Leonard Justinian was our judge. Here are the winners of this year’s Paint! Manassas:

1st place: Sunny Spot (Manassas Battlefield), acrylic by Michele Frantz

2nd place: Noon Train, acrylic by Michele Frantz.      3rd place: Sudley Manor, watercolor by Laura Lavarnway.
  

Honorable Mentions: (in no particular order:) 1. The Things I Love, by Maria Briganti. 2. Manassas Presbyterian, by Katherine Nace. 3. Prospero’s, by Lorrie Herman. 4. Have a Nice Day, by Laura Lavarnway. 5. Path Less Travelled, by Anita Faurot.
Things I Love Manassas Presbyterian Prospero’s Have a Nice Day Path Less Travelled

We also gave out a “People’s Choice” award, for which members of the public were asked to vote for their favorite piece. It resulted in a 3-way tie:
1. May, by Michele Frantz 2. Sudley Manor, by Laura Lavarnway 3. Train Station, by Rob Burkhard

May Sudley Manor Train Station

posted by Michele Frantz, shows coordinator

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Back in Manassas and painting!

Posted by Rob Burkhard under Events, Paint! Manassas, Painting, Watercolor on Tuesday May 20, 2008

Manassas Old Presbyterian Church

I am back from North Carolina and not to be out done by Michele in Paint! Manassas, I am busy painting the town away, so to speak.  Above is a watercolor and graphite sketch of the Manassas Old Presbyterian Church I have been messing with tonight.  I started this as an 11×14 very wet-in-wet painting and then have been attacking it with an 8b pencil.  After it dries completely I might go back at it with a harder H pencil and scratch out some whites.  It might not amount to anything but is was sure fun to put together!

Rob Burkhard

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So Many Paintings, So Little Time

Posted by Michele Frantz under Acrylic, En plein air, Paint! Manassas, Watercolor on Monday May 19, 2008

 Not to be outdone (yeah, right) by that pesky Rob, I have now started more paintings for “Paint! Manassas” than I can count. But will I finish any of them in time? The suspense is killing me…. michele frantz
Old Town Hall Prescott Avenue Somewhere on the Battlefield Fosters Foster’s in miniature Choo Choo

Train Station Another Train Station Yet Another View of Town Hall City Square in the Sunshine City Square in the Rain Side Yard 

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First Day of Paint! Manassas!

Posted by Michele Frantz under Acrylic, En plein air, Paint! Manassas, Painting, Watercolor on Saturday May 10, 2008

Paint! Manassas

May 10, the day of the long-awaited “paint-out” which officially kicked off our 2nd annual “Paint! Manassas.” Alas, the weather did not favor us; damp and windy. As a result, not as many people in town as we hoped. Still, about 2 dozen artists braved the chill and rain to begin their creations, and I managed to inflict about 30 flyers on unsuspecting gogglers. They all seemed happy to receive one.

Our friends from the Northern Virginia Art League (NOVAL) joined us; that’s Lorrie Herman and Mary Moon painting Center Street, above, while below left Lou Negri chats with a group of curious visitors. Meanwhile, below right, I took a stab at painting the walkway between West and Battle…..

Impromptu art lesson    Maddening Architecture (Click on the little images to see them larger….)

I have my misgivings about this painting, the only thing I’ve conveyed properly so far is how dark and stormy the sky looked while I stood there. (And me just recovering from a cold.) Below left, this little quick study of the Manassas Battlefield is turning out a lot better, and call me crazy, but below right may be — my next subject???? So cute!

Pretty Scum    Expectant Mom

Anyway, many thanks to all the intrepid artists who braved the raw weather in order to kick off Paint! Manassas. On to the exhibit on May 31!

– michele frantz, shows coordinator

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Another day Painting in Old Town Manassas

Posted by Rob Burkhard under Drawing, En plein air, Events, Paint! Manassas, Painting, Watercolor on Thursday May 8, 2008

Rob Burkhard Painting at the Manassas Train Station

It rained today.  I started off with Selina, from the Manassas Art Guild, in Clifton Virginia and I fully intended to finish my Old Clifton General Store painting.  Did I mention that it rained today?  No sooner did I get my french easel set up and it started again :(

As a back up plan we went to Old Town Manassas and painted en plein air under the old train station.  I did a very wet-in-wet impressionist painting of Fosters Grille and other stores across the tracks.  I will let is dry for a few days then go back into it with an 8B pencil to really bring out some hard lines.

Selina went to work drawing some sketches of the Candy Factory.  Both of us are gearing up for the official kick off of Paint! Manassas 2008 on Saturday :)

 Rob Burkhard

 Selina Drawing the Candy FactoryRob Burkhard Wet-In-Wet of Manassas SidewalkSelina Drawing the Candy Factory

Rob Burkhard Wet-In-Wet of Manassas Sidewalk

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Painting in Old Town Manassas

Posted by Rob Burkhard under Events, Paint! Manassas, Painting, Watercolor on Tuesday May 6, 2008

Okra’s value sketch with some watercolor added

Today I spent most of the day parked on the corner of Center Street in Old Town Manassas.  From my wonderful seat I was able to capture this 18×24 value sketch (on rough watercolor paper) and add some watercolor before the sun came up and ruined my light.  I did get about 3 hours of quality light.

This will be a PAINT! Manassaspainting that I plan to finish on May 10th in Old Town Manassas at the kick off.  I need to get the shadows right before I go back out becausee the light shifts very quickly between the buildings and it reeks havoc with perspective, color and tone.

Rob Burkhard

Okra’s in Old Town ManassasOld Twon Manassas Center Street

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Painting on the Manassas Battlefield

Posted by Rob Burkhard under En plein air, Painting, Watercolor on Monday May 5, 2008

Manassas Battlefield Tree Painting

 Well today is the first day of my first retirement (before I go back to work next month :) ).  I celebrated by going to the Manassas Battlefield with Michele, Maria, Selina and Mary Ellen to gear up for the spring en plien air season.  I will let the paintings speak for themselves.  The top on is 15 x 22 on 300lbs paper and the one below is in my ~5×9 Raffine Sketch Book with Lana Paper.

It was a great day to paint and the company was very enjoyable :)

Tomorrow I will go to Old Town Manassas and Thursday I plan to go back to Clifton.  The rest of the days this week I plan to do some volunteer work in my kids’ school.

Rob Burkhard

Painting on the Manassas BattlefieldPainting on the Manassas BattlefieldPainting on the Manassas Battlefield

img_4122.JPGPainting on the Manassas BattlefieldMary Ellen Drawing at the Manassas Visitor Centerimg_4123.JPG

Manassas Battlefield Impressionist Painting

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Another day, another Paint-Out

Posted by Michele Frantz under Acrylic, En plein air, Oil, Paint! Manassas, Watercolor on Wednesday Apr 23, 2008

MAG members Rob Burkhard, Mary Ellen Semat and myself took advantage of the glorious spring weather to “paint out” at the Manassas train station. On the left, that’s Rob and Mary Ellen (I’ll let you guess which is which) hard at work, and on the right, Rob applies oil paint to his board with a palette knife. Scritch, scritch…. we all agreed that was a beautiful sound.

MAG painters painting

After we got rid of that pesky Rob, Mary Ellen and I tried to cram in one more painting each before we had to get back to our less glamorous lives. Below, that’s Mary Ellen packing up to leave on the left, and on the right a shot of my big accomplishment for the day…. a little 2×3″ half-finished painting of Foster’s Grille. That’s three unfinished paintings for me in two days!  — michele frantz

End of the Day

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