Post 505: Plein Air Painting with Michele Frantz on Oct 19

Plein Air Painting with Michele Frantz on Oct 19

Have you ever wanted to grab your art supplies and just get out in the fresh air and paint away? Don't know where to begin? Here is your chance to learn some Plein Air Painting tips, techniques, fundamentals and more! A great workshop with Michele Frantz at the Occoquan Regional Park on Saturday, October 19 from 9am to 1pm.

 

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NEW EVENT - Plein Air Painting with Michele Frantz on Oct. 19

Explore the fundamentals of plein air (outdoor) painting with accomplished local artist Michele Frantz. This hands-on workshop includes topics like: choosing the scene, establishing values, mapping the shapes, using perspective, and more. We hope you can join us on October 19th at Occoquan Regional Park for this fun event. Membership is not required. The event is free, but you must RSVP on our Registration page: https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/register. This event is made possible with support from the Prince William Arts Council and Prince William County Parks and Recreation.

 

Suggested Material to Bring:

• Small sketchbook for value sketches
• Paint Supplies for medium of choice (surface, brushes, paints, etc.)
  
• Portable easel
• Chair or stool
• Attachable umbrella
• Drinking water

(I would also add a camera to record for your reference location, lighting, etc.)

Occoquan Regional Park 9751 Ox Rd, Lorton, VA 22079-3435 Meet down by the boat ramp.

 

Don't forget our other exciting Prince William Art Society events!

PWAS members (+1) can register for our free bus trip to the National Gallery of Art on Oct. 26th.  Bus leaves from the Tall Oaks Community Center. YOU MUST SIGN UP BY OCTOBER 12! We must have a minimum of 20 people!

We hope to see you at one of our events or at our regular monthly meetings for the 

Prince William Art Society which are held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center 12298 Cotton Mill Road, Woodbridge at 7:30pm

 

Register for Workshop with Michele Frantz https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/register

Become a PWAS Member https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

Register for PWAS Field Trip (PWAS Member plus one adult) https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/register

To Read More: Plein Air Painting Equipment and Supplies  

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Author: Donna Liguria
Artistry Spin Blogmaster and an artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

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Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

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Post 504: An Art Show in Pictures from PWAS

An Art Show in Pictures from PWAS

The Prince William Art Society (PWAS for short) just held its Fall Tall Oaks Art Show this past Saturday, October 5, 2024 at the Tall Oaks Community Center on the corner of Cotton Mill and Hedges Run in Woodbridge. We had 9 PWAS members showing their art.

PWAS Members at the Show

The PWAS members that helped with this show are Staci Blanchard and Ana Quispe (the coordinators), Ken and April McKether (who helped load the gridwalls), Richard Tyler, Maria Briganti, Doreen Dauer, Jewell Pratt Burns, and Donna Liguria.

 

The Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Drive, Woodbridge, Virginia

 

It was a beautiful day, thankfully. We had plenty of visitors and had a very productive show and so enjoyed the meeting and seeing all the visitors. We had several patrons with Christmas gift-giving in mind too! We saw a past member and so many that just plain enjoyed seeing the outstanding and quite varied types of art and topics on display.
 

The Prince William Art Society uses the Tall Oaks Community Center for our monthly meetings which are on the 4th Monday of the month at 7:30pm. The public is always welcome to attend the meetings where we often have very interesting artist guest speakers. We also use the community center for our Spring Tall Oaks Art Show and again for the Fall Art Show, and often for our member's December Christmas Party. 

Many thanks to everyone that helped make this show happen - an art show is always a lot of hard work. A lot of folks may not realize that. 

And thank you to the many visitors, we hope you enjoyed the show!

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Author: Donna Liguria
Artistry Spin Blogmaster and an artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Photography/Video Credits: Donna Liguria

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Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

Have an idea for a blog post? Are you a writer and want to help with the blog? Let me know! Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment! pinterest-site-verification=3ad32cc9cfeae507ba5a382d62fcee17

Post 503: PWAS Annual Fall Tall Oaks Art Show

PWAS Annual Fall Tall Oaks Art Show

The Prince William Art Society (PWAS) annual Fall Tall Oaks Art Show is this Saturday, Oct 5 from 11 to 5pm. at 12298 Cotton Mill Road, Woodbridge, VA. Some members of the art group will have art on display for you to browse, rain or shine at the Tall Oaks Community Center. Come by and see us!

 

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PWAS Members at the Show

Art right in the neighborhood! Local Prince William County artists at the Prince William Art Society's Fall Tall Oaks show on Saturday, October 5 include the following artists:

Ana Quispe

Former Prince William Art Society President, Ana will be at the show with her lovely artworks and art merchandise.

Doreen Dauer

PWAS member Doreen will have artwork showing and we hope to see her very popular and outstanding floral works that she is well known for.

Maria Briganti

A long-time member of PWAS with a plethora of wonderful landscapes and other scenes, Maria Briganti will have her artwork at the show.

Richard Tyler

Richard will have his very popular artworks and prints at the Tall Oaks Community Center on Saturday.

Staci Blanchard 

Staci will be at the show with her colorful and trending paint pour artworks and landscapes that would look great in your home. Staci says, "Let's sell some art!"

