Milwaukee Sketch Club featured on Channel 58 on 4/24/22

 https://www.cbs58.com/news/milwaukee-sketch-club-celebrates-100-years-of-local-artistry

Good job! Mike and Madeline

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Bluemel's 4/22/22

 

The greenhouse was not open. 

Next Friday will try out Waterford Library.

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 4/15/22

 

Next week we plan to go to Bluemels. 

Milwaukee Sketch Club Celebrates 100 years of artistry by James Groh of WTMJ

See https://www.tmj4.com/news/milwaukee-tonight/milwaukee-sketch-club-celebrates-100-years-of-artistry

Here's some of the pictures, artifacts, and information that Mike and Madeline put together for the interview.

2022

Madeline Glaspey Floral Oil Painting Demo 4/12/22

If painting from a photo, choose a photo that has a good value pattern and range, (light-midtones-darks).

She used a gray palette and painted on a gray surface.

When using oils generally work from thin to thick and dark to light. This process allows you to change your mind at any step.

The palette used consisted of mostly transparent colors, mostly from Windsor Newton, because transparent colors glow, have a huge value range, and you can get a lot of dimension without lots of mixing. Can just add white. 

• Indian Yellow
• Indian Yellow Deep
• Green Gold
• Titanium white
• Quinacridone Magenta
• Phthalo Turquoise

Transparent oils act like a dye, behave when mixed with others, doesn't affect value, just color.

Opaque oils change value and color.

Titanium white is opaque. Zinc white is transparent.

There are lots of mediums. Look at Dry time, Viscosity, and Shine when choosing a medium to use.

• Cold wax contains solvent, speeds dry, adds body, and is matte
• Liquin, and alkyd medium, is great for beginners, speeds dry, increases flow, and increases gloss
• Gamblin's NeoMegilp, is a synthetic version of (???maroger???), doesn't change dry time, adds flow, and doesn't change gloss (satin). Has the least effect on the paint.

Do not mix mediums because it may affect future stability with cracking and surface issues. If you used too much linseed oil it can separate or bead up.

Step 1. Start with a loose sketch of general outline and shadow shapes using "brown", liquin, larger synthetic brush. Scrub in paint.

Can use burnt umber of mix a green and red to get a brown. If you use complements you will get a more neutral color.

Quinacridone magenta + phthalo turquoise is more purple. If mix with green gold, it will be more brown.

In general, cold light has warm shadows; warm light has cold shadows. Time of day and cloud cover can affect the temperature of the light. In general early morning and late evening have warm light. Light temperature is measured in Kelvins. Red flower center very warm, yellow in light warm, leaves warm green. Relative temperature; Indian Yellow warm to Indian Yellow deep  to Green Gold cool. 

Paint in darks first. Use large bristle brush. Easier to scoop up paint than when use soft brush.

To clean brush between colors, scrub on cloth rag so most of paint comes off. Then use paint thinner (and keep lid on between use.) Make sure to wipe off all paint thinner because it dulls colors.

Flower centers Quinacridone Magneta + phthalo turquois to darken. Alizarin Crimson darker and warmer than Quinacridone Magenta.

Do a little swatch of background dark color to verify. Phthalo Turquois + Alizarin Crimson. 

Put in light yellows first. Do background last to enhance subject. Easier to do background last.

Indian Yellow + Indian Yellow Deep plus NeoMegil, Higher viscosity than liquin, more jelly like. Too orange so add some opaque Cadmium Yellow. Blend to connect areas. Cadmium Red Deep is a warmer more vibrant red. To lighten red use an opaque yellow. Avoids pink from when you add white.

Mix cold wax with palette knife. Matte. background Phthalo Turquoise + Green Gold + Cold wax.

Palette at end of Demo

The End.

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 4/8/22

 

Looking forward to warmer, drier, weather

PRESS RELEASE - The Milwaukee Sketch Club's 100-year Anniversary

From: Mike <MikeGundlach@wi.rr.com>

PRESS RELEASE

The Milwaukee Sketch Club's 100-year anniversary.

