Pastel Society of North Carolina

A group of NC who love to express themselves using soft pastels.

PSNC member Dan Vaughan will have a solo show at the Robert & Pearl Seymour Center (Chapel Hill Senior Center) at 2551 Homestead Road in Chapel Hill from October 2 through November 30, 2008.

Four members and two visitors brought in their paintings for critique, it was nice to see what people had been up to during our summer break!

Laurel Wetzork

a new visitor

Patricia Savage

Kathryn Wilson

Vinita Jain

David Boone

Location: Artspace Studios 214 and 215 at 201 East Davie Street in Raleigh, NC
Date: Saturday, September 27th and Sunday, September 28th from 10am to 5pm
Cost: $185.00, Fee may be paid by mailing check or requesting PayPal invoice for Credit Card.

This color mixing class will give you confidence to create beautiful skin tones for future portrait and figure work. Study includes general ethnicities and distinctive color families. Each chart will contain color formulas for: skin in shadow, local color, and in light; hair in shadow, light, and highlight; lips.

Oil / Acrylic / Pastel colors will be forwarded as you sign up. Chart paper will be supplied at the class.

A palette knife will be needed – some will be available for use. Please bring a sharpie, ruler, sketch book for notes, and drawing pencil.

Space for six students in the studio.

Contact Luana Luconi Winner if you have additional questions at 919.834.2447

The second weekend of the 2008 Wake Forest Area Artists Studio Tour will be held from September 20-21, 2008. One of the PSNC members, Suzanne Thomas, will be at the Sunflower Studio. Please come and see her and the other artists who work and exhibit there. They all have new work!

Visit the Artist’s Studio Tour website for a map and the names of all the participating artists.

From now until the end of September, Wendell artist Laurel Wetzork is showcasing a selection of her en plein air paintings at the Garner Historic Auditorium in their recently renovated lobby. Chosen from painting trips in North Carolina, New Mexico, and Georgia, this selection features her favorite and most recent en plein air works. En plein air is a French expression meaning “in the open air,” and is particularly used to describe the act of painting in the outdoor environment. Many artists feel that this painting technique is the only way to truly capture the beauty and colors of landscapes. Laurel completes most paintings on location and adds finishing touches in her studio.

The North Carolina paintings in the Garner show are chosen from the artist’s series “The Beauty of North Carolina Farms.” Laurel’s paintings are exhibited in juried shows and solo exhibitions, have won awards, been commissioned, and are held in private collections. Her mediums are oil and acrylic on stretched canvas or linen panels, and soft pastels on Kitty Wallis Museum-grade paper.

Grape Confusion (Green Creek Winery, Columbus, NC), oil on canvas, 18″ x 24

There is a reception on Sunday, September 14 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. The artist will be bringing several other new works, and will be on hand to say hello. If you’d like to attend the reception, please RSVP.

When: August through September 2008, Monday through Friday from 1:30 to 5:30 or by appointment
Where: Garner Historic Auditorium Lobby, 742 West Garner Road, Garner, NC