Art Demonstration Monthly Meeting Thursday, June 21 - 2007
Valerie Borgal
Demonstrator
Our next meeting will be June 21st. At this meeting we will be presenting the awards to our Scholarship winners.Please join us to congratulate and support the winners.Our demonstrator this month is Valerie Camber Borgal. She will do some basic painting techniques. We will cover flat wash and graded wash, layering(or glazing), values and we will complete 2 or 3 small paintings.
We will cover flat wash and graded wash, layering(or glazing), values and we will complete 2 or 3 small paintings. Here is a list of supplies participants should bring.
vAt least 4 sheets of watercolor paper no smaller than 8 x 10 and no larger than 16 x 20 (Arches or Fabriano, 140 cold press) vWatercolor paint vbrushes 1/2”-3/4” flat brush, #8 and #12 round vpaint board on which to tape or clip paper vmasking tape or bull dog clips vmixing tray vpaper towels vwater containers veasels or something to prop your paint boards at an angle v2b pencil and kneaded eraser vParticipants should bring some photos or sketches of waterscapes and landscapes from which to create.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
VALERIE CAMBER BORGAL
Valerie grew up in Wilmington, MA, and enjoyed art throughout her childhood. She majored in art throughout high school with the desire to teach art in the future.She is a graduate of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. After joining the Tewksbury Art Guild in 1977 Valerie was inspired to start painting watercolors. She attended classes and workshops in Kennebunkport with the late Bette Wasserboehr, classes with Louise Anderson, and workshops with Paul George in Gloucester, MA and Pemaquid Point and Monhegan Island, Maine. Since 1992 she has participated in the Andover Art in the Park exhibit in Andover, MA. She is a member of the, Tewksbury Community of Artists, Whistler House Museum of Art - Lowell Art Association,Inc,theLynnfieldArtGuild, and the Andovers Artists Guild, where she served as president during 2002-2006. Between 1982 and 1996, while teaching at the Fellowship Christian Academy in Methuen she taught high school, Jr. high and elementary art classes. Val teaches art classes for all age groups in various settings. She has won numerous awards for her artwork. Valerie has been inspired to develop her style and use the talents God has given to her. She is ever learning and trying to improve her work. Her work is realistic as she captures the essence of her subject. Many pieces create a mood by the use of triads of color which also causes a harmony through the work.Watercolor painting is a challenge and a source of satisfaction.She is exploring other media: pen and ink/watercolors, stippling and scratchboard.She realizes that art is temporal, but while on this earth, she desires to use the gifts God has given to her to glorify him, bring joy and truth into the lives of others, and to pass on to her students the knowledge she has acquired.
Valerie may be contacted by mail at 48 Seventh St., Tewksbury. MA 01876
Meetings will be held the third Thursday of the following months –January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October & November and December. Our meetings are held at the Nevins Adult Day Health Center in Methuen. Directions – Route 93 to Exit 48 (Rt. 213) to Route 28 South. Through Methuen center. About 1 mile down, go through the lights and take the next right to the driveway of Nevins Home. Follow the driveway past the Nevins Manor and Nursing center until you reach the Home Adult Day Care Center on the left. Parking just pass the center.
Meetings will begin at 7:00pm with a brief business discussion and then an art demonstration.