 The Milwaukee Sketch Club (MSC) is proud to announce its 100 year anniversary celebration this May.   It's hard to believe it's been 100 years!! 

The Milwaukee Sketch Club formerly known as The Men’s Milwaukee Sketch Club of Milwaukee and was formed in 1922 by Dudley Crafts Watson - then director of the Milwaukee Art Institute. Impressed by the number of men who were sketching for relaxation Mr. Watson figured they night have fun doing it together. Unified by hobby, the members were and continue to be dissimilar in about everything else. Historically the sketch club had 100 members. Today the club hovers around 40 members; however, both men and women make up the membership. 

Of note Winston Churchill (a reportedly famous amateur artist) was an honorary member. In 1998 women were included and the name was shortened to the Milwaukee Sketch Club.

“From my personal perspective this is a very special club.’ said Mike Gundlach.   There is that magic energy that occurs, and we feel it every Tuesday. Our models (portrait and figure) feel it too and they let us know!  The music is “ohh” so nice and the two hours seem to fly by.

 We have been through a lot due to the covid shutdown.  St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (who hosted the club for a number of years) opened a food pantry and the club had to move. However; “One door closes and another opens.”   Said Tom Piedt.

 The Milwaukee Sketch Club’s new location is: “Find your light Art School and Gallery, LLC – a beautiful facility at 3701 E. Layton Avenue – owned by Madeline Glaspey. We have moved probably ten times over those 100 years, but it keeps going.   It keeps working.”

We meet Fall through Spring.  In the summer and other days off shoot groups meet for plein air and other events, but Milwaukee Sketch Club is always the core.”

 “I really love this group, because it helps me practice every week, and they’re a great group of people, and we get to laugh a lot, and sketch a lot, and in summer we get to go out and paint a lot.”   said Kathy.

 Elene said.  “I really like this Friday morning satellite group, because I'm inspired to draw, on my own.   It's something that I want to do.   This group is very friendly, and encouraging so it's inspiring me to do what I want to do, and that's draw.”

 Great camaraderie.   Helpful criticism.  Excellent support, for whatever I want to do.   Just a great bunch of people!”   Said Kent.

 “I especially enjoy, the trips to the different parks, when we were doing painting as a group.   It's a blast to paint as well as to see the way these other people will look at the landscapes!”   Said Gary Kenny.

 “I've enjoyed going to the art groups, especially the plein air groups, because artists are great people to be around, and we have a great time, and nobody is being judgmental about how our art is turning out, everybody just does their own thing, and has a great time.”  Said Nilah.

“This is Charlie.  I've been with the Milwaukee Sketch Club for three years.  One of those years was the time when everybody had to stay at home, and happily now that we are at Find Your Light!   It's a nice venue there!   Thank you for introduced me to this group.   I've enjoyed myself a lot.”

 “I'm a newbie.”, and Christie said:   “This is the most fun thing for me to do on a Friday morning, and I don't mind getting up early.   Everybody is so much fun, and incredibly talented people.   Everybody is giving me some good tips, and pointers.  I'm really just enjoying this.   It's just a fun thing to do, with a bunch of fun people, and everybody is pretty funny, too.   There are some good jokes going around.”

 “I'm really happy to be part of the Friday morning spin-off group, that meets for plein air.   I love going outside in the summer, and like being at Starbucks in the winter.   I totally enjoy the Tuesday night group for the option to do either figure drawing, or portrait drawing.   It has increased my skills tremendously.”   Said Jan.

 “This is Rudy, and I want to thank everybody here, at the Milwaukee Sketch Club, because I've never really met any artist before.  These people are so talented, and I'm learning so much!   I've been a new member for about two months, and it's just been enjoyable.  I've learned something every day.   This has been great!”

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 4/1/22