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Sitca>a O3Pg · Ensure that the frames used do not detract from the paintings themselves 1'. -;i'· · In some cases the use of wider mats may improve the overall effect of your pieces · Do not have elements lead the eye out of the painting · The club may want to consider more information and workshops on composition · If you are using figures in your paintings ensure that they are well executed. Perhaps it is time to take another life drawing class? · Good paintings need to go beyond being nice or pretty, and show originality, some distinguishing attributes something to say, what am I about? - · A reminder that juried paintings cannot be based on other paintings or others' images or photos. A rule of thumb is that more than 30% of a painting must be original or based on your own photos and reference materials. · You may be interested in the scoring distribution for all of the paintings in the jurying, as shown in the following graph, where the top possible score was 8. -.--...--.----------.---.-- FI 23 3.5 4 4;5 -5 - -·---....- -- 55 6-. 6.6 -h-- 7.-" 8 Editcation Our guest acrylic artist and demonstrator for our January meeting will be Jane Adams. Jane was born in Vancouver. She entered the Chelsea School of Art and later the Slade School of Art. After returning to Vancouver, she studied at the Vancouver School of Art for three years under Jack Shadbolt, Roy Kiyooka and Don Jarvis. In 1965, she was awarded the Staff Scholarship and continued to win awards and scholarships, including the Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation Grant and four Canada Council Bursaries. `Throughout my painting life, all of my works, mostly rendered on canvas and paper are very much representative of my life, the time of year and most of all, the place where I live. I have always drawn my inspiration from nature. The artist's job, I believe, is to awaken the viewer's eye to investigate a visual idea and see something totally new in an ordinary subject." Joan cFraser 604-922-8038 August Picking Flowers 11 by Jane Adams