Jewell Pratt Burns 

Original PWAS member, Jewell Burns - since we began the Prince William Art Society in 1971! and the namesake of the Jewell Pratt Burns Scholarship Award will have several artworks at the show.

Donna Liguria 

Donna's works will include her paintings, prints, her very popular Mini Paintings with Easels, and Bookcase Art Paintings.

April McKether and Ken McKether

Not pictured...but Yes, they were at the show and were a great help!

Art Show - Support the Arts

There you have it - a variety of styles, themes, sizes and mediums. Something for everyone! We invite you to stop by this Saturday and come see our art. We are right down from the Giant on Old Bridge Road, right on the corner of Hedges Run and Cotton Mill here in Lake Ridge. Art makes a great gift - and the Holidays are coming!

Hope to see you on Saturday!

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Author: Donna Liguria
Artistry Spin Blogmaster and an artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

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Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

Have an idea for a blog post? Are you a writer and want to help with the blog? Let me know! Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment!

Post 502: PWAS Member Opportunites

PWAS Member Opportunities

The Prince William Art Society (PWAS) has planned several upcoming opportunities for its members to take part in including a bus trip to Washington DC's National Gallery of Art and an art show at the Tall Oaks Community Center this Saturday, October 5 and several other great opportunities to show off your art.

PWAS Field Trip to the National Gallery of Art

Free PWAS member trip to the National Gallery of Art is for members plus one (an adult - can be a spouse or friend) but you MUST register at https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/register AND we must hit a certain number of people in order to schedule the trip! So sign up right away so we can make this fun field trip a reality! I am so exited for this to happen!!

The field trip is scheduled for Saturday, October 26th and we want those interested to sign up by OCT 15th.

The bus will leave at 10am from the Tall Oaks Community Center parking lot so be there at 9:45am. 12298 Cotton Mill Rd, Woodbridge. The bus will return about 4pm (traffic pending).

 

Photo by Ryan Spencer on Unsplash 

Why do the driving to DC when we can sit back and enjoy the conversations, sights and sounds! And get sooo inspired! Let's make a day of it and enjoy the world's greatest art works. We must have a minimum of 20 people for this to happen!

PWAS Fall Tall Oaks Art Show Oct 5

The annual Fall Tall Oaks Art Show is this Saturday, Oct 5 from 11am to 5pm here in Lake Ridge. 12298 Cotton Mill Drive, Woodbridge, VA on the corner of Hedges Run and Cotton Mill, just a block down from the Giant off Old Bridge Road. The show is rain or shine so come on by!!

Local artists in various styles, art sizes and price points, the event is free to attend. And it looks like as of now that the day will be sunny and warm which is a GREAT improvement!

*PWAS MEMBERS - You can still register to enter the show, it is $15 to cover the costs of using the space and you can still do that ASAP at 

https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/register Get onboard today!! Or Get ON the Bus - Today!!

More info is pending on several other art shows that PWAS plans to attend but we can't do them without YOU - the members of PWAS.

REMINDER: Have you started your Lime Challenge artwork yet??? Get finished up so you can bring it to our next meeting on October 28 at 7:30pm at the Tall Oaks Community Center.

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Author: Donna Liguria
Artistry Spin Blogmaster and an artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Photography/Video Credits: Donna Liguria

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Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

Have an idea for a blog post? Are you a writer and want to help with the blog? Let me know! Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment! pinterest-site-verification=3ad32cc9cfeae507ba5a382d62fcee17

Post 501: Guest Speaker Patty Gulledge at the PWAS Meeting

Guest Speaker Patty Gulledge at the PWAS Meeting

On the 4th Monday of the month at 7:30pm, the local artists around the Lake Ridge, Woodbridge, Manassas, Haymarket, Occoquan and Dumfries areas (and beyond) meet at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Drive, Woodbridge. The meeting is the Prince William Art Society also known as PWAS.

Prince William Art Society Meeting on Sept. 23, 2024

What do a bunch of artists do at an art meeting? Well, every art group is different, absolutely. For the PWAS artists, a typical meeting often begins with a guest speaker, who is often well known in our area, that shares their area of artistic expertise. This month's speaker was Patty Gulledge, a popular and very talented pastelist in Northern Virginia.

Patty gave a very informative presentation full of tips and how to's on using pastels, the types of pastels, and samples of pastels. She had examples of her awesome pastel works and showed the papers and surfaces and how she framed the pastel works. It was quite the interesting view into working with this art media. 

Thank you, Patty!

After the guest speaker does their presentation to the PWAS members, there is typically a break where nibbles and a beverage is provided and the artists and guests (yes, the public is welcome to attend - so interested artists should come and check the art group out!) take a few moments to look at the guest's art and socialize a bit. 

Then the business part of the meeting is called to order and reports are given, upcoming classes are updated, upcoming events are noted, Q&A occurs, and the meeting is finalized. 

Occasionally there is a totally different program offered and if you look back in these blog posts you may find some examples of that. Like "Show and Tell", "Join a Committee!", "PWC Library and Art" was a cool one, and so much more. Come by a meeting sometime and get to know your local PWC art group and learn more.

https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

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Author: Donna Liguria
Artistry Spin Blogmaster and an artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Donna's Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Photography/Video Credits: Donna Liguria

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Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

Have an idea for a blog post? Are you a writer and want to help with the blog? Let me know! Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment!