Vanguard Artists

Vanguard Artists, founded in 1977, is a premier group of professional artists who meet at 1:00pm on the first Friday of the Month (except summers) at the Sun City West Foundation in Sun City West, Arizona. Its major focus is to provide a forum for the critiquing of art work produced by each artist. This analysis of painting results in generating better quality work. Vanguard Artists, with its quest for excellence, enriches the community through networking, education and ultimately, finer art.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Tips from Mardelle

FYI for December from Mardelle

Enjoy!

This is a really cool tool! You can save a lot of paint using this virtual paint mixing FREE site. Just pick the colors and % of each and it creates your mixture. You may want to try it before you mix a pile of color you don't like and can't use! You can also make a catalog of mixtures that you might want to use again and may not recall, etc., etc. It is based on Golden brand colors but I think it would be very close in oil or watercolor.

http://www.goldenpaints.com/products/mixer/

Not sure your monitor display and color is accurate? Click on this site and check it out.

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/sharpness.php

Monday, December 3, 2012

Good news...

...sent by Marion Wishnefski. Hopefully the photo will show the nice article written about Vanguard Artists and which shows our Nan Adams selling her painting from the Professional Building.

Tip: For easier viewing and reading, please click on the photo and it will get larger.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

This invitation comes to us from Elizabeth (Betty) Moore:

There will be an opening reception for my Solo Show at Birt's Bistro, located at 16752 N Greasewood Street in Surprise, AZ on Thursday, December 6, from 5:00-7:00 PM. Refreshments will be served. All Vanguard artists are cordially invited to attend!

Thanks,
Betty

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Congrats Aileen!

This message comes from Vanguard member, Aileen Garvey:

At the October meeting of the Arizona Artist Guild I was named artist of the month with my small 12x12 painting of a beautiful white swan resting in the shadows of the trees at the wild life zoo.

For those who are not AAG members this is an honor, indeed, since the level of art is usually very high for Artist of the Month. So, congratulations Aileen!

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Vanguard Garage Sale

For all of you who are cleaning and organizing your painting spaces and studios, please note that I have created a space to do that here on the blog. The Vanguard Garage Sale box is at the bottom of the right sidebar.

As you wish to offer any of your art items for sale, please send me an e-mail with all the details...sizes, colors, quantities, prices, etc. and I will put them on the blog. Please note that I will not be posting your phone number since I don't think that is an appropriate idea for this online forum; but members will have their rosters and can contact you in that way if interested